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A court in Vietnam has sentenced 30 people to death over heroin smuggling in what is said to be the largest such trial ever held in the country. The trial, over the smuggling of nearly two tonnes of heroin, began in Quang Ninh province in early January. Dozens of others were also...

The Minister of Health, Honourable Sherry Ayitttey, has called on the general public to report to the Ministry anyone who sells drugs in vehicles or on the streets. She said the practice which had gained popularity among Ghanaians was against the ministry’s directives and as such...

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has backed calls for investigations into operations of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) due to what it describes as a “systemic regulatory failure” at the Authority. The PSGH says a lack of technical assessment and inputs...

MOST people would agree that some drugs are worse than others: Heroin is probably considered to be more dangerous than marijuana, for instance. Because governments formulate criminal and social policies based upon classifications of harm, a study published by the Lancet on Nov.,...