Wien – Rund um den Globus greifen 250 Millionen Menschen zu illegalen Rausch­giften. Das geht aus dem Weltdrogenbericht hervor, den die Vereinten Nationen (UN) heute in Wien vorgestellt haben. 29,5 Millionen von ihnen haben den Angaben zuf…

The number of people suffering from drug addiction in Iran has more than doubled in the last six years, local media report. A survey carried out by a drug control group has found that about 2.8 million people are regularly consuming drugs in the co…

(FOX 11) - The opioid crisis has been called the worst epidemic in U.S. history. It's the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50. The  L.A. County Sheriff's department is becoming the largest law enforcement agency in the cou…

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s prime minister promised to soften the country’s drug policy Saturday evening as a large crowd gathered in the capital Tbilisi in support of two detained rappers who claim drugs were planted on them by pol…

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking congressional leaders to undo federal medical-marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014, according to a May letter that became public Monday. The protections, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr ame…

Portugal decriminalised the possession of all drugs for personal use in 2001, and there now exists a significant body of evidence on what happened following the move. Both opponents and advocates of drug policy reform are sometimes guilty of misrepr…