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China: Guideline issued to ease shortages of medicine

Chinahaslaunchedamultidepartmentalefforttodealwithoccasionalshortagesofsomeprescriptiondrugsforpatients,theStateCouncilInformationOfficesaidonWednesday.Aguideli

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Myanmar faces uphill battle against drugs

Myanmar is facing a tough challenge to get rid of drugs as the Golden Triangle remains one of the main opium-producing areas in Asia.

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Myanmar faces uphill battle against drugs

MyanmarisfacingatoughchallengetogetridofdrugsastheGoldenTriangleremainsoneofthemainopium-producingareasinAsia.LocalforcesinMyanmarhavebeenfightingthedrugproblem

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China bans four new opioid analgesic drugs

TheministryofpublicsecurityhasannouncedthatChinahasbannedfournewsyntheticopioids,includingu-47700.Thenewdesignerdrugswillbeaddedtoalistofcontrolledsubstancesint

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The Smack Track: Turkey seize a ton of heroin in Congo-flagged ship raid

Turkish security forces have seized more than a ton of heroin hidden in a Democratic Republic of Congo-flagged cargo ship in a raid in international waters on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

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The Smack Track: Turkey seize a ton of heroin in Congo-flagged ship raid

TurkishsecurityforceshaveseizedmorethanatonofheroinhiddeninaDemocraticRepublicofCongo-flaggedcargoshipinaraidininternationalwatersonWednesday,Reutersreported.Th

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Fake sex medicine complaints on the rise

An apparent rise in sales of fake sex medicines is the result of increasing demand and more purchases from online shops and small businesses, prosecutors in Shanghai said on Monday.

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Drone operators jailed for flying drugs, cellphones into British prisons

TwomenwhouseddronestoflydrugsintoprisonsinLondonandHertfordshire,havebeenjailedforatotalofmorethantenyears,London'sMetropolitanPolicesaidTuesday.TomasNatalevici

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Cancer drugs may be delayed after Brexit, say experts

Patients in the UK could face delays getting new drugs if Britain withdraws from the EU's medicines regulator, ministers have been warned.

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Police seize 1,100kg in Australia's 'largest cocaine bust'

​Fifteen men have been charged after police said they made the biggest cocaine bust in Australia's history.

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Hongkongers arrested in Manila airport drug bust netting 28kg of cocaine worth HK$22 million

​Haul found in luggage as the men travelled to the Philippines from Brazil via Dubai

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Chinese court jails Colombian Miss World hopeful for 15 years for smuggling drugs

Juliana Lopez Sarrazola, 22, could have faced death sentence after being caught with 610 grams of cocaine hidden in laptop at Guangzhou airport last July

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Egypt pains at alarming size of drug addicts in slums

"It makes me avoid thinking about things that make me sad, which are many things," Abouda, a 32-year-old rickshaw driver, said in Boulak el-Dakrour neighborhood in Giza, referring to his habit of taking hashish.

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Soaring prison population prompts Thailand to rethink its ‘lost’ drug war

Somsak Sreesomsong was 18 when he was jailed for selling illegal drugs. Now, turning 30, he is not yet half way through his 33-year sentence at Bangkok’s high-security Klong Prem prison.

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Soaring prison population prompts Thailand to rethink its "lost" drug war

Somsak Sreesomsong was 18 when he was jailed for selling illegal drugs. Now, turning 30, he is not yet half way through his 33-year sentence at Bangkok’s high-security Klong Prem prison.

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Guns a growing factor in narcotics enforcement

Authorities worry about the increasing danger to society posed by armed criminals

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Nepal becomes preferred destination for international drug smugglers

​In May, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of the Nepal Police booked four foreign traffickers in possession of more than two kilograms of cocaine in different parts of the capital city, prior to the arrest of two foreign women in March.