New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia but marijuana referendum unlikely to pass
With about 83% of votes counted, New Zealanders emphatically endorsed the euthanasia measure with 65% voting in favor and 34% voting against.
Cannabis, no longer so divisive, draws more conservative support
Initiatives on ballots in a handful of conservative states show Republicans are increasingly on board with legalization, paving the way for an end to federal prohibition.
Baseball powerhouse Tokai University suspends team activities due to drug use
Tokai University, a four-time Japanese national university baseball champion, said Saturday it has indefinitely suspended all activities of its baseball club due to illegal drug use by several members. According to the university, which has several campuses across the country, some members of the club ...
'The Godfather': Mexico's ex-defense chief helped ship tons of cocaine and heroin
Mexico's former defense chief Salvador Cienfuegos used his power in office to protect a faction of the Beltran-Leyva cartel, directing operations against rival gangs and even finding maritime transport to ship drugs, U.S. prosecutors said Friday. Cienfuegos, arrested at Los Angeles Airport on Thursday, took ...
Japan's disaster management minister vows to improve preparedness
Hachiro Okonogi underlined the importance of digital transformation for disaster management so information can be shared faster.
Actor Yusuke Iseya admits to possessing cannabis, police say
During a search, the police allegedly found four bags containing 20.3 grams of cannabis in a desk drawer with a street value of around ¥120,000.
Yusuke Iseya, a popular Japanese actor and half-brother of the late designer Kansai Yamamoto, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessing drugs at his home in Tokyo, police said.
Agriculture and tourism are crucial to Thailand's economy, but the wellness-tourism sector generated domestic expenditures of $12 billion in 2017.
China sentences Canadian to death for drugs amid strained ties
A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death on drug charges, a decision that follows capital punishment rulings handed down to other Canadians and comes as ties between Beijing and Ottawa remain fraught. The Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court on Thursday sentenced Canadian Xu Weihong ...
Singer Noriyuki Makihara given suspended term for drug possession
In handing down the ruling, the Tokyo District Court said the possession was a "malign crime reflecting his lack of hesitation toward illegal drugs."
Two-year term sought for singer-songwriter Noriyuki Makihara in drug case
Popular singer-songwriter Noriyuki Makihara pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of illegal drugs in the first hearing of his trial at the Tokyo District Court, with prosecutors seeking a two-year prison term. Prosecutors said the 51-year-old had been using the liquid inhalant isobutyl nitrite, a type ...
Gunmen attacked a drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico killing at least 24 people and leaving seven wounded Wednesday, local authorities said. According to preliminary information, the attackers "entered the scene, forced (the victims) on to the ground and shot them," said Pedro Cortes, secretary ...
