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Drug Mixture Called ‘Kush’ in Sierra Leone Sometimes Contains Ground-Up Human Bones, Reports Say
Sierra Leone leaders declared an emergency over a new smoking mix called “kush” that contains several drugs.
Portuguese Parliament Approves Decriminalization of Synthetic Drugs
Weed is still illegal.
Fentanyl Overdoses See Dramatic Spike in U.S., According to Report
Nearly 70,000 Americans died of fentanyl overdoses in 2021.
Spice, K2 Use Falls in States With Legal Weed, Study Shows
Nothing beats the real thing as nature knows best.
Cartels Ditch Pot and Opium Fields for Synthetic Drugs, Mexico Defense Secretary Says
The governments of both Mexico and the U.S. admit that legal cannabis is hurting cartel crops.
This Bath-Salt-Like Drug Is Ending Up In Ecstasy
What's there to do?
China Bans More Synthetic Opioids Blamed for U.S. Drug Deaths
BEIJING (AP) — China said Monday it would ban a designer drug called U-47700 and three others, following…
Dutch Police Discover 176 Pounds of Synthetic Drugs
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police searching a barn in the southern Netherlands have discovered a large quantity…
When Heroin Is Safer…
Until 2007, the most common way to die accidentally in Ohio was in a car crash. That was…
Changes Mulled as Synthetic Drug Sentences Cause Confusion
BY ERIC TUCKER AND SADIE GURMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The men who sold it called it…