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E/R Security Agencies Trained In Fighting Drug Trafficking

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has organized a two weeks basic drugs workshop for law enforcement...

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Two Prisoners To Serve Additional Time Over Drugs

Two prisoners, who are each serving a 10 year sentence at the Kumasi Central Prison, have had their jail term extended...

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9 Traders Arrested For Importing and Selling Illegal Drugs

The Ashanti Regional Police Drug Law Enforcement Unit, in partnership with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have...

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Africa’s Highest Cocaine Transit Points

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released her latest report on the transportation and use of...

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NACOB Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Drugs

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at...

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NACOB Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Drugs

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at...

International

Drug Testing of Welfare Clients Found Only Tiny Number of Users In the U.S.

Drug testing for welfare clients in the United States has led to the disqualification of as few as 0.01 percent of...

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British Drug ‘kingpin’ Arrested In Thailand After Years On the Run

A British drug trafficker convicted over a £1million ($1.3million) narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after...

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British Fugitive Drug ‘kingpin’ Nabbed In Thailand

A British drug trafficker convicted over a $1.3 million narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the...

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China’s Synthetic Drugs Problem Expanding

China´s drug problem is severe and growing, the government said Monday, with particularly sharp rises in the abuse and...

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Teams Broke Drug Laws In Peddling Painkillers To Players

National Football League teams violated federal laws on prescription drugs in peddling powerful painkillers and...

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British Former War Reporter Jailed In Bali Drugs Case

A British former war correspondent will be released from a Bali prison in a matter of months after being handed a short...

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Bali Prosecutors Seek One-Year Jail For UK Ex-War Reporter

Indonesian prosecutors Thursday demanded a one-year jail term for a British former war correspondent on trial for...

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Europe’s Outdoor Cannabis Capital

Albania has become the largest producer of outdoor-grown cannabis in Europe. The potent plant has been described as...

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Countries That Have Legalized Marijuana Usage

The bid to legalize marijuana, a drug considered to be harmful to the body, has been long squabbled over in most...

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Decriminalising Drug Use

By: Gladys Frimpomaa For some time now, there has been public debate over decriminalising drug addiction and use in the...

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Drug Use, Addiction To Be Decriminalised

A bill that seeks to, among other things, decriminalise drug addiction and use is currently before Parliament for...

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Ghana’s President Mahama To Tackle Drug Trafficking in West Africa

President John Dramani Mahama has promised to use his position as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West...

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Marijuana Laced Biscuits Being Sold To School Children In Accra

The Greater Accra Regional Office of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) is investigating the production and sale of...