Global cocaine supply hits record levels: UN drug agency
Coca cultivation hit a record high by soaring 35 percent from 2020 to 2021, a UN report showed Thursday, amid new cocaine trafficking hubs emerging in southeastern Europe and Africa.
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Canada province tests decriminalizing cocaine, heroin, fentanyl
A Canadian province on Tuesday decriminalized the possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and other hard drugs in a radical policy shift to address an opioid overdose crisis that has killed thousands.
Mexico gripped by ex-security chief’s US drugs trial
Mexico is on tenterhooks awaiting fresh revelations from the US trial of former security chief Genaro Garcia Luna, accused of receiving vast sums of money to allow the notorious Sinaloa cartel to smuggle cocaine.
Lawmaker wanted by US for cocaine trafficking captured
A former Honduran lawmaker who spent years on the run avoiding a US extradition order for alleged cocaine trafficking has been captured, according to the Central American country’s security minister.
Marcos Jr’s camp rejects drug test by PDEA: What for? We’ve submitted the result
The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has thumbed down the idea of undergoing another drug test at a facility of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) amid doubts on the veracity of the test results he submitted.
WATCH | ‘Di dapat high ang lider! Lacson, Sotto test negative for drugs
“Dapat ang description – highest lider ng bansa, hindi high ang lider ng bansa,” tweets Sen. Panfilo Lacson.
WATCH | Duterte claims president bet does cocaine on a ‘yacht or in the air’
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday claimed the presidential aspirant in the May 2022 elections he accused of using cocaine takes drugs on a “yacht or in the air.”
‘Di on the spot! Marcos Jr submits drug test result via abogado
Former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed to have tested negative for illegal drugs in documents submitted by his abogado to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
Marcos Jr passes drug test: ‘I am against illegal drugs’
Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is clean based on his latest drug test.
Duterte claims presidential bet does cocaine on a ‘yacht or in the air’
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday claimed that the presidential aspirant in the May 2022 elections he accused of using cocaine takes drugs on a “yacht or in the air.”
