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Police found a hand-rolled cigarette, believed to be a cannabis joint, in Paris Hilton's vehicle following her arrest last Friday (27.08.10) for cocaine possession. [Read More] 2/09/10

Use of crack cocaine is growing in Guinea-Bissau, the west African nation that has become a major transit point for South American cocaine bound for Europe. [Read More] 27/08/10

Drug manufacture has a toxic and largely hidden impact on the Australian community, scientists have warned pointing to the chemical fall-out of clandestine meth labs. The temporary labs, often set up in rental flats and houses, produce chemical waste that [Read More] 26/08/10

Head shops around the country shut down yesterday as tough new government legislation came into effect. Gardai plan to use the groundbreaking legislation to target shops selling what are believed to be psychoactive substances. [Read More] 25/08/10

A Coast Guard vessel returned to Miami with millions of dollars worth of seized cocaine on board. Crew observed a suspicious 30-foot, Honduran-flagged fishing vessel about 27 miles off Honduras. They discovered the cocaine and detained five suspects [Read More] 24/08/10

The government plans to publish a new drug strategy later this year. This targeted consultation provides an early opportunity for a wide range of partners to contribute to the development of the new strategy [Read More] 24/08/10

For the first time the Government will be able to react quickly as new substances emerge with temporary 12 month bans. The bans will send a clear message to users that these substances carry a risk and will prevent new chemicals becoming widely available. [Read More] 20/08/10

Maastricht, the Dutch town that has come to symbolise a Europe of open borders, may be about start closing them again, having won the first stage of a legal battle to stop foreigners being sold cannabis in its licensed coffee shops [Read More] 19/08/10

The U.S. State Department is preparing to re-certify that human rights are improving in Colombia, thus freeing up further U.S. funds and technical assistance to battle guerrilla insurgents and the drug trade under Plan Colombia. [Read More] 19/08/10

The Colombian Government recently launched a new public awareness campaign in the capital, Bogotá,called "Colombia, a drug free territory". The campaign, in the form of television, radio and online infomercials, is being carried out in major cities in the [Read More] 18/08/10