Items tagged with cocaine
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| Colombia lawmakers seek to take control of cocaine market. It’s a long shot [21.09.2020] | Legislators weary of Colombia’s whack-a-mole anti-narcotics efforts propose to stop the often violent trafficking of cocaine that has plagued the cou ... |
| Why the Drug User Liberation Front gave out free, checked drugs in Vancouver [11.08.2020] | The Drug User Liberation Front, a Vancouver-based activist group, made a serious statement on June 23. During a protest in the city’s Downtown Eastsi ... |
| Amount of cocaine intercepted by Dutch customs doubled in first half of 2020 [16.07.2020] | Customs officers seized twice as much cocaine in the first six months of 2020 than in the same period last year. More than 25,000 kilograms of the dr ... |
| Drug users call for safe supply of heroin and cocaine, and show how it’s done [23.06.2020] | A new drug-user advocacy group in Vancouver says the safe supply of prescription narcotics must include pharmaceutical-grade heroin and cocaine and — ... |
| Coca leaf: Myths and Reality [16.06.2020] | Many myths surround coca. Every day press accounts around the world use the word coca in their headlines, when they refer in fact to cocaine. TNI's D ... |
| The coronavirus has gutted the price of coca. It could reshape the cocaine trade [09.06.2020] | As a farmer eking out a living in Peru’s central jungle, Rubén Leiva grew one cash crop that seemed immune from global cycles of booms and busts. But ... |
| What lockdown? World’s cocaine traffickers sniff at movement restrictions [20.05.2020] | The world’s cocaine industry — which produces close to 2,000 metric tons a year and makes tens of billions of dollars — has adapted better than many ... |
| Peruvian coca farmers to Paris pushers, coronavirus upends global narcotics trade [22.04.2020] | The coronavirus outbreak has upended industries across the globe. The international narcotics trade has not been spared. From the cartel badlands alo ... |
| Honduras goes from transit nation to cocaine producer [19.03.2020] | Over the last decade, Honduras has seen a proliferation of laboratories capable of transforming coca leaf into cocaine hydrochloride. This means that ... |
| Glyphosate and cocaine: Colombia's next drug war? [09.03.2020] | Pedro Arenas is afraid that they'll take flight again. "I expect it could be within the next months," he says. Since the end of last year, nine AT-80 ... |
| Swiss cannabis market worth up to half a billion francs annually [23.01.2020] | Cannabis remains by far the most widespread drug enjoyed in Switzerland, even if the value of the market is much lower than that for cocaine. A study ... |
| Danish parties want to decriminalise hard drugs [14.01.2020] | A new report in Denmark revealed that more young Danes are consuming cocaine. Now several Danish parties want to change the law on the drugs to allow ... |
| Belgium’s most powerful politician has a drugs problem [11.01.2020] | Drug gangs increasingly choose Antwerp over the port of Rotterdam since checks there have become tougher. Almost one-third of all cocaine intercepted ... |
| Cannabis sales in EU raise $13 billion for crime gangs [26.11.2019] | Europeans spent at least 11.6 billion euros (£9.9 billion) in 2017 on illegal cannabis purchases, confirming marijuana as the largest drugs market in ... |
| ‘War on drugs’ is driving deforestation [21.11.2019] | Drug trafficking and the corresponding ‘war on drugs’ are driving deforestation in Central America, two new reports published by Fundación Neotropica ... |
| 'It was like ordering pizza': Cocaine taxis on the rise in Berlin [21.10.2019] | Police are investigating a growing number of "cocaine taxis" – cars that deliver the drug to any location – in the German capital. According to local ... |
| Drugs researchers: ‘No such thing as victimless cocaine’ [01.10.2019] | Together with prevention worker Judith Noijen of the Jellinek Clinic, crimninologist Ton Nabben published the 25th edition of Antenne, a large-scale ... |
| Cannabis: le Maroc peut-il surfer sur la vague verte? [24.09.2019] | Le pétrole vert du Maroc fait saliver les nouvelles industries émergentes qui promettent des produits miracles à base de cannabis. Malgré les perspec ... |
| Mexico court allows recreational cocaine in landmark decision [21.08.2019] | A judge in Mexico City has ruled in favor of two people requesting permission to use cocaine recreationally, marking the "first ruling of its kind," ... |
| How to legalize every drug [22.05.2019] | As Canada continues to work out the kinks of legalizing cannabis—and jurisdictions around the world follow suit—harm reduction advocates and drug pol ... |
| War on drugs has helped cocaine traffickers conquer swathes of Central America, study suggests [01.04.2019] | A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, which simulated the complex dynamics between drug traffickers ... |
| Home Office gives green light to first drug testing clinic [24.02.2019] | The first drug-checking service licensed by the Home Office will allow users to have their illicit substances tested without fear of being arrested i ... |
| New gangs 'Uberise' Europe's cocaine supply and bring more violence [14.12.2018] | A surge in the supply of pure cocaine to Europe has led to a rise in drug-related murders as new criminal gangs muscle into a market previously domin ... |
| Report says the UN's global 'war on drugs' has been a failure [22.10.2018] | The United Nations' drug strategy of the past 10 years has been a failure, according to a major report by the International Drug Policy Consortium (I ... |
| Taking stock: A decade of drug policy [22.10.2018] | ‘Taking stock: A decade of drug policy’ evaluates the impacts of drug policies implemented across the world over the past decade, using data from the ... |
| Colombia continues to break records for cocaine production, report says [19.09.2018] | Colombia is desperate to shed its reputation as a nation dogged by the drug trade, but new figures from the United Nations show that it continues to ... |
| Colombia coca production hits new record high, US figures say [26.06.2018] | US estimates of coca production in Colombia show the Andean nation has set a new record for the amount of the drug-producing crop under cultivation, ... |
| More drugs, more deaths, more damage... [26.06.2018] | In 2012, Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, referred to current drug control efforts as something akin to riding a stationary bicycle. "One kee ... |
| Report highlights continued rise in drug-related crime in Germany [23.05.2018] | The head of the BKA, Holger Münch, suggested during a joint press conference with Germany's Commissioner on Drugs, Marlene Mortler, that decriminaliz ... |
| Ecstasy and cocaine are getting stronger, Dutch drug analysis shows [16.05.2018] | Ecstasy pills are becoming stronger and cocaine sold on the streets is more pure, according to a new report by the addiction centre Trimbos Institute ... |
| Overshadowed by the opioid crisis: A comeback by cocaine [05.03.2018] | The opioid epidemic just keeps getting worse, presenting challenges discussed at length at a White House summit last week. But opioids are not Americ ... |
| The opioid crisis is getting worse, particularly for black Americans [22.12.2017] | The epidemic of drug overdoses, often perceived as a largely white rural problem, made striking inroads among black Americans last year — particularl ... |
| Blowing up: Britain’s cocaine glut [07.12.2017] | “It's as easy as buying a drink from an off-licence.” That is how Ellen Romans, a recovering drug addict, describes picking up cocaine near where she ... |
| We already know how to stop people dying from drugs – but the Government refuses to do it [02.08.2017] | Last year saw the highest number of drug-related deaths since records began in 1993. More than half of these deaths involved an opiate, such as heroi ... |
| Illegal drug market is booming, says UN watchdog [22.06.2017] | The world’s illicit drug economy is “thriving” owing to large increases in the production of heroin and cocaine and a wider spectrum of synthetic sub ... |
| More fentanyl being found in MDMA, crystal meth in Victoria [12.06.2017] | When Victoria pharmacist Alain Vincent began testing local street drugs for the presence of fentanyl, he knew it would be found in heroin. He was sur ... |
| Brazil Supreme Court judge calls for drugs legalisation to beat gangs [11.02.2017] | A Brazilian Supreme Court justice called for the legalization of marijuana and even cocaine to undo the growing power of drug gangs behind a wave of ... |
| Gangs less involved in cannabis compared with other drugs: Statscan [23.01.2017] | Canada’s organized crime groups and gangs are much less likely to produce and traffic marijuana than they are other illicit drugs such as cocaine and ... |
| A brief history of war and drugs: From Vikings to Nazis [24.11.2016] | Adolf Hitler was a junkie and the Nazis' narcotics intake gives new meaning to the term 'war on drugs'. But they weren't the only ones. Recent public ... |
| Needle vs needle: a vaccine for drug addiction? [13.07.2016] | Apparently they are working on a vaccine for drug addiction (specifically, opiate addiction). There are already studies into vaccinating against coca ... |
| Is the global cocaine trade in decline? [23.06.2016] | The latest United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2016 World Drug Report presents a long-term analysis of cocaine production, seizures and ... |
| EU Drug Markets Report [04.04.2016] | The 2016 EU Drug Markets Report provides a unique insight into the operation of illicit drug markets in the EU. The report assesses the impact of the ... |
| More South America teens using cocaine: Report [04.05.2015] | The Organization of American States' (OAS) latest drug consumption report highlights shifting trends in drug use among youths in the Western Hemisphe ... |
| Making a mountain out of a molehill: myths on youth and crime in Saint Lucia [15.12.2014] | Caribbean states face challenges of youth involvement in crime, violence, gangs and other anti-social activities. It is not uncommonly heard the “dru ... |
| 'You will not be arrested for using drugs' [02.12.2014] | Authorities in the Netherlands are warning Amsterdam tourists about heroin masquerading as cocaine, which has already killed several people and sent ... |
| How powerful synthetic drugs will upend drug markets globally [01.12.2014] | Illicit drugs made from plants (e.g., cocaine, heroin) are being replaced in some national drug markets by those that are synthesized (e.g., methamph ... |
| Ecuador is freeing thousands of drug mules [06.10.2014] | In Latin America’s latest challenge to Washington’s “war on drugs,” Ecuador has quietly begun releasing thousands of convicted cocaine smugglers. The ... |
| Reimagining Drug Policy in the Americas [27.06.2014] | Latin America is now at the vanguard of international efforts to promote drug policy reform: Bolivia has rewritten its constitution to recognize the ... |
| West Africa should decriminalise drugs - Obasanjo commission [12.06.2014] | The West Africa Commission on Drugs says drug cartels are undermining the region by using it to transit cocaine. The commission, headed by former Nig ... |
| Global drug policy is still deadly and ineffective [02.06.2014] | If you actually read the treaties, while they do set firm limitations on the legal, "non-medical" or "non-scientific" sale of schedule drugs — limits ... |
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