Designer Drugs

World News

Spanish police confiscate more than 1 million ecstasy pills

The Guardia Civil carried out eight searches in Ibiza and two in Malaga in what has been the largest seizure of this type of drug to date.

10/09/2024

USA

Taiwan envoy says he's hopeful Biden-Xi meeting will reduce tensions

US President Joe Biden is heading back to Washington after attending the annual summit for Asian leaders that was hosted this year in San Francisco.

18/11/2023

Ireland

Ireland’s stalled plan to open safe injecting rooms for drug user

The country was reported as having the third-highest overdose death rate in Europe by the European Union’s drug agency in 2020, with 409 deaths that year, 70% of which involved opioids.

14/11/2023

Panama

Panama seizes record €9 million of drug money

Authorities in Panama found 10 million dollars of illegal drug money hidden in a residential house in Nueva Providencia.

04/12/2021

World News

Misuse of pharmaceuticals, designer drugs pose European health threat

A new EU Drug Report outlines public health concerns over misuse of benzodiazepines such as valium, xanax and klonopin.

09/06/2021

Living

Places you'll be able to find cannabis by 2030

The market for cannabis is exploding. You'll be able to do much more than smoke it over the next decade.

08/10/2019

World

Scientists race against time to tackle the expanding designer drug market

Their official name is "New Psychoactive substances" --- but they're best known as "legal highs" or "designer drugs". Their expansion is causing a serious headache to customs agencies, and lawmakers across Europe.

06/05/2019

Portugal

Portugal police snatch substance set to make millions of ecstasy pills

Around 4.5 tons of BMK has been seized after a joint operation involving Dutch and Belgian authorities

07/02/2018

USA

California legalises recreational cannabis

As of January 1 2018 adults over 21 can buy pot for recreational use in the US's largest state

02/01/2018

Living

Are these real addictions?

Gambling, porn, gaming: are these consumptions real addictions?

02/10/2017

United Kingdom

[watch] Synthetic cannabis turning drug users into zombies

A factory-made cannabis substitute called Spice is causing havoc on the streets of Manchester, north west England, leaving users resembling zombies.

10/04/2017

United Kingdom

The UK's legal high ban: raising more problems than solutions?

Spice, Black Mamba, Insane: all are names given to New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), or ‘legal highs,’ and all are banned in the UK from today (May…

26/05/2016

My Europe Series

Call for witnesses: Buying legal highs online

23/03/2016

World News

Berlin uncovers 'biggest ever' crystal meth stash

Police in Berlin say they have found the German capital’s biggest ever stash of crystal meth. Some 4.5 kg of metamphetamine, with an estimated

22/07/2015

Poland

Poland: 'Strongman' drugs scare puts 150 people in hospital

More than 150 people have been taken to hospital in southern Poland with the symptoms of drug poisoning after taking a substance called ‘Strongman’

12/07/2015

Sweden

Synthetic marijuana drug Spice causes hundreds of overdoses in Sweden

A synthetic marijuana drug is being blamed for hundreds of overdoses in Sweden this year. The designer drug known as Spice is available legally over

13/12/2014

World News

Eight drug apps for your smartphone that you can absolutely live without

20/11/2013

World News

The new challenges of 'designer drugs'

06/11/2013