Drugs News

By a vote of 35-21, the Illinois Senate approved legislation on Friday that would allow doctors in the state to prescribe marijuana as pain relief for severe medical conditions.

Officers from the Salinas Police Violence Suppression Unit served a search warrant at a home in Salinas after getting a tip about drugs sales.

A seaside view from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the head of the three-island U.S. Caribbean territory's environment agency was arrested on drug trafficking charges.

Kevin Foley stood before a judge in Broward County's drug court - fellow abusers sitting behind him in the benches - talking about the fitful life of a recovering addict, the random drug tests, the counseling and what he hoped was his next, clean chapter.

For more than 100 years, the Anna Louise Inn in downtown Cincinnati has been a safe, serene place that thousands of struggling women came to know as home.

The Talladega County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force has several displays showing the types of drugs and drug paraphernalia they have come across over the years, from marijuana to methamphetamine to heroin, prescription drugs and dubious synthetics frequently available in convenience stores until recently.

Prince George RCMP have issued a second warning about a powerful narcotic that may have been sold as heroin after the B.C. Coroners Service confirmed Friday that it was the cause of two deaths in the city.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will not be hosting his weekly radio show this weekend after explosive allegations that he was recorded on a video appearing to smoke crack cocaine.

A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said on Saturday.

Four Men Sought in Teaneck Road Rage Attack Teaneck police are searching for four men who beat a motorist before one of the attackers stole his minivan in a road rage attack early Sunday, authorities said.

Brian Blake Bienvenu was arrested twice in just over 12 hours - once for driving around naked and the second time for stealing a motorcycle while shirtless, according to arrest reports.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office reports that Deputy Piotr Urbanski and Shannon Clancey were arrested Friday morning and charged with producing marijuana, possession of marijuana more than 20 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A tow truck driver called 911 after spotting Goodson and another individual in a stopped vehicle on Route 80 in Denville, N.J., just after 3 AM ET, according to state police.

Federal officials have arrested six people and charged them with hauling 4,890 pounds of marijuana to Kentucky for packaging and sale.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday.

A new Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the drug war discusses possible decriminalization of consumption of marijuana as part of a public health approach.

The video has not been released publicly and there is no way to verify whether it is authentic.

Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults.

A pizza deliveryman is accused of selling more than $45,000 in cocaine, hidden among pizza boxes, to undercover agents in New York.

Indiana conservation officers served a search warrant on a Kendallville man accused of performing as a "taxidermist" without a state license.