Drugs
Why Is Syria’s Dictatorship Being Rehabilitated? Captagon.
The amphetamine has become massive across the Middle East, fuelled by the Syrian dictator’s war machine. Now, he's being embraced by other leaders – if he cracks down on the drug.
No, Dogs Are Not ODing After Eating Fentanyl-Laced Human Poo
The latest drug panic is dogs getting high and sick after eating human feces laced with meth and fentanyl. Experts say it's not a real issue.
World Is Yours: How a Cheap Synthetic Drug Is Ravaging India’s Northeast
A potent mix of caffeine and methamphetamine, WY tablets are cheap because they are usually spiked – coming in from the Myanmar border and peddled behind school and college canteens.
Someone Tried to Ship 50 Bricks of Swastika-Branded Cocaine to Europe
Police in Peru seized the Nazi-branded cocaine, some of which also bore the word "HITLER."
A Teen Girl Is Facing Murder Charges After Two Of Her Classmates Died of Overdoses
Three Tennessee girls overdosed in a school parking lot just before a graduation ceremony. The surviving 17-year-old is being charged with two counts of murder.
It’s Surprisingly Easy to Get ‘Legal’ LSD in Japan
Designer drugs that mimic acid and cannabis are still accessible, thanks to a legal loophole in the notoriously drug-averse country.
Two Tourists Were Murdered in Oaxaca’s Once Peaceful Beach Area in a Week
The murder of a Canadian man in Puerto Escondido came just days after an Argentine tourist was killed with a machete on the same coast.
Woman Arrested After a Bunch of Cocaine Fell Out of Her Fake Pregnant Belly
A couple was arrested after a traffic stop in South Carolina.
How to Cope with a Break-Up Without Just Getting Wasted All the Time
Do you really want to start everyday with your head in a toilet.
Australian Prisons Have a Hepatitis C Problem, and Drug Criminalisation is to Blame
Prisons have the highest concentration of hepatitis C in Australia, pushing our aim to eliminate the blood-borne virus by 2030 out of reach.
It’s Never Been a Better Time to Buy Drugs on Telegram
Prices are falling on the messaging app's drug markets despite inflation and record seizures.