By AFPFrench aid group Doctors Without Borders urged US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday to not enforce its patents for its tuberculosis drug in countries with a high burden of the disease.J&J's 20-year primary patent for b...

Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to search the seafloor, and one team deploys a "mud missile" -- all tools used by scientists to scour the world's oceans for the next potent cancer treatment or antibiotic.A medicina...

By AFPA new law criminalising the possession, consumption and selling of cannabidiol (CBD) in Hong Kong came into effect on Wednesday, placing the substance on par with heroin in terms of legal classification.CBD, a non-psychoactive derivative of the...

By AFPBelgium is expected to announce Tuesday a new annual record for cocaine seizures at its port of Antwerp, likely over 100 tonnes, amid ever more aggressive activity by drug cartels.The ports in Antwerp and nearby Rotterdam in the Netherlands are...

By AFPUS President Joe Biden will seek Mexico's help tackling illegal flows of migrants and drugs, particularly deadly opioids, during a visit beginning Sunday for a North American leaders' summit.Aiming to tame criticism over what he has called a "b...

By AFPThai soldiers have killed 15 suspected drug smugglers as they attempted to cross into northern Thailand, army officials said Thursday.The altercation took place near the "Golden Triangle" -- where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet -- which has lo...

By AFPRecreational use of laughing gas is an increasing worry in Europe, the European Union's drugs agency (EMCDDA) said on Monday, stressing the risk of poisonings, burns and nervous system damage."The rise in the recreational use of nitrous oxide i...

Myanmar authorities said they torched more than half a billion dollars worth of narcotics on Sunday as part of eradication efforts for World Drug Day, as the UN warns that production of methamphetamine in the region is hitting record levels.Almost tw...

A national survey on drug abuse and risky behavior among students in Tunisian schools has caused a wakeup call, showing a threating number of young drug-users, with one out of ten students, whose age does not exceed 13 years old, taking drugs.In a pr...