War on drugs has failed: Legalisation on the horizon?
Latin America leaders (and Barack Obama) are set to confront the idea that the war on drugs has failed and that an alternative approach must be found.
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SA 'drug mule' to face Thai court in three months
Suspected South African drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda will only appear before a Thai court in three months time.
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Cocaine addiction linked to brain disorder
Scientists find abnormalities in key areas of grey matter in the frontal lobes.
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Oxi: The catastrophe is lurking
A highly addictive new drug has the potential to become a 'weapon of mass destruction,' writes Tom Phillips.
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Judge deals blow to Doherty
British rock star Pete Doherty has been put back behind bars after being given a six-month jail sentence for pleading guilty to possession of cocaine.
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Hatton to seek help after cocaine revelations
Boxer Ricky Hatton is to seek help after a newspaper published photos and video footage of him allegedly snorting cocaine.
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Sheryl Cwele: E-nailed
Drug mule's mother reveals how minister's wife was the brains behind the cocaine-trafficking operation.
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Cops bag huge haul of heroin at OR Tambo
Heroin worth about R12-million was discovered on a passenger aircraft from Iran at OR Tambo International Airport on Friday, police said.
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Secret of the swamps: Colombia's cocaine submarines
Slicing through green waters, a Colombian navy patrol wove through the maze of mangroves in the remote Sanquianga national park, following a tip.
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Cocaine study that got up the nose of the US
In areas of moral and political conflict people will always behave badly with evidence, so the war on drugs is a consistent source of entertainment.
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