Opioids

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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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Myanmar and Thailand Torch $1 Billion of Seized Drugs

Myanmar and Thailand started torching nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics on Monday, a defiant show of force as...

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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...

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NACOB Gives Nayele Ametefe’s Movable Assets To Charity

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has donated movable assets confiscated from drug baron Nayele Ametefe to mark World...

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Overdoses Are Now the Leading Cause of Death Among Americans Under 50

Overdose deaths are now the leading cause of death among young Americans - killing more in a year than were ever killed...

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Golden Triangle Narco-Gangs Churning Out New Highs, UN Warns

Southeast Asian drug cartels are diversifying the narcotics they produce, the UN's crime agency warned Wednesday, with...

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Ohio Sues Five Drugmakers Over Role In Opioid Crisis

The US state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major producers of prescription opioid medications, accusing them of lying...

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In Swedish Asylum Limbo, Young Afghans Turn To Heroin

Beer cans, newspapers drenched in vomit and aluminium foil litters the ground inside a parking garage where young...

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Police Arrest 5 Notorious Armed Robbers In Cape Coast

The police in the Central Region have arrested five suspected armed robbers classified as “notorious” in the Cape...

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US Opioid Crisis At Epidemic Proportions

Many US communities are facing an epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse that is straining resources from police, to...

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Confidence Nyadzi Denies $30 Million ‘missing’ Cocaine Story

The Sector Commander of the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Tema Port, Confidence Nyadzi,...

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Nacob Nabs Three Drug Traffickers Including Kenyan & Nigerian At Kotoka Airport

The Narcotics Control Board (Nacob) has arrested three persons on different occasions at the Kotoka International...

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Ghana Chief Joseph Darkoh Jailed In U.S For Distributing Drug

When Joseph Darkoh skipped town to escape federal heroin distribution charges 20 years ago, Brooklyn federal...

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US Communities Crumbling Under An Evolving Addiction Crisis

Of the 2,900 babies born last year in Cabell County, West Virginia, 500 had to be weaned off of opioid dependence. In...

International

British Cyclist Secretly Injected Vitamins

British cyclist Josh Edmondson has told the BBC he broke the sport's rules by secretly injecting himself with a...

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Two Jailed 10 Years Each For Allegedly Dealing In Narcotics

An Accra Circuit Court on Friday handed a ten-year jail term each to two persons charged with possessing narcotic drugs...

Opinion

The Danger of Abusing Tramadol For Pain Management

A GNA feature by Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA Accra, Jan. 9, GNA - Tramadol hydrochloride is one of the group of...