Bogota — Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a live broadcast of a government meeting.

A Bakersfield man faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to aiming a laser pointer at a Kern County Sheriff's Office helicopter known as Air One in 2023.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whiskey” as he suggested the global cocaine industry could be “easily dismantled” if the drug was legalized worldwide.

This commentary blew right through some lines. Cocaine is no worse for your health than the common glass of whiskey, claimed the president of Colombia — the world’s biggest producer and ...

A semi-submersible vessel loaded with over 5,000 pounds of cocaine was intercepted off the Pacific coast of Colombia, the country's navy said Wednesday. Officials said it marked the nation's first ...

Cocaine use in France has nearly doubled, with 1.1 million people having taken the illicit drug at least once in 2023, according to a study published on Wednesday. By comparison, the French ...

Toronto police say they have seized the largest amount of cocaine in the service’s history and allege that the drugs had ties to a cartel in Mexico. Police Chief Myron Demkiw told reporters at a ...

Methods: Twelve nondependent cocaine-experienced subjects received deuterium-labeled cocaine-d5 intravenously (IV) 0.5 mg/kg over 10 minutes followed by 2 mg/kg over 4 hours before and after one ...

The fire spread to the trailer, eventually causing the flammable canisters within to overheat and explode. The State Police did not immediately have information on whether anyone was injured or ...

Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than $19 worth of methamphetamine crossing the southern border.

Officers recovered over 20 firearms and a significant quantity of cocaine from metal canisters buried two metres deep under the farm. Monday 3 February 2025 22:49, UK Italy ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Record-breaking cocaine seizures in Portugal in 2024 ...