The world faces a drugs crisis, from cannabis to fentanyl to meth. CNA visits various countries to find out how illicit ...

But even while navigating the pitfalls of addiction, he says that drug use still seems like one of the few ways to dull the pain of the country ... for all but the most cash-trapped of the ...

Here are some troubling “highlights” from the UN’s latest World Drugs Report ... and transnational crime groups, most notably from Mexico and the Balkan countries. Cocaine seizures and ...

The way in which countries study data on drugs can differ across the region ... aged 50-64 increased by two-thirds. Ageing addicts are now the most affected group across the region (see chart).

We tend to focus on chronic addiction, on street drug selling and drug taking, a cohort of people who are totally marginalised,” says Mullins, a former governor of Mountjoy Prison. “But most ...