Richard Branson

Richard Branson calls for end to 'failed war on drugs'

One-Minute Read Mon 23 Jan 2012, AT 16:22

Despite billions spent on effort to curb illegal drug usage, governments have achieved nothing

2001 drugs raid in mexico

Female police chief killed by drug cartels in Mexico

News Thu 2 Dec 2010, AT 16:21

Murder of Hermila Garcia is seen as a warning to other women who have dared to take on the drugs lords

Police arrest 24 in annual Ibiza drugs raids

News Tue 31 Aug 2010, AT 10:55

But operation is unlikely to have made a dent in the Class A drugs trade aimed at clubbers

Angie Sanclemente Valencia

Alleged drug queen Angie Valencia picked up in BA

News Thu 27 May 2010, AT 21:07

'Narco Queen' who used models as drug mules is found hiding in Buenos Aires hostel

Christopher Dudus Coke

Drug lord still at large as Golding faces questions

News Wed 26 May 2010, AT 09:13

Jamaican death toll put as high as 60 in hunt for leader of The Shower Posse

Christopher Dudus Coke

Troops storm barricades in hunt for drugs baron

News Tue 25 May 2010, AT 17:03

Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is wanted by the US for gun and drug running - but in Kingston, Jamaica, he’s a local hero

Opium poppies in Afghanistan

Taliban in the money as disease hits opium harvest

News Thu 13 May 2010, AT 18:49

Afghan opium poppy farmers suspect the mystery blight might be the work of Nato forces

A man sniffs some skunk

Gourmet marijuana: a tale of boom and bust?

Alexander Cockburn Thu 22 Apr 2010, AT 15:55

Alexander Cockburn: Pot could be legal in California by the end of the year. But growers should beware

Marijuana spliff

What they are saying about the sacking of Prof Nutt

News Tue 3 Nov 2009, AT 09:42

Pick of the media comment on a fundamental clash of science and politics

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