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One of the islands of Tonga with map trails drawn around it, signifying the methamphetamine trade routes occurring through the water.

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Tonga Reports Record Low Meth Seizures After Public Health Struggles

Tonga’s fight against methamphetamine appears to be bearing fruit—at least on paper. Police Minister Piveni Piukala announced this week that meth seizures have plunged by 98.8%, a drop he credits…

Ryan Hesketh

Jul 10, 2025

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Стигма на пересечении секс-работы и употребления наркотиков

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What You Need to Know About Drugs Stop and Searches in England & Wales 2015/16

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Oct 31, 2016

The latest statistics are out for police stop and searches in England and Wales, and yet again, drugs searches dominate…

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A Brief History of Opium in India

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Oct 27, 2016

An MP in India, Dharamvira Gandhi, has put forward a bill to legalise cannabis and opium. While movements to decriminalise…

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UN Supporting Myanmar Drug Reform as Opium Cultivation Increases

Talking Drugs

Oct 26, 2016

The Myanmar government is receiving support from the UN to develop a new national drug policy, as the rates of…

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Chile Opens First Medical Cannabis Club

Talking Drugs

Oct 25, 2016

The first medical cannabis club in Chile, Botánica Orgánica Cannabis Internacional (BOCI), opened in the northern city of Arica in…

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Daily Mail Condones Duterte’s Brutal Drug War in the Philippines

Avinash Tharoor

Oct 24, 2016

The most read newspaper in the UK, and the 8th most popular news website in the world, has published an…

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Казахстан на пути обеспечения госфинансирования программ снижения вреда

Anastasia Bezverkha

Oct 24, 2016

Еще до конца 2016 в Казахстане должен быть принят операционный план по ответу на эпидемию ВИЧ, который должен предусмотреть фокусные…

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Costa Rica Government Seeks to Expand Police Programme as Drug Violence Intensifies

Talking Drugs

Oct 21, 2016

Recent violence in Costa Rica’s coastal town of Limón has put a spotlight on the Central American state’s role in…

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Игорь Мацицкий: реформирование украинской наркологии – это борьба «за», а не «против»

Talking Drugs

Oct 21, 2016

Игорь Мацицкий, украинский нарколог, глава Полтавского наркологического диспансера, поделился с журналистами независимого интернет-издания «Трибуна» своим видением будущего наркологических медицинских услуг…