Over 14 million individuals in Nigeria abuse drugs, according to data from the drug enforcement agency. A few of them are young adults or children.
Decriminalizing small amounts of hard drugs is one novel approach that a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest is trying to combat opioid abuse.
Drug production and usage is on the rise in Myanmar in the aftermath of the military coup, ethnic rebel groups and activists said Monday, as countries around the world observed International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
Brazil, which was once a small player in the drug trade, is now one of the world’s major cocaine suppliers and the main location for the transshipment of drugs to Europe.The illegal drug trade has also turned entire neighborhoods in Sao Paulo, the largest city in South America, into wastelands
Cambodia authorities have arrested 11 Chinese nationals on suspicion of illegal drug trafficking, confiscating hundreds of metric tons of narcotics and drug precursors during raids in Phnom Penh and three other provinces, national police said Wednesday
According to the United Nations, Afghanistan provides 80% of the world’s opium. Millions of people in Afghanistan are affected by drug abuse and addiction
In Afghanistan, the poppy grows wild and has long been the country’s most profitable cash crop. However, opium made from poppy has a competitor in Afghanistan
During the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say South Africa is seeing a rise in drug addiction among young people. Some youngsters are abusing cough medicine that contains the narcotic codeine, according to a medical study institution
Last month’s arrest of one of Asia’s most wanted men – Tse Chi Lop – may have dented Southeast Asia’s multibillion dollar drug trade
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, federal agents on the U.S. borders, at ports and in postal facilities are not letting up their guard against another dangerous killer – the artificial opioid, fentanyl. It’s cheaper and up to 100 times more powerful than heroin and it’s killing tens of thousands of American annual