A university student in Singapore has been sentenced to five years in jail and five strokes of the cane after selling less than 5 grams of weed. Donovan Liew Wee Kiat, 24, was arrested in October 2019 for trafficking in a controlled drug, consumption of a controlled drug, and possession of drug utensils, Channel News
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has reclassified nicotine as a prescription-only medication, rather than a dangerous poison, in an interim decision announced last week. The decision, if made final, will mean that certain nicotine products—including e-cigarettes, e-juice, heat-not-burn tobacco products, chewing tobacco and snuff—can only be obtained with a doctor’s prescription. The change in legislation
A man pauses at a coffin after carrying it during a memorial march to remember victims of overdose deaths in Vancouver on Saturday, August 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Overdose deaths are continuing to soar across Canada amid the pandemic, confirmed by new numbers released by British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario this week. Added
Forensic personnel work in the exhumation of human remains found in Guerrero state, Mexico in January 2019. Photo: Getty Images / PEDRO PARDO / AFP At the height of Mexico’s deadly war on drug cartels its chief architect, the then Mexican President Felipe Calderón, privately admitted it was “unwinnable” and that legalising drugs was the
Police detain a bong at a cannabis rally in London. Photo: Guy Corbishley/Alamy Stock Photo A group of Labour MPs including three shadow cabinet ministers are backing a campaign which has called for the party to decriminalise drug possession and consider a legalised cannabis market in Britain. In a report released today, the Labour drug policy
Police officers investigating an alleged drug dealer killed by unidentified gunman in Manila. Photo: Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte used a major U.N. speech on Tuesday to launch a bizarre attack on human rights groups critical of his war on drugs calling them “malevolent” people who, “ooze blood”, spread propaganda in
Photo: Jonathan Weiss / Alamy Stock Photo Facebook is a major vehicle in the spread of fake news and damaging misinformation about the US opioid crisis, a study has found. The research, carried out by public health experts at Northeasten University in Boston, focused on reports of first responders overdosing on fentanyl just by touching or being near
Photo: Jonathan Weiss / Alamy Stock Photo Facebook is a major vehicle in the spread of fake news and damaging misinformation about the US opioid crisis, a study has found. The research, carried out by public health experts at Northeasten University in Boston, focused on reports of first responders overdosing on fentanyl just by touching or being near