The canvas ‘View of the Sea at Scheveningen’, one of the two recovered paintings by Vincent van Gogh which were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002, is pictured at the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Kooren Two pai... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker harvests cannabis plants at a plantation near the northern town of Nazareth, Israel, May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo The Israeli government voted on Sunday in favor of decriminalizing recreational marijuana use, joining some U.... More »
Anthony, 17 year old boy who has tuberous sclerosis and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is seen at his house in Lima, Peru, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo Ana Alvarez, a working mother of two in Lima, never imagined being on the frontlines of a fight for m... More »
Bangladesh is to ban the import of the cold-medicine component pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in illicit methamphetamine production, anti-narcotics officials said, after purchases spiked in tandem with a boom in the illegal drug “ya ba”. More »
The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency said on Friday, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased. More »
People pack a glass bowl with marijuana during Hempfest’s 420Fest at the Luxe Nightclub in Seattle, Washington April 20, 2013. REUTERS/Nick Adams The administration of President Donald Trump may ramp up enforcement of federal laws against recreational marijuan... More »
A fully budded marijuana plant ready for trimming is seen at a store in Colorado December 31, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking An investment company is making plans to launch what could be the first exchange-traded fund to profit on marijuana. More »
A law enforcement officer stands by holdalls containing cocaine that were washed up on Hopton Beach, near Great Yarmouth, Britain February 9, 2017. Photograph taken February 9, 2017. National Crime Agency/Handout via Reuters Over $60 million dollars’ worth of ... More »
Agnes Callamard, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial summary or arbitrary Executions, speaks with reporters in Bangkok February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Marshall A United Nations human rights investigator says there are signs of mounting opposition within... More »
FILE PHOTO – A variety of medicinal marijuana buds in jars are pictured at Los Angeles Patients & Caregivers Group dispensary in West Hollywood, California U.S. on October 18, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo The prospect of Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S.... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker harvests cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation near the northern town of Nazareth, Israel May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo An Israeli government committee gave an initial nod on Sunday for the export of medical marij... More »
Prescription painkiller oxycodone are shown at a pharmacy in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 17, 2017. Picture taken January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang As deaths from powerful painkillers continue to rise, Canada is pursuing unprecedented measures to cu... More »
File Photo: A view shows the ”iconic ”Hollywood” sign overlooking Southern California’s film-and-television hub, which was defaced overnight in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian/File Photo A prankst... More »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Egalet Corp’s long-acting opioid painkiller, Arymo ER, and will allow the company to claim it deters abuse by those seeking to dissolve and inject it. More »
File Photo: U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Attorney General, meets with Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) in his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Pr... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Playing team sports in high school may not influence whether or not teens use heroin or abuse prescription drugs, More »
A view shows the ‘iconic ‘Hollywood’ sign overlooking Southern California’s film-and-television hub, which was defaced overnight in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian The iconic hillside sign overloo... More »
Afghan men gather raw opium on a poppy field on the outskirts of Jalalabad in this April 28, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Parwiz The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world’s main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 ... More »
A woman carrying her daughter casts her vote in a referendum on a peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels in Medellin, Colombia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Fredy Builes Colombians narrowly rejected a peace deal ... More »
Supporters of ‘No’ vote celebrate after the nation voted ‘No’ in a referendum on a peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels,in Bogota, Colombia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino Colombia’s government and ... More »
The U.S. Justice Department will enlist federal prosecutors to help fight the nation’s opioid crisis by sharing information on overprescribing doctors and coordinating with public health officials to address addiction, USA Today reported on Friday. More »
A man injects heroin into his arm along a street in Man Sam, northern Shan state, Myanmar July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun The Philippines has launched a bloody “war on drugs” that has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighboring Indon... More »
Coca-Cola workers found a huge stash of cocaine when they opened a delivery of fruit juice concentrate from Costa Rica at their factory in southern France. More »
Maine Governor Paul LePage speaks at the 23rd Annual Energy Trade and Technology Conference in Boston, Massachusetts November 13, 2015. REUTERS/Gretchen Ertl/File Photo Maine Governor Paul LePage apologized on Friday for an obscenity-laced voicemail he left fo... More »
SEATTLE The U.S. government will announce on Thursday that it will allow more research into marijuana but has rejected requests to relax the classification of the substance as a dangerous, highly addictive drug with no medical use, sources with direct knowledg... More »
MANILA When the image of Jennelyn Olaires weeping as she cradled the body of her slain husband went viral in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte called it melodramatic. There’s not much Duterte hasn’t said when it comes to his war on drugs, his only rea... More »
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a measure that pledges greater efforts to protect drug-dependent newborns and assist their parents. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act also stresses drug treatment and overdose prevention to... More »
MUMBAI An Indian court has cleared the way for a Bollywood thriller about drug trafficking to open in cinemas this week after government censors attempted to thwart the movie’s release ahead of elections in a northern state where the film is set. Monday’s judg... More »
LIMA Keiko Fujimori aims to steer the right-wing populist movement she inherited from her disgraced father back into power in a run-off election for Peru’s presidency on Sunday, but the latest polls suggest she could suffer another narrow loss. Her lead over r... More »
A Washington state man was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for his role in helping the management of the successor website to Silk Road, an online black market where illegal drugs and other goods were sold. Brian Farrell, who prosecutors say was a... More »
LONDON A team of sniffer dogs set up at a British airport at a cost of 1.25 million pounds ($1.7 million) have proved adept at discovering small amounts of cheese and sausages but not so good at finding smuggled drugs, a report said on Thursday. An inspection ... More »
A Colorado lawmaker is trying to outlaw marijuana-laced gummy candies that resemble children’s treats, the latest effort by a U.S. state to address the complexities and unintended consequences of pot legalization. In 2014 Colorado became the first state to all... More »
TEL AVIV Already a pioneer in high-tech and cutting-edge agriculture, Israel is starting to attract American companies looking to bring medical marijuana know-how to a booming market back home. Since 2014, U.S. firms have invested about $50 million in licensin... More »
MEXICO CITY A man suspected of laundering money for jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was detained in southwestern Mexico, and faces extradition to the United States, Mexican authorities said on Sunday. Juan Manuel Alvarez, who was arrested in Oaxa... More »
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK A bill that aims to protect babies born to mothers who used heroin or other opioids during pregnancy was introduced on Wednesday in the House as part of the government’s response to a Reuters investigation. The bipartisan measure would requ... More »
WASHINGTON In April 2014, the administration of President Barack Obama announced the most ambitious clemency program in 40 years, inviting thousands of jailed drug offenders and other convicts to seek early release and urging lawyers across the country to take... More »
ATLANTA Bobbi Kristina Brown’s former boyfriend Nick Gordon has been wrongly targeted in the criminal probe of her 2015 death despite his efforts to save her life after finding her unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home, his lawyers said on Tuesday. The... More »
HOUSTON Addicts in a new study at the University of Houston will strap on virtual reality headsets and navigate a “heroin cave” to help them try and kick their addictions. Researchers are looking to see if making their way through a simulated house party cramm... More »
MEXICO CITY U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s political rhetoric is “racist,” and evocative of Adolf Hitler, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon told reporters at an event in Mexico City on Saturday. “This logic of praising the whit... More »
PLYMOUTH, N.H. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump came to the small town of Plymouth in the New Hampshire mountains on Sunday and promised to lower prescription drug prices, improve education and help heroin addicts get treatment. It was a day... More »
MEXICO CITY Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, who helped Hollywood star Sean Penn conduct an interview with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been called to give testimony about the kingpin, an official said on Monday. Del Castillo will be questioned b... More »
MEXICO CITY Oscar-winning Mexican film director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has stood by U.S. actor Sean Penn for his interview with drug lord Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman, saying in an article published on Sunday that Penn wrote a “fantastic” story. Speaking with S... More »
OAXACA, Mexico Bloodshot faces, baked into ceramic pots, grimace in pain. Gnarled fingers poke from ashen clay. A skull and hands, the only remains of a body, grip the top of a wall, trying to escape. They are among more than 100 pieces created by Francisco To... More »
ZURICH Novartis’ phase III study for its acute myeloid leukemia (AML) drug showed it improved overall survival by 23 percent for patients with FLT3 mutations, the Swiss drugmaker said on Sunday. Basel-based Novartis said the study was the first large controlle... More »
BOGOTA Colombia said on Friday it plans to legalize medical marijuana in a further shift in drug policy after suspending aerial fumigation of illicit crops. The government is preparing a decree which would approve the therapeutic use of marijuana, the presiden... More »
JAKARTA When Indonesia’s anti-drugs czar announced plans to guard a death-row prison island with crocodiles, the government rushed to explain that it was just a joke, but on Friday Budi Waseso said he was now thinking of using tigers and piranha fish too. Medi... More »
WASHINGTONHillary Clinton on Saturday called for looser federal regulations governing marijuana, to boost scientific research on a drug that many tout for relieving pain, among other medical benefits, according to media reports. Speaking at a campaign event in... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly one in five high school students who said they used electronic cigarettes to vaporize nicotine also used them to vaporize pot, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 Connecticut teens. The study, published on Monday in the jou... More »
GUATEMALA CITY Guatemalan Finance Minister Dorval Carias resigned on Monday amid a deepening corruption scandal that has also featured calls for the impeachment of President Otto Perez. A statement released by Carias’ office did not give a reason for his decis... More »
WASHINGTON Media baron Rupert Murdoch took issue on Sunday with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments that many illegal immigrants from Mexico are bringing crime to the United States, tweeting: “Trump wrong.” Trump, a billionaire real estat... More »
WASHINGTON After days of outrage, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that some of his criticism of Mexico has been distorted but stuck to his stance that many illegal immigrants coming across the Mexican border are criminals.A new st... More »
LONDON Scientists have identified a key gene used by poppies to make morphine, paving the way for better methods of producing the medically important drug, potentially without the need for cultivating poppy fields. The latest finding follows recent success in ... More »
