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Paraguay seizes 13,000 ecstasy pills from Switzerland

Published on: November 8, 2023
20:12

Asuncion, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan police seized on Wednesday as many as 13,000 ecstasy pills stemming from Switzerland at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.

Latin America draws roadmap to fight drug problems

Published on: September 10, 2023
09:07

Bogotá, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Considered an unprecedented event , the Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Drugs: "For life, Peace and Development," held in Cali, Colombia, became a space for regional integration to confront the scourge of drug trafficking.

Banana companies deeply involved in drug trafficking in Ecuador

Published on: August 31, 2023
19:20

Quito, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian National Police detected 56 banana exporting companies involved in drug trafficking, Ecuavisa channel reported Thursday.

The Netherlands backs Bolivia in the fight for the coca leaf

Published on: August 31, 2023
14:01

La Paz, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia today has a new ally in its fight for the international decriminalization of the coca leaf after the Netherlands made official at the United Nations (UN) the decision to lift its objection to it.

Bolivia continues search for international drug trafficker

Published on: July 31, 2023
07:43

La Paz, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) Yesterday, the Bolivian Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, confirmed that the operations in search of the Uruguayan drug trafficker Enrique Marset Cabrera continue after the occupations registered in the department of Santa Cruz.

Intensified fight against drug trafficking in Guyana

Published on: July 31, 2023
07:39

Georgetown, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) Members of the Guyana Anti-Narcotics Customs Unit destroyed illicit drugs valued at 2.5 million dollars, most of them seized during the first half of this year, national media reported yesterday.

India develops project on cannabis-based medicines

Published on: July 23, 2023
11:50

New Delhi, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) India is developing its first research project on the use of cannabis in the medical sector, which Minister Jitendra Singh considered today of great potential to use this drug for the good of humanity.

Several US states register rise in fentanyl increase death rates

Published on: June 29, 2023
16:28

Washington, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday confirmed that fentanyl and xylazine overdose increase death rates 276 percent in the United States from 2019 to 2022.

Cuba assures to pursue zero tolerance policy on drug trafficking

Published on: June 26, 2023
16:08

Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday assured to pursue zero tolerance policy on drugs trafficking, by reminding today's International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Cuban Nimotuzumab drug to get registered in China

Published on: June 20, 2023
16:12

Beijing, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's humanized monoclonal antibody Nimotuzumab got registered in China to treat pancreatic cancer, since it benefits patients and commercialization possibilities in China and other foreign markets.

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