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Where in Europe are you most likely to die before 70?

Lack of progress in reducing early deaths from chronic diseases could cause the majority of UN member states to miss the 2030 deadline, according to the Lancet.

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Watch: Spanish police find cocaine in hollowed pineapples

The pineapples originated from Costa Rica, and Spanish police intercepted the drugs at a food market in Madrid.

Spain

Spanish driver tests positive for every drug in test

Police stopped a car in northeastern Spain after its driver proved positive for all drugs in the test.

United Kingdom

Britain's changing attitude to marijuana

Britain's changing attitude to marijuana

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Spain

Watch: Police helicopter chases drug smuggler onto Spanish beach

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a police helicopter chased a suspected drug smuggler onto a Spanish beach.

United Kingdom

UK Home Office returns epileptic boy's medicinal cannabis oil

Britain's Home Office Saturday used a special power to return medicinal cannabis oil it had confiscated from an epileptic boy.

Europe News

Former drug addict writes her own future

"If they had treated me from the beginning, I would never have returned to jail eight times."

Italy

Italian police seize 10 tonnes of hashish off the coast of Sicily

Authorities estimate street value of seized is between 15 and 20 million euros

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Philippine president orders destruction of smuggled luxury cars

The measure is a part of Rodrigo Duterte's aggressive war on drug dealers

Denmark

Copenhagen's largest cannabis market shut down

Pusher St. in Copenhagen's alternative Christiania neighbourhood was unexpectedly closed on Tuesday morning

USA

They call them the junkie hunters, the body snatchers

Florida is going through a sex-trafficking epidemic where women with drug addictions are being bought by traffickers through fraudulent treatment centres. Learn more about Florida's body snatchers in this week's NBC Left Field.

Georgia

Thousands protest in Georgia after police arrest clubgoers

Police arrested eight people on Friday night in two popular clubs in Tbilisi on suspicion of drug dealing and demonstrators say the operation was heavy-handed.

World News

Price of cocaine most expensive in New Zealand, cheapest in Colombia: report

New Zealand and Australia are among some of the most expensive countries to buy cocaine in, a new survey published on Wednesday has revealed, while South American users pay the least.

Spain

Benidorm ambulance drivers fail drug test after 'losing' British patient

An ambulance in Benidorm lost a British tourist who was injured in a fight. Just how the patient strayed off could be down to the medic and driver testing positive for cocaine and cannabis.

Switzerland

Lidl offers locally grown Cannabis to Swiss shoppers

Lidl high? The German supermarket giant Lidl is now offering locally grown cannabis in its Swiss stores.

Colombia

Colombia seizes 5 tonnes of cocaine in banana shipment

It's Colombia's country's biggest drugs bust so far this year, worth around 350 million euros.

United Kingdom

Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins accused in damning drugs report

A British parliamentary committee says an 'ethical line' was crossed to enhance the cycling star's performance

Argentina

Diplomatic drug bust: Argentina seizes cocaine at Russian embassy

Both countries worked together in an unprecedented joint police operation lasting more than a year

Russia

Why would a curler need perfomance enhancing drugs?

It’s the sport of choice of doughnut-eating cartoon character Homer Simpson, so why would you need drugs to crack curling?

Mexico

Notorious drug cartel leader arrested in Mexico City

José María Guízar Valencia, known by his Zetas code name, "Z 43." is wanted in the US, which had offered a $5 million reward for his arrest.