A record 4,321 individuals were involved in cannabis cases in Japan last year, up 743 from the previous year for the sixth consecutive year of increases, with abuse of the drug by young people showing a marked rise, police said Thursday. The number of those ...
Cannabis smokers aiming to keep calm and carry on despite coronavirus queued up outside Dutch "coffee shops" Sunday after the government ordered their closure to beat the outbreak. Customers lined up in the dozens as they tried to beat a deadline for the closure of ...
Man on trial for killing 19 at Sagamihara care home says he won't appeal
A man on trial for murdering 19 residents and injuring 26 other people in 2016, at a knife rampage at a care home for the mentally disabled, said Wednesday he would not launch an appeal regardless of the ruling. During the trial at the Yokohama ...
Spain busts Chinese gang using illegal immigrant 'slaves' to grow marijuana
Spanish police said Thursday they have broken up a Chinese gang that allegedly forced illegal migrants to work in "conditions of semi-slavery" to produce marijuana for export across Europe. The gang is suspected of growing marijuana in warehouses rented in industrial areas, mainly in the ...
Migrant cash can buy palace in Vietnam's 'Billionaire Village' but cost can be one's life
At least three of the 39 victims found in the back of a truck in Britain last week set off from Vietnam's "Billionaire Village" in search of their fortunes. A billion dong may only be around $43,000, but in the rural north-central town of Do ...
Former Kat-tun member Junnosuke Taguchi gets suspended term for marijuana possession
Junnosuke Taguchi, a former member of Japanese male idol group Kat-tun, was given a suspended prison term Monday for possession of marijuana. The Tokyo District Court sentenced the 33-year-old Taguchi to six months in prison, suspended for two years. His partner, former actress Rena Komine, ...
Canberra's legalization of cannabis clashes with federal laws
Australian Attorney General Christian Porter said on Sunday that Canberra's new legislation legalizing possession of small amounts of cannabis for personal use do not provide legal protection and clash with federal laws. In September, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) became the first of the country's ...
Vaping-linked lung injuries that have killed 29 and sickened more than 1,000 people in the United States are likely to be rare in Britain and other countries where the suspect products are not widely used, specialists said Monday. Experts in toxicology and addiction said they ...
Number of people killed by vaping in U.S. since March hits 26
Twenty-six people have died from illnesses associated with e-cigarette use since March, U.S. health authorities said Thursday, while some 1,300 have suffered lung injuries linked to vaping. Officials have yet to identify the cause for the outbreak, which dates back to late March, and are ...
U.S. scientists join effort to solve mysterious vaping-related illnesses
The U.S. investigation into hundreds of cases of life-threatening lung illnesses related to vaping has turned up a curious abnormality: Many of the victims had pockets of oil clogging up cells responsible for removing impurities in the lungs. Dr. Dana Meaney-Delman, who has been leading ...
Dragon Ash bassist KenKen and son of Char both arrested in marijuana bust
A member of the popular rock group Dragon Ash has been arrested for alleged marijuana possession in a case involving raids in Kyoto and Tokyo, investigative sources said Saturday. Bass guitarist Kensuke Kaneko, 33, known as KenKen, is suspected of possessing a small amount of ...
Junnosuke Taguchi, a former member of male idol group Kat-tun, pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing marijuana in the first hearing of his trial at the Tokyo District Court. His partner, former actress Rena Komine, who faces the same charge, also entered a guilty plea. The ...
