Russia must drop Western drugs, Putin says
The President of Russia urged to increase the share of domestic medicines in the market
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Three tons of illicit drugs seized in Iran's Chabahar
Three tons of narcotics from a main drug trafficking gang were confiscated in Chabahar in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Southeast of Iran, a prosecutor of the province said. Five criminals were also detained in the intelligence …
FSB: situation on Armenian-Iranian border tense
The situation on the Armenian-Iranian border has been tense lately and additional outposts for border guard patrols have been deployed in this area, the Russian FSB’s Border Guard Directorate in Armenia told Russia’s TV Channel …
Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop
The poppy crop ban will likely strike a heavy blow to millions of impoverished farmers
Georgia's border police seize heroin, arrest 2 foreigners
Georgian Border Police arrested two Azerbaijani citizens and seized a package of heroin they were attempting to smuggle across the state boundary, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Monday. The two individuals were …
Foreign pharmaceutical companies do not refuse to make drug supplies to Russia
Not a single foreign producer of pharmaceuticals refused to make drug supplies to Russia, press service of the Federal Service for Supervision in Healthcare said on Thursday. "The largest national distributors assured that as of …
Eli Lilly to halt exports of non-essential medicines to Russia
The US drugmaker Eli Lilly said it will stop exporting non-essential medicines to Russia. The US drugmaker would continue to supply treatments for life-threatening diseases such as cancer and diabetes but that it would suspend all …
Afghan instability fueling narcotics trade
Authorities in Tajikistan say the volume of illegal narcotics they interdicted in 2021 increased by almost 69 percent year-on-year, but that instability in neighboring Afghanistan could provoke a worsening in the problem of …
Foreign citizens arrested in Georgia, charged with selling drugs online
Georgian police have arrested four foreign citizens on Thursday in Tbilisi, with the individuals charged for selling drugs online. The interior ministry said officers of the Central Criminal Police Department, together with the officers …
Regular paracetamol use linked to higher blood pressure
Long-term paracetamol use could increase the risk of heart disease and strokes in people with high blood pressure, according to research published in Circulation. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh say that patients who have a …
Azerbaijan Armed Forces to combat drug addiction
The Azerbaijani army prepared a joint action plan for the 2022 academic year to combat drug addiction and drug trafficking, the official website of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry informs. According to the plan, within the framework of …
Potential drug dealer detained in Kabardino-Balkaria
A young man suspected of selling drugs was detained in the Chegem region, the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Kabardino-Balkaria informs. During the search operations in the village of Shalushka, a 27-year-old local resident was …
Georgian Interior Ministry destroys $ 12 mln worth of drugs
The Georgian Interior Ministry confiscated and destroyed more than $ 12 mln (37 mln lari) worth of drugs in a high-temperature oven in the presence of members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs special commission. According …
Garibashvili: sale of psychotropic drugs should be tightened in Georgia
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said the sale of psychotropic drugs should be tightened and he will personally oversee the issue. "The legislation in the field of drugs has become quite liberal in Georgia and the …
Georgia proposes to remove marijuana from criminal code
According to the deputy of the New Political Center - Girchi party, Iago Khvichia, the parliamentary faction of the party had prepared a bill to remove any criminal penalties for marijuana circulation so that citizens would only bear …
Azerbaijan prevents contraband of narcotic drugs from Iran
The ‘Gektepe’ frontier detachment of the State Border Guard Service (SBS) and officers of the Azerbaijani Coast Guard units prevented the contraband of more than 102 kilograms of narcotic drugs, psychotropic and potent drugs from Iran …
Drug dealers detained across Georgia
Georgian police have arrested 20 drug dealers in various cities of Georgia such as Tbilisi - Ponichala district, Rustavi, Batumi, Kutaisi and Bolnisi municipality in Georgia's eastern Kvemo Kartli region today. The police said that …
Shootout occurs on Azerbaijani-Iranian border
A shootout took place on the Azerbaijani-Iranian border, as a result of which the border's violator was neutralized, according to the State Border Service of Azerbaijan. According to the service’s press center, at 11:45 …
World on a needle: pandemic causes increase in number of drug addicts
In 2009, it was estimated that there were 210 million drug users, accounting for 4.8% of the world’s population aged 15-64, compared to 269 million ones in 2018, accounting for 5.3% of the population, Modern Diplomacy writes. Over the past two decades, drug abuse in developing countries has grown much faster than in developed countries. To some extent, this reflects the difference in overall population growth during this period – 7% in developed countries and 28% in developing countries – but it also highlights the rapid growth of the young population in developing countries
Russia and U.S. conduct joint operation to prevent cocaine smuggling
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced it had conducted a joint operation with the U.S. Department of Justice to prevent cocaine smuggling from South America to Europe; it had seized 330 kilograms of cocaine, mostly in the Moscow …
