Rise in the main cocaine ingredient comes as the country’s government re-examines its approach to drugs
The Belgian port grew rich trading salt and sugar. ‘Now, we’re dealing with another white powder’, says city official
Drug-related fatalities last year fell by 21% from 2021 but levels remain far higher than the UK average
Company expects to be selling the drug for recreational use by end of next year after government legislation
Compromise would allow ‘cannabis clubs’ to grow and distribute marijuana to their members
In less than a decade, traffickers have created a highly profitable business to feed US demand for the synthetic opioid
Ruling SNP calls for ‘bold and radical’ policy changes to reduce harm and deaths
Cartels are cutting fentanyl with the cheap sedative, driving a surge in overdoses in cities such as Philadelphia
’Ndrangheta suspected of laundering drug money through hotels, restaurants and ice cream shops
Prosecutors accuse ‘Chapitos’ along with defendants in China of building cross-border trafficking operation in deadly drug
Bill less ambitious than original plan, which envisaged free sale of drug in Dutch-styled coffee shops
Plea from Andrés Manuel López Obrador follows pressure from US lawmakers over trafficking of drug across border
NPCC advises officers to turn a blind eye to part of ‘blunt’ and ‘outdated’ prostitution laws in England and Wales
Experiment in Switzerland’s biggest city will assess benefits of regulating supply of the recreational drug
President hails verdict after jury hears how Genaro García Luna helped Sinaloa clan become ‘FedEx of cocaine’
The potent synthetic opioid is claiming lives in the US at an alarming rate. Campaigners say it is time to call it what it is: a weapon of mass destruction
Case has exposed the failures of the drug war waged by the US and Mexico
White House drugs tsar says Beijing needs to tighten rules on supply of raw materials to make fentanyl
Can the city solve the problems that have plagued regulated sales of the drug in other states?
Brash new investors are clashing with the pioneers of mind-altering drug therapies
Cost of opium and methamphetamine soars despite little evidence the ban is being enforced
Move would create the world’s largest regulated national market for the drug
Social taboos and public health campaigns have been much more successful in this fight than law enforcement
Legalisation is not the cure-all the sector hoped for
Drug violence reaches well beyond Mexico and Colombia into region’s quieter corners