More than 500 kilos of cocaine have been found hidden near the engine room of an oil tanker in the Spanish port of Tarragona, Spain's Guardia Civil said in a statement Saturday.
A second post-mortem questions whether drugs played a role in the salesman's death
An experimental vaccine for cocaine addicts can help some users kick the habit, according to a new study.
Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have jumped the Atlantic Ocean and expanded into West Africa, working closely with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the lucrative European market.
In the dark of the early morning, the assembled drug agents murmur a short prayer before setting out on an early morning drugs raid.
Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry declared himself vindicated in his latest run-in with the law Thursday after federal prosecutors decided not to pursue stalking charges against him.
Former D.C. mayor, now Washington councilman, Marion Barry has been arrested again.
Coca cultivation and cocaine production have decreased in Colombia but increased in Bolivia and Peru, the United Nations reported.
A three-letter typo has slashed years off a prison sentence for a repeat drug offender in Ohio.
Chris Shurn walked out of San Quentin Prison last June after serving nearly four years of hard time for possession of crack cocaine and a weapon charge. He joined the many men paroled each year in Oakland, California, where the recidivism rate is more than 50 percent.
More than 500 kilos of cocaine have been found hidden near the engine room of an oil tanker in the Spanish port of Tarragona, Spain's Guardia Civil said in a statement Saturday.
A second post-mortem questions whether drugs played a role in the salesman's death
An experimental vaccine for cocaine addicts can help some users kick the habit, according to a new study.
Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have jumped the Atlantic Ocean and expanded into West Africa, working closely with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the lucrative European market.
In the dark of the early morning, the assembled drug agents murmur a short prayer before setting out on an early morning drugs raid.
Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry declared himself vindicated in his latest run-in with the law Thursday after federal prosecutors decided not to pursue stalking charges against him.
Former D.C. mayor, now Washington councilman, Marion Barry has been arrested again.
Coca cultivation and cocaine production have decreased in Colombia but increased in Bolivia and Peru, the United Nations reported.
A three-letter typo has slashed years off a prison sentence for a repeat drug offender in Ohio.
Chris Shurn walked out of San Quentin Prison last June after serving nearly four years of hard time for possession of crack cocaine and a weapon charge. He joined the many men paroled each year in Oakland, California, where the recidivism rate is more than 50 percent.
"Get yourself together." Mary Williams repeated those three words often to her 28-year-old daughter, who served three years in a Kansas prison for a 1988 armed robbery.
There are no welcome signs on the approach to Camargo.
For the first time since the war on drugs became a national law enforcement obsession in the mid-1980s, the number of African-Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has declined, a criminal justice reform organization said.
A German supermarket employee got a surprise this week when she opened two boxes of bananas to find them filled with more than 60 pounds of cocaine worth $2 million, police said.
A warrant for Lindsay Lohan's arrest was dropped Monday after a Beverly Hills judge said the actress-singer is in full compliance with terms of her probation for a drunken driving conviction.
The rapper was allegedly carrying cocaine in his luggage at Los Angeles International Airport
Court hearings began Friday for 11 people, including two Spanish professional football players and a Serb-French football agent, who were arrested this week on charges of cocaine smuggling, a police source told CNN.
Chris Shurn walked out of San Quentin Prison in June after serving four years of hard time for possession of crack cocaine and a weapon charge. He joined at least 3,000 men paroled each year in Oakland, California, where the recidivism rate is more than 50 percent.
The actress enters an 18-month drug program, saying her arrest "saved her life"
Iraq war veteran Patrick Lett admits he made a mistake, one that sent him to jail and resulted in a criminal record.
A Louisiana grand jury indicted a former police officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a man who was Tasered nine times while handcuffed, prosecutors said Wednesday.
I was truly honored to participate in the CNN documentary "Black in America."
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was released from a London hospital after an overnight stay to treat what her spokesman said was an adverse reaction to medication
Amy Winehouse's first full U.K. show in seven months has been overshadowed by an incident in which she appeared to throw a punch at a fan in the front row.
Amy Winehouse has early stage emphysema and her lungs have been damaged by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father said in an interview
London police have arrested two alleged drug dealers linked to the singer's infamous video
His third charge – heroin – was dismissed and he must complete a drug program
The troubled rock musician served 29 days for probation violations
The call, Billy Hicks knew, would hurt then-Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson.
The call, Billy Hicks knew, would hurt then-Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson.
Cocaine-abusing celebrities are glamorizing the use of narcotics and encouraging more young people to use illegal substances, the United Nations drug control agency has warned.
At least four federal inmates convicted on crack cocaine charges were freed Monday, a result of federal efforts to close the gap between sentences doled out for crack and for its purer, powder counterpart.
Amy Winehouse was interrogated Tuesday about the video in which she allegedly smoked crack cocaine, police confirmed to PEOPLE Wednesday.
Amy Winehouse briefly left rehab – to go to the American Embassy in London.
Amy Winehouse has entered a rehab facility today, her record company announced Thursday.
Police in London are studying the video that allegedly shows singer Amy Winehouse smoking crack, they confirmed Wednesday.
A home video made public by a British newspaper Tuesday shows singer Amy Winehouse smoking something in a glass pipe minutes after she says she had just taken six tablets of the anti-anxiety drug Valium.
An alleged top cocaine smuggler has been captured, Mexican authorities said Monday.
Musician Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
Music legend Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego medical examiner’s office confirmed Wednesday.
An experimental vaccine may help cocaine addicts break the cycle of dependency. Other addiction vaccines could follow
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein reveals a tortured past – including a suicide attempt – in a new interview.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal judges have the discretion to give "reasonably" shorter prison terms for crack-cocaine crimes to reduce the disparity with crimes involving cocaine powder.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering retroactive changes that could mean shortened sentences for nearly 20,000 federal prisoners convicted of crack cocaine related offenses.
The use and trafficking of crack have long been treated more harshly than the same offenses for powder cocaine. New federal sentencing guidelines aim to rectify that
British rocker Pete Doherty avoided jail Friday for his most recent drug and driving offenses – getting instead a suspended sentence, a fine and a guarded vote of confidence from a judge in London.
Lindsay Lohan will serve at least 24 hours in jail in her drunken-driving cases under the terms of a plea deal reached Thursday.
The momentum behind changing New York's harsh Rockefeller drug laws seems gone, as lawmakers worry about narcotics kingpins getting out of jail
In the wake of her arrest for DUI and possession of cocaine early Tuesday morning, Lindsay Lohan offered a swift and simple explanation: "I am innocent."
Lindsay Lohan was arrested in Santa Monica, Calif., early Tuesday morning on suspicion of drunken driving after a brief car chase, authorities confirm to PEOPLE.
As America's appetite for coke fades, Guinea Bissau has become a key transit point for Colombia's narco-traffickers with an eye on the growing European market
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review whether judges are required to impose dramatically longer sentences for crack cocaine than for cocaine powder
An off-duty Northwest Airlines pilot was suspected of driving under the influence of cocaine when he headed the wrong way on an interstate to avoid the U.S.-Canada border and led deputies on a chase, authorities said Sunday.
Troubled former boxing champion Johnny Tapia is in a critical condtion in a New Mexico hospital after a reported drug overdose.
Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty was fined £770 ($1,523) for possession of drugs, including crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis Monday.
Eight people, including seven current or former Colombian police officers, have been charged in an alleged plot to smuggle $10 million worth of cocaine into New York on airliners, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Fifty leaders of the Colombian rebel group FARC, described as "narcoterrorists" by U.S. authorities, have been indicted in Washington for allegedly exporting more than $25 billion worth of cocaine to the U.S. and other countries, Justice Department officials announced Wednesday.
Kenneth Rice, former CEO of Enron's broadband business, testified Tuesday that he knowingly misled investors about the unit, which was a key part of Enron's growth story before the company collapsed in 2001.
Babyshambles lead singer Pete Doherty, who had an on-off relationship with supermodel Kate Moss, has pleaded guilty to possession of heroin, crack cocaine, morphine and marijuana.
John Evander Couey, the drifter arrested in the rape and murder of a 9-year-old Florida girl, admitted to investigators he buried her alive three days after he abducted her, according to newly released prosecution documents.
In 1990, the FBI busted Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry for crack cocaine. Today, the 68-year-old self-proclaimed "mayor for life" is back in politics, serving on the D.C. City Council.
When William Fairchild's friend traded her car for $70 worth of crack cocaine, police say he helped carry out an elaborate scheme to get it back from the drug dealer.
Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn heads into Tuesday's vote narrowly trailing two Democratic challengers, who have splintered a fragile voting bloc Hahn assembled four years ago that propelled him to victory.
Ohio authorities say a man was charged Monday with filling out more than 100 fictitious voter registration forms, some in names such as Disney character Mary Poppins and pop singer Michael Jackson.
Diego Maradona has been put under sedation by doctors in a private drug rehabilitation clinic in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, according to reports.
The New York City Police Department said Thursday it has cracked a major drug ring it says brought more than $75 million worth of cocaine from Guyana to the New York area each year.
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