Drugs

The measure is a first step toward easing federal restrictions on cannabis

A new study from the Massachusetts General Hospital found higher risks of health issues the more frequently marijuana was used

Mexico's president previously downplayed the information saying the New York Times is a "filthy rag"

A study by the CDC delved into their drug consumption and motivation to do so

Biden also commuted the sentences of 11 individuals serving "unduly long sentences for non-violent drug offenses"

The initiative seeks to foster the creation of new jobs and job retention in the state

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas began their Mexico meetings with a visit to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

This initiative is a joint effort by the Amazon nations to combat criminal activity in the world's largest rainforest.

The common street drug "tranq" can have disastrous consequences when coupled with other illegal substances like heroin and fentanyl.

Two teenagers and a child overdosed on fentanyl in March and were discovered dead by police with froth flowing from their lips are among the deceased.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said a shipment containing the drug was stopped in the Pacific port of Lázaro Cárdenas.

The 46-year-old Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged at dawn on Wednesday, Apr. 26, over a plot to smuggle 1kg (35oz) of cannabis.

The group, which included a former Spanish boxer and two Ecuadorean relatives, left the Brazilian rainforest and first traveled down the Amazon River.

A new study published in NEJM shows that Nexletol also reduces the risk of heart disease.

Surrey police have warned that there are certain emojis being used by teens to talk about sex and drugs.

At the top of Ecuadoran President GUillermo Lasso's priorities is securing help in battling drug cartels that have waged open warfare in his nation's streets and prisons.

A drug trafficker known as the "Brazilian Pablo Escobar" admits how he smuggled drugs internationally for years.

A plastic surgeon has been ordered to pay the family of his lover who died from drug overdose.

A woman was charged after her toddler drowned in a pond while she was taking drugs and posing for nude photos.

A man has been accused of brutally killing his own grandfather after the victim refused to give him money to buy drugs in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India on Monday, Sept. 19.

Saudi Arabia is dealing with a drug problem that appears to be getting out of control.

An inmate has been confirmed dead due to a meth overdose after he was allegedly slipped drugs during a visitation kiss in Dickson County, Tennessee. 

A 51-year-old man has been arrested for raping and brutally assaulting an ex-partner who came to him for drugs.

A 33-year-old man of Landing in Roxbury Township was arrested after authorities seized several firearms and illegal drugs from his home.

A couple in North Shields, England, was found guilty of attempted murder for cutting open a friend's body while he was sleeping on their couch.

A 24-year-old Wisconsin woman may rot in jail for life after allegedly choking her lover to death after they smoked meth and later engaged in violent sex. The suspect would proceed to play with his corpse, chopping up his limbs before dumping the victim’s severed head and penis in a bucket and his legs in a crockpot.

A drug submarine filled with over four tons of cocaine was confiscated in Colombia on Sunday, in a major blow to the international drug trafficking trade.

An unhinged 22-year-old mother accused of the murder of her 3-year-old daughter may rot in jail for life after she reportedly confessed that cartoon character SpongeBob Squarepants ordered her to stab her child to death.

A man allegedly brutally decapitated his own mother out of anger after she refused to give him money to purchase drugs in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia on Jan. 15.

An Egyptian woman reportedly offered a divorce and pleaded for her alleged drug-addicted husband to spare her life before she was mercilessly beheaded and slaughtered in their family home in Dubai.