Russia says ready to discuss prisoner swap with US
The US has already made what Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls a 'substantial offer' to secure the release of Americans detained in Russia, including basketball star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan.
Joint venture: Cannabis cafes open new front in Thai tourism revival
Several such outlets have sprung up across the capital since Thailand decriminalised the plant in June, a few weeks before it dropped Covid-linked controls on foreign visitors.
Suspected truck driver in US migrant deaths was on meth, lawmaker says
Officials described finding the trailer's rear door ajar with bodies stacked inside that were hot to the touch.
Hundreds escape from Sri Lanka drug rehab camp
Health authorities say they have been short of critical medicines, including those used to treat addicts, because of Sri Lanka's economic crisis.
Ukraine war could boost illegal drug production, UN says
The UN says the number of dismantled amphetamine laboratories in Ukraine rose from 17 in 2019 to 79 in 2020, the highest number of seized laboratories reported in any country in 2020.
Cannabis use has risen with legalisation and Covid lockdowns, UN report says
Cannabis has long been the world's most widely used drug and that use is increasing while the cannabis on the market is getting stronger in terms of its tetrahydrocannabinol content, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says.
Thailand rushes to rein in cannabis use a week after decriminalisation
At least one person has died and several were hospitalised this week after consuming or smoking marijuana.
Hands off Malaysia’s road to abolishing death penalty, lawyers tell cops
Lawyers for Liberty says enforcement authorities have 'no business' taking public positions on policies and legislation.
Thailand starts million-plant cannabis giveaway, but discourages getting high
According to Thailand's corrections department, 3,000 people have been freed from prison after being held on cannabis-related crimes since the law changed this week.
Thailand legalises growing, consumption of marijuana
The government, banking on the plant as a cash crop, plans to give away a million plants to encourage farmers to take up its cultivation.
Ex-diplomat and son charged with growing 102 cannabis trees
Zainal Abidin Alias and Mohamed Rizal face whipping and life imprisonment if found guilty.
The slippery slope from poverty to drugs in Kelantan
Many who enter into a life of crime there come from poor backgrounds and say they had no choice.