Drugs News

Maryland prison officials have accused a 22-year-old correctional officer of trying to smuggle marijuana and tobacco into the Roxbury Correctional Institution near Hagerstown.

One Utah community is cheering a special bear _ but don't call him Smokey. Investigators say a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has promised "to bring justice" to villagers hit by a U.S. airstrike that Afghan officials say killed more than 90 civilians.

Drug enforcement officials say they have seized more than 1,000 marijuana plants worth more than $1 million from remote areas in six Michigan counties.

A San Diego police officer has been charged with tipping off suspected drug dealers about a narcotics investigation.

Police in western Kentucky have charged a county coroner with cultivating marijuana on his property.

The state of North Carolina has sent an $88,866 tax bill to two people charged with marijuana offenses after Buncombe County authorities seized 114 plants this summer.

A judge on Wednesday dealt a serious, but possibly temporary, blow to a lawsuit filed by a celebrity magazine reporter who has accused a paparazzi agency of secretly filming Heath Ledger doing drugs in her ...

Cocaine and methamphetamine use among young adults declined significantly last year as supplies dried up, leading to higher prices and reduced purity, the government reports.

Freshman college students think the occasional use of prescription drugs for non-medicinal purposes poses a greater risk to their health than smoking pot or knocking back five drinks every weekend, a new study ...

Former teen star Mackenzie Phillips has been charged with felony possession of drugs after she was allegedly found carrying narcotics at Los Angeles International Airport.

A Baltimore drug dealer seen in an infamous underground video that tried to intimidate crime witnesses and make them stop snitching faces at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a New York City ...

Sep 2, 2008 2:21 pm US/Mountain A federal judge has scheduled an arraignment on drug charges for a man suspected of making racist threats against Barack Obama.

A tranquiliser once known as 'mother's little helper' is experiencing a new surge in use, according to a drug information charity.

An Illinois sheriff's deputy and his traveling companion have been arrested on drug possession charges after Texas authorities say they found 138 pounds of marijuana and 4,000 grams of cocaine in their vehicle ...

New York's "preppie killer" is heading back to prison: He's been sentenced to 19 years after pleading guilty to a drug charge.

School resumed last week, and Baltimore officials can breathe a sigh of relief: The 30-percent decrease in the homicide toll of one of the nation's most violent cities has survived the typical summer spike in ...

Jeff Henderson once earned $19,000 a week cooking powdered cocaine into crack as a major drug dealer in San Diego.

VICTORIAN police have intercepted a drug trafficking syndicate operating in Melbourne's west.

On March 31, 2007, Isidro Pena Soto was drunk, speeding along High- way 12 near Rio Vista with a load of methamphetamine on board.