Sierra Leone declares national emergency on drug abuse
Freetown, Sierra Leone Reuters Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has declared a national emergency on substance abuse following calls on his government to crack down on the rising use of a cheap and sometimes deadly synthetic drug known as kush. The highly addictive mix of marijuana, tentanyl and tramadol has caused hundreds of deaths […]
“We have a problem”: Surging cocaine violence has Uruguay clamouring for DEA help
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An “emerging drug”: Fentanyl use spreads deeper into Mexico, on heels of US epidemic
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Coronavirus pandemic is pushing up the price of illegal drugs, UN says
Vienna, AustriaReuters Coronavirus-related border controls, lockdowns and flight shortages are making illegal drugs more expensive and difficult to obtain around the world, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in a report published on Thursday. The pandemic is having a mixed effect on drug production in different regions and on smuggling by air, […]
Some 250 million people took illicit drugs in 2015 with almost 30 million engaged in “problematic” use, says UN report
More than five per cent of the world’s population – some 250 million people – used illicit drugs in 2015 while almost 30 million people worldwide engaged in “problematic” drug use which could include dependence, according to a UN report released this week. The latest World Drug Report, released by the United Nations Office on […]