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My Europe Series

Rising Crystal meth industry winning drugs war

Petrovice is in the Czech Republic. The small town is close to the German border. Patrick, whose name we changed for security reasons is an

29/04/2016

My Europe Series

Expert says Europe needs better teamwork to fight drugs war

Sophie Claudet, euronews: “So, the UK is planning to enforce a ban on legal highs sometime in May, but we’ve seen in the Republic of Ireland the ban

29/04/2016

My Europe Series

Legal and lethal: the rise in deaths from new-wave drugs

Cheap but deadly “Words could never define what that feels like. To bury your child at seventeen for something that is so cheap but deadly.” “Heroin

28/04/2016

Mexico

Mexico pushes for softer laws on marijuana use

Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto has put forward proposals to legalise marijuana-based medicines. He also wants to raise the legal amount users

22/04/2016

Sport

Paolini gets 18 month cycling ban

Italian cyclist Luca Paolini has been banned for 18 months by the ICU for a “non-intentional” anti-doping rule violation. The 39-year-old rider

13/04/2016

Sport

WADA admits cannot say if meldonium users broke doping ban

Maria Sharapova and a host of other top ranking sports stars may be breathing sighs of relief with news from WADA, the world sports anti-doping

13/04/2016

Europe News

Europeans spend over 24 billion euros a year on illegal drugs, new study finds

Europeans spend more than 24 billion euros a year on illicit drugs, according to a new report published on Tuesday. The joint EU-Europol study found

05/04/2016

China

Chinese athletics world record holder "forced into using banned drugs"

05/02/2016

Ireland

Drug injection centres approved by Irish government

Decision must be ratified by Irish parliament

02/01/2016

World News

Robert Downey Jr. pardoned for 90s drug and weapons conviction

US actor Robert Downey Jr has been granted a pardon for drug and weapons offences during the 1990s. The governor of California commended the

25/12/2015

Poland

Polish police seize biggest-ever haul of cocaine

Worth 25 million euros

21/12/2015

Europe News

Captagon: the so-called 'super' stimulant 'used in Syria'

Captagon: the stimulant that is said to be fuelling fighters in Syria. Or is it? Media reports have described it as a super drug that can mask pain

26/11/2015

Sport

IAAF Championships Beijing: Two Kenyan runners test positive for doping

26/08/2015

United Kingdom

Sewel: UK Peer resigns from House of Lords over drugs allegations

The fall-out continues from the latest high-level sex scandal in the UK. Lord Sewel has resigned from the House of Lords after being filmed allegedly

28/07/2015

United Kingdom

Sex, drugs and 'shocking' behaviour: Lord Sewel steps down amid allegations of lewd conduct

Britain’s House of Lords is facing scandal following the resignation of Deputy Speaker Lord Sewel. A video has emerged allegedly showing him snorting

27/07/2015

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

Cinema

'Amy' the haunting documentary of a vulnerable soul singer

‘Amy’ the documentary of Grammy award winning singer/songwriter, the late Amy Winehouse, is now on general release. The film is compiled from home

01/07/2015

World News

World Anti-Doping Agency: FINA ignored us on Olympic champion drugs case

22/06/2015

Sport

Olympic champion fails doping test two years late

19/06/2015