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  • 23/07/2012 | Argentina

    No signs of drug abuse in bodies of Salta teenagers, autopsy

    An autopsy on the bodies of Salta teenagers Luján Peñalva and Yanina Nüesch, who were found dead a week ago hanging from a tree near their homes, suggested that neither of them had consumed drugs before dying, authorities said.

  • 11/11/2012 | Argentina

    Bonfatti to Garré: 'Drugs enter from the frontier'

    Santa Fe province Governor Antonio Bonfatti responded to the statements given by Security Minister Nilda Garré over the drug-trafficking issue, and reminded the official that "drugs enter from the frontier."

  • 21/02/2011 | Argentina

    Gag order partially lifted in Juliá drug trafficking case

    Forty five days after the arrest of brothers Gustavo and Eduardo Juliá and Matías Miret in Barcelona after Spanish authorities found close to a ton of cocaine hidden in their private plane, judge Alejandro Catania partially lifted a previously established gag order of the case.

  • 05/05/2012 | Argentina

    Hundreds take part in ‘Global Marihuana March’ across Argentina

    Hundreds of people across Buenos Aires and main provincial cities participated today in the ‘Global Marihuana March,’ demanding the decriminalization of the drug, which also took place in 200 cities around the world.

  • 06/06/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House committees debate decriminalization of drug possesion

    Members of the “Addiction Prevention”, “Drugs Traffic Control”, and “Criminal Law” Lower House committees have started a series of debate meetings to analyze a total of eight draft bills aimed to decriminalize the possession of drugs for personal use.

  • 16/07/2012 | World

    US approves drug to prevent HIV

    United States has approved to market the drug Truvada, which is a prophylactic treatment to reduce the risk of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

  • 15/12/2012 | World

    Alcohol dependency drug wins EU green light

    A novel drug to fight alcohol dependency was given a green light by European regulators, providing a boost to a Danish drugmaker at a time when its top product faces a big drop in sales.

  • 01/01/2013 | World

    FDA new drug approvals hit 16-year high in 2012

    US regulators approved 39 new drugs in 2012, the most in 16 years, suggesting that pharmaceutical makers are poised for growth after losing billions of dollars in recent years to generic drug makers because of patent expirations.

  • 17/10/2012 | Latin America

    Mexico charges drug gang investigators with cartel ties

    Mexico has charged seven officials, including three members of the country's organized-crime unit, with providing information on government raids and investigations to the country's most powerful drug gang.

  • 15/11/2012 | Latin America

    Mexico lawmaker introduces bill to legalize marijuana

    A Mexican lawmaker presented a bill today to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana, adding to a growing chorus of Latin American politicians who are rejecting the prohibitionist policies of the United States.

  • 24/09/2012 | Latin America

    Mexico arrests 35 police for suspected links to drug gang

    The Mexican navy has arrested 35 members of the federal police force on suspicion of working for one of the country's most notorious drug gangs, the Zetas.

  • 02/10/2012 | Latin America

    Pablo Escobar T-shirts a hit in Mexico drug war states

    Nearly two decades after Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar died in a hail of bullets, his eldest son is conquering new markets in Mexico - with a fashion line in his father's image.

  • 11/10/2012 | Latin America

    Mexico passes law to combat cartel money laundering

    Mexico's Congress approved a long-awaited law to crack down on money laundering in a bid to attack the finances of the country's powerful drug cartels.

  • 09/08/2012 | Latin America

    Mexico extradites drug cartel 'queen' to the United States

    Mexico handed Sandra Avila, Mexico's highest-profile woman drug smuggler known as the "Queen of the Pacific," over to United States authorities to face trafficking charges north of the border.

  • 04/09/2012 | Latin America

    Mexico catches leader of Gulf Cartel drug gang

    Mexico has captured a leader of the country's Gulf Cartel in one of the highest-profile arrests in months in President Felipe Calderón's war on drug gangs.

  • 19/09/2012 | Latin America

    Top Colombian drug lord captured in Venezuela

    One of Colombia's most wanted drug traffickers was captured in neighbouring Venezuela with the help of Caracas as well as British and US intelligence agencies, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said.

  • 09/05/2012 | Latin America

    Twelve decapitated near Guadalajara, drug gang suspected

    Police found the decapitated and dismembered bodies of at least 12 people dumped near Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara, in what appeared to be the latest atrocity by the country's most brutal drug cartel, a local officer said today.

  • 07/06/2012 | Latin America

    Mexican court backs extradition of drug cartel 'queen'

    A Mexican court cleared the way for authorities to extradite Sandra Avila, Mexico's highest-profile woman drug smuggler and known as the "Queen of the Pacific," to face trafficking charges in the United States.

  • 24/06/2012 | Latin America

    Uruguay says pot law won't make it a drug haven

    Uruguay's government plans to start growing marijuana soon after a law legalizing sales of the drug passes Congress, but a ban on selling to foreigners will stop the country becoming a drug tourism hot-spot, officials say.

  • 12/03/2012 | Latin America

    Bolivia defends coca consumption at UN meet

    Bolivian President Evo Morales defended Bolivians' right to chew coca leaves, the main ingredient of cocaine, saying it was an ancient tradition and the world's No. 3 cocaine producer was working to fight drug trafficking.

  • 25/03/2012 | Latin America

    Pope condemns corruption, drug trade in Mexico

    Pope Benedict at a huge outdoor Mass on Sunday condemned drug trafficking and corruption in Mexico, urging people to put aside violence and revenge in the country where a murderous war between cartels has led to tens of thousands of deaths.

  • 13/04/2012 | Latin America

    Mexican drug cartel leader sent to prison in Colorado

    The leader of a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison by a federal judge in Colorado, who said the kingpin's criminal enterprise sold $1 billion worth of cocaine in eight US states.

  • 24/11/2011 | Latin America

    More than 20 bodies dumped in Mexico's second city

    Suspected drug gang hitmen murdered more than 20 people and dumped their bodies in the centre of Mexico's second city of Guadalajara.

  • 28/11/2011 | Latin America

    Venezuela, Colombia hail drug kingpin capture

    The presidents of Venezuela and Colombia announced the capture of one of the region's most-wanted drug traffickers and touted it as evidence that their ideologically opposed governments were united against crime.

  • 07/01/2012 | Latin America

    Five severed heads found in northern Mexican city

    Mexican police in the northern city of Torreon found the severed heads of five people killed in a suspected outbreak of drug gang violence.

  • 23/09/2011 | Sports

    Controversial Ecuadorean referee jailed in drug case

    The Ecuadorean referee who was part of Italy's controversial elimination from the 2002 World Cup was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on heroin-smuggling charges, court documents showed.

  • 20/08/2012 | Sports

    US judge dismisses Armstrong suit against anti-doping group

    A US federal judge dismissed seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's effort to block a probe into whether the retired cycling champ cheated by using performance-enhancing drugs.

  • 10/01/2013 | Sports

    MLB, players agree to expand drug testing

    Major League Baseball and the players' union have agreed to expand their drug program to include random in-season blood testing for human growth hormone and a new test for testosterone, they said today.

  • 15/12/2011 | Entertainment

    National Enquirer: Angelina Jolie suffered an accidental drug overdose

    Angelina Jolie is once again gracing the cover of the latest issue of the National Enquirer, with the claims that she suffered an accidental drug overdose.

  • 23/09/2012 | Entertainment

    Fiona Apple addresses drug arrest in odd speech at concert

    Singer Fiona Apple opened up to fans during a concert in Houston concert in a bizarre speech about the night she spent in a Texas jail after being arrested for hashish possession last week.


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