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Germany

Germany's biggest ever cocaine haul seized

Customs officials in Germany have put on display the country’s biggest ever cocaine haul.

04/02/2017

Ireland

Could Ireland get even greener?

As Ireland decides whether to follow suit and decriminalise marijuana, we take a look at the reported pros and cons.

30/12/2016

Finland

Former head of Helsinki drug squad sentenced in drug smuggling scandal

In a rare corruption case in Finland - ranked the second least corrupt country in the world - the former anti-drug chief was handed a 10 year sentence.

29/12/2016

World News

One quarter of people living in the EU smoke tobacco, new statistics reveal

One quarter of persons living in the EU smoke tobacco, and one in every five is passively exposed to tobacco smoke, says new Eurostat report

07/12/2016

World News

Has the West covered up its own sports drug cheats?

Russia fielded a diminished Olympic team at Rio 2016, and its Paralympic team was excluded entirely, after findings of widespread, state-orchestrated doping.

28/10/2016

Sport

IOC strip three Kazakh weightlifters of 2012 Olympic gold medals

The International Olympic Committee dealt another blow to drugs cheats on Thursday when they disqualified eight athletes from the 2012 Games in London.

27/10/2016

Denmark

Residents of Copenhagen's Christiania demolish cannabis huts after shooting

Residents of Copenhagen’s so-called free town of Christiania began tearing down stalls selling cannabis.

02/09/2016

World News

Five key trends in Europe’s drug market

Europe’s drugs agency has today released an 84-page report about the latest developments around narcotics on the continent.

31/05/2016

United Kingdom

Superbugs could kill ‘10 million people a year by 2050’

19/05/2016

World News

Germany to legalise medicinal marijuana

Germany is to legalise "cannabis":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis for medical purposes early next year, according to health minister Hermann Gröhe.

04/05/2016

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

My Europe Series

Call for witnesses: Buying legal highs online

23/03/2016

Romania

Romanian police make record heroin seizure

Police in Romania have made the country’s record seizure of heroin, recovering 333 kilograms of the drug with an estimated street value of over 40

29/07/2015

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

Europe News

Europe has gone to pot: marijuana still most popular drug in the EU

Marijuana is still the most-used drug in Europe, according to a new EU report released on Thursday. Seventy-nine million Europeans have tried it at

04/06/2015

USA

Pfizer and Merck team up to work on anti-cancer treatment

17/11/2014

USA

Pot smokers made to wait on first day of sales in Washington state

09/07/2014

Spain

'Cannibal' drug downplayed by European expert

08/07/2014

World News

Italy, Latvia and UK among Europe's worst for serious drug use, says report

05/06/2014