Over 321,000 U.S. children lost a parent to drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, study reveals
An estimated 321,566 children in the United States lost a parent to drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, according to a study(link is external) published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Thailand to burn 340 tonnes of drugs, marking end of this year's 'war on drugs'
Bangkok: The Thai authorities will destroy 340 tonnes of drugs by the end of February, marking the end of this year's 'war on drugs', Thailand's The Nation newspaper reported on Monday.
Pakistan: Karachi facing severe shortage of life-saving drugs
Pakistan's Karachi city is facing a severe shortage of essential medicines, including life-saving drugs, which is causing problems for patients, media reports said.
Pakistan's anti-narcotics force seizes over 100 kg of drugs
Islamabad: Pakistan's Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted multiple operations in different areas of the country, seizing over 100 kg of drugs and arresting three smugglers, the ANF said on Monday.
Thailand: Drugs worth $8.2 million seized by police
Bangkok: Thai police have arrested four people and confiscated over 15 million pills of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs worth 300 million baht in what they say is one of the biggest drug busts of the year, media reported.
Ovidio Guzmán-López: Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo's son extradited to US from Mexico
The US Attorney General has said Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been extradited from Mexico to the United States on drug trafficking charges.
South Korea: US soldiers caught smuggling, distributing drugs
Seoul: U.S. soldiers in South Korea had been caught smuggling drugs through military mail and distributing them here, local broadcaster MBC has reported.
Pakistan: Report shows prevalence of drug supply in Karachi schools, restaurants
A report received by Sindh Inspector-General of Police, Ghulam Nabi Memon, has shown widespread supply of drugs in schools and restaurants across the port city has been exposed, media reports said.
Canadian man arrested for selling drugs from a mobile shop in Vancouver
British Columbia/IBNS: A 51-year-old man from Canada, identified as Jerry Martin, was arrested in British Columbia after opening a mobile shop to sell cocaine, heroin, and other dangerous substances.
Pakistan: 25% inmates in Rawalpindi, Lahore jails are drug addicts, finds report
Islamabad: A National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) released report has shown that more than 25 percent of inmates in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail and Lahore’s District Jail are drug addicts, media reports said on Tuesday.
Break the link between illicit drugs and social media: UN-backed report
New York: The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent, UN-backed body, is calling on governments to do more to regulate social media platforms that glamourize drug-related negative behaviour and boost sales of controlled substances.
Lahore prisoners getting drugs from court lockups: Pakistan govt
Punjab/UNI: The Home Ministry of Pakistan's Punjab province has issued an alert stating that the inmates in Lahore prison have been getting drugs from court lockups and directed the authorities to take necessary actions.
Pakistan: Six CIA cops caught with narcotics, sent to judicial custody
Karachi: A Pakistani court has sent six personnel of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) in judicial custody over the alleged smuggling of 76 kilogrammes of charas in a police van, media reports said.
Pakistan: Jamshoro CIA centre sealed following arrest of six policemen with 76kg charas
Karachi: Six policemen of CIA-Jamshoro in Pakistan were arrested on Sunday after 76 kilograms of charas was found in the police mobile van they were travelling in, media reports said on Monday.
Sri Lankan Navy seizes over Rs 600 million worth drugs, role of Pakistan ISI suspected
Colombo: A special operation carried out by the Sri Lankan Navy in the seas off Negombo on Monday led to the apprehension of 4 suspects with over 100 kg of Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE) and about 80 kg of Hashish besides seizure of a multi day fishing trawler used to transfer the narcotic substances.