South China's Guangdong Province has declared a war on drugs after a ship carrying two tonnes of crystal meth, or "ice," was seized earlier this year.
Cooperation as a key tool in combating illegal drugs was a prevalent theme among speakers during Thursday's concluding sessions of the three-day UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs here.
China's e-commerce businesses are expanding into pharmaceuticals as the government directs prescription drug sales away from hospitals and into retail outlets.
More motorists are dying as a result of illicit drugs than that of alcohol, new figures from the Australian state of Victoria have revealed on Thursday.
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Irish police said on Wednesday they had arrested 60 people in Dublin, Cork and Wexford cities as part of a probe into drug dealing.
The Interior Ministry's anti- drug police department has cracked down on 858 drug-related cases in the first eleven months of this year, up 28 percent over the same period last year, Cambodian National Police said on its website Tuesday.
A sleeping pill that promises a deep slumber without the risk of dependency is set to hit market in Japan as early as this month ahead of its release overseas, the Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday.
A singer, made famous by a popular television talent show, was detained in Beijing on Monday night for drug use, the police confirmed on Tuesday.
The health indexes of 65 children who attended two kindergartens in China accused of illegally administering antiviral drugs were found to be "abnormal" during a health examination, local government told Xinhua on Sunday.
A court in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region sentenced a Vietnamese woman to death with a two year reprieve for trafficking more than four kilograms of drugs.
China is to launch a five-month campaign to combat illegal online drug sales. According to an official statement, drugs for the treatment of tumors, sexual dysfunction, diabetes and high blood pressure have been listed as "major targets," alongside producers of counterfeit drugs.
Police of the Republic of Congo have seized 35 tons of counterfeit drugs in the Central African country's capital Brazzaville in the latest crackdown on fakes.
A 47-year-old Taiwan woman was arrested at Auckland International Airport late Monday after Customs officers found about 900 grams of crystal methamphetamine hidden in two suitcases, the New Zealand Customs Service announced Tuesday.
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