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    MP Denies Singapore Becoming Soft on Drugs

    posted February 14, 2019 / No Comments

    Singapore’s Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam recently announced changes passed by parliament that significantly softens the country’s draconian stance on drug use. Previously, under Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act long prison sentences and […]

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    Canadian Man Sentenced to Death in China for Drug Smuggling

    posted February 11, 2019 / No Comments

    Robert Schellenberg, a 36-year-old Canadian citizen, was found guilty of smuggling 200 kg of methamphetamine into China recently and sentenced to death. Schellenberg was originally convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined […]

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    Five Years After Authorities Killed ‘Silk Road’, Drug Sales Still Booming on the Dark Web

    posted October 8, 2018 / No Comments

    Five years ago the FBI arrested Ross Ulbricht and shut down his gigantic dark web drug marketplace “Silk Road”, but despite that, drug sales have never been higher on the deep web. At its height, […]

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    Medical Thai Marijuana to Launch in April 2019

    posted July 16, 2018 / No Comments

    Patients will be eligible to receive medical marijuana in Thailand starting in April of next year, according to a top Thai health official. The junta-appointed legislature accepted the Public Health Ministry’s proposal last month and […]

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    House Passes Controversial Bill to Further Escalate the Drug War

    posted June 19, 2018 / No Comments

    The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill last week giving the Department of Justice sweeping new powers to increase penalties on those using and selling synthetic drugs. The law, dubbed the Stop the Importation […]

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    Thailand May Reduce Marijuana and Meth Penalties

    posted September 5, 2016 / No Comments

     Thailand is looking to ease the laws on drugs starting with Marijuana and Methaphetamine Khaosodenglish reports that the Thai regime is looking to ease the laws imposed on drugs such as marijuana and methamphetamine by […]

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    American Commits Suicide in Taiwan Court

    posted June 22, 2016 / No Comments

     Teacher stabs himself in Taiwan courtroom after being sentenced to jail for possession of marijuana plants.   American English teacher, Tyrel Martin Marhanka who had been living in Taiwan for 15 years with a Taiwanese […]

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    ‘Groundbreaking’ Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in US Congress

    posted March 13, 2015 / No Comments

    A team of United States Senators hope to end restrictions that make medical marijuana use a federal offense, according to AFP. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act (CARERS Act) was introduced to […]

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    Music Festival Related to Drug Deaths Banned in Singapore

    posted March 11, 2015 / No Comments

    An electronic dance music festival scheduled in Singapore this weekend has been cancelled by Singapore because of drug-related deaths at last year’s festival, reports the Bangkok Post. The Future Music Festival Asia’s (FMFA) event organizers’ […]

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    Jailed Drug Snitch Suing for Reward

    posted April 10, 2013 / No Comments

    A prison inmate is suing the United State’s Departments of State and Justice for a reward he claims he’s owed for helping capture a Colombian drug lord. Jose Miguel Aguirre-Pinzon, an inmate in a Pennsylvania prison, is […]

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