Oregon will be the first state in the United States to decriminalize possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD, and other hard drugs under a ballot measure.
Seizure of Cocaine in Uruguay posted on social media to scare illegal drug traders. (Photo : REUTERS) Uruguayan authorities had shared through a public announcement that it had seized a record-breaking six tons of cocaine worth approximately $1 billion.
The "Star Wars" icon experienced a relapse before her death. Legendary actress and screenwriter Carrie Fisher's autopsy was released Monday and it revealed that the actress had a potent mix of drugs in her system that could have contributed to her death.
Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, the most notorious drug lord, is slowly losing his health and his mind as he stays alone and cold in a Brooklyn prison. His attorneys are asking for his release from solitary confinement.
HIV vaccine therapy helps to fight the virus without daily drugs. The finding of the research was presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and opportunistic infections.
Pfizer Inc's Celebrex poses no higher risk for patients heart. New study suggests that Celebrex causes fewer heart-related problems than rival pain drug.
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's lawyers claimed that their client is being tortured in prison without getting enough sleep and less visits causing his anxiety and raised blood pressure. The Mexican drug lord is scheduled to be extradited in the US.
People are questioning the use of the synthesized drug often called “bath salts” or “flakka” given the recent “zombie-attack” in Florida where a 19-year-old ate a man’s face. Flakka is known to give users superhuman strength and regretful cannibalistic behavior.
Officials arrested the Mayor of Fairfax, Virginia after he was caught selling meth to an undercover detective in exchange for group sex with several men.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the third wife of Mexico's drug kingpin and leader of Sinaloa cartel Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman made her first ever television interview last Feb. 19. It was then aired just this Sunday, Feb. 21 and Coronel insists that her husband is not what federal prosecutors are saying.
Red Ribbon Week, an annual campaign centered on alcohol, tobacco, drug and violence prevention awareness, was sparked by the abduction, torture and murder of Mexican-born DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena in 1985. Observed during the last week of October, Red Ribbon Week shines a light on the sweeping damage done by drugs, which destroys communities and the youth dwelling within it.
Former L.A. Lakers star Lamar Odom, who was recently found unconscious at a brothel in Las Vegas Tuesday night, had been battling for his life. Recent reports claimed that the athlete had some slight progress with regard to his health condition.
The comedian, who has denied drugging women and never faced criminal charges over the years, implicated himself in a newly released 2005 lawsuit deposition.
Federal officials on Tuesday uncovered a sophisticated drug tunnel in Southern California that connected to a home across the border in Tijuana, Mexico.
