Film spotlights pop culture inspired by Mexican drug gangsA new documentary shines a worrying and grisly light on a growing Latino pop culture phenomenon in the United States inspired by the deadly drug violence which has ravaged neighboring Mexico.
07 December 2013
Toronto mayor may have tried to buy crack videoWeeks before the public first became aware of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's crack video, the disgraced politician may have tried to buy it, according to court documents made public Wednesday.
05 December 2013
Cancer drug Xeloda linked to severe skin reactions: officialA drug used to treat advanced breast and colorectal cancers has been linked to sometimes fatal skin reactions in patients, its Swiss manufacturer and Canadian health officials said Wednesday.
05 December 2013
Japan's top drugmaker appoints first foreign bossJapan's top drugmaker said Saturday it had picked a GlaxoSmithKline executive as its next president in a rare example of overseas head-hunting by a major Japanese firm.
01 December 2013
US lifts restrictions on anti-diabetes drug AvandiaUS authorities on Monday lifted restrictions on the prescription of diabetes drug Avandia after a new study indicated it did not carry an elevated risk of heart attacks.
26 November 2013
Global gangs target Australian pupils as drug mulesAustralian authorities on Monday warned that high school students were being recruited by international drug syndicates to help them bring illicit substances into the country.
Drugs scandal rocks Britain's troubled 'ethical' bankBritain's Co-operative Bank, which prides itself on ethical investments, has been plunged deeper into crisis after its former chairman was filmed allegedly seeking to buy drugs.
Afghan opium cultivation hits record high in 2013: UNOpium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached a record high this year as farmers seek to "insure" themselves ahead of NATO forces' withdrawal next year, the United Nations said Wednesday.
13 November 2013
Myanmar makes biggest heroin bust this yearMyanmar police said Thursday they had arrested a man with 133 kilos (293 pounds) of heroin worth $2 million at local prices -- the country's biggest seizure of the drug this year.
25 October 2013
Execution drugs spark controversy as supplies dwindleThe US is turning to new drugs for lethal injections as supplies of the current standard dwindle, sparking lawsuits from death row prisoners that the changes will cause undue suffering.
11 October 2013
GSK to seek green light for malaria vaccineBritish drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said on Tuesday it hoped to get the green light for a prototype vaccine against malaria after trials showed it offered children a partial shield against the disease.
08 October 2013
Maduro probes purported US involvement in Air France drug cacheVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday he was investigating whether US drug enforcement agents were involved in a huge cocaine drug bust as part of a plot to brand Venezuela a "narco state."
04 October 2013
'War' on illegal drugs is failing: studyThe global war on heroin, cocaine and cannabis is failing to stem supply, as prices of these drugs have tumbled while seizures of them have risen.
Who is 'Molly'? A sweet name for deadly designer drug Everybody is talking about Molly, but few aside from the young, hip and famous knew who she was until the death of two people at a New York music festival this weekend.
04 September 2013
Peru coca growers switch to coffee, battle fungusPeru's anti-drug strategy hinges on persuading farmers to grow coffee instead of coca, the raw material of cocaine, but low prices and plant disease are getting in the way.