The International Olympic Committee (IOC) supports freedom of speech but there should be a line drawn between freedom to speak and "trash talk".
Dozens of Philippine government and police officials turned themselves in on Monday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte linked them to the drugs trade, stepping up a war on narcotics that has killed hundreds since he took office in June.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will look into the unfriendly comment Australian swimmer Mack Horton made on Chinese rival Sun Yang before it gave any comment.
At least 21 people were arrested Wednesday in an anti-drug trafficking raid in a northern slum of Rio de Janeiro, the police announced.
"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.
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.
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.
The Philippine government on Thursday hailed its war on drugs a “success”, as police confirmed killing nearly 200 people in a two-month blitz that has outraged rights groups.
China's top pricing regulator launched a new round of drug pricing and healthcare financing reform on Wednesday in the latest attempt to improve the nation's public healthcare system.
Authorities worry about the increasing danger to society posed by armed criminals
A court in Zhuhai City in south China's Guangdong Province sentenced four convicted drug dealers to death on Thursday, ahead of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Sunday.
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.
"I hate poppies and the drug trade but poverty and my dire need for money have forced me into this lucrative business and I can earn a relatively good income and support my family from farming the plant," a farmer in the southern Kandahar province, Sadiq Agha, 55, told Xinhua recently.
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.
The fight against drug trafficking in Latin America requires effective rules to facilitate the exchange of criminal information and joint operations between countries, experts from the criminal justice system told Xinhua.
The government has tightened surveillance on foreigners living in the country following concerns about drug trafficking cases, according to the Law and Human Rights Ministry.
The United States is facing tremendous health threats with which drug addiction and prescription drug abuse are on the top of the list. Recent studies show that an overwhelming number of Americans are suffering from drug addiction and abuse due to chronic pain.
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