Drugs

'Must be held accountable': Trump admin. sued over deaths in boat strike off Venezuela's coast

The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union filed the novel lawsuit under the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute.

Family members of Chad Joseph who believe Joseph was killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, sit together as his family demands evidence to support US President Donald Trump’s claim that the victims were drug traffickers, in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago October 16, 2025.
Nicotine box

Have you seen this box with your children? There’s a chance they’re addicted

WORKERS TAKE care of cannabis plants at a farm in central Israel,  late last year.

Israeli citizen arrested in Thailand for operating illegal cannabis farm

A Belarusian border guard with a service dog keeps watch at Novaya Guta crossing point on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border in the Gomel region on January 28, 2025.

Nine Israeli tourists detained by Ukrainian authorities over bag of salt found in vehicle


How to save a fentanyl victim: Key facts about naloxone

Naloxone is sold under brand names such as Narcan and RiVive. It can be bought online or at major pharmacies for between $30 and $45 a kit.

 TABLETS OF opioid-based Hydrocodone: The Israeli medical community must stand up against over-prescribing of opioids, as many healthcare workers around the globe have done, say the writers.

Syrian rebels expose Assad's labs with Captagon, 'poison' drug fueling deadly trade

Captagon, one of the world’s most infamous stimulants, carries a complex legacy with devastating implications for health, society, and politics. 

 A stash of burnt pills is scattered on the grounds of the Mazzeh military air base on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 11, 2024.

No more needles? MIT unveils needle-free microjet inspired by squids for painless drug delivery

Microjet delivery systems mimic how cephalopods expel water and ink.

 No more needles?

Israel, Hezbollah war disrupts Syria's lucrative Captagon trade

Syria's reliance on Captagon smuggling faces new challenges as the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah threatens to undermine critical revenues for the Assad regime

 Greek authorities present confiscated guns, money and Captagon amphetamine pills after dismantling a criminal ring near Elefsina, south west of Athens, Greece, March 6, 2017.

Weight loss injections ease knee pain - study

Weight loss injections can significantly ease arthritis symptoms in people struggling with obesity, a new study has shown.

 Use of Ozempic.

Bombing Hezbollah’s drug empire is the key to weakening its power - opinion

Israel’s destruction of Hezbollah’s drug empire could not be timelier or less controversial. 

 An employee of the public prosecutor's office, the Department of Criminal Evidence, looks at illegal drugs, which are to be set on fire, in Sanaa February 29, 2012.

Captagon crisis: Middle East’s $5.7 billion drug trade fuels Hezbollah - report

The report emphasized that US officials have become increasingly worried that captagon trade in the region has the ability to destabilize the Middle East entirely. 

 Greek authorities present confiscated guns, money and Captagon amphetamine pills after dismantling a criminal ring near Elefsina, south west of Athens, Greece, March 6, 2017.

Hezbollah’s Captogan drug trade challenges Israeli security, regional stability - report

Hezbollah’s Captagon trade finances its operations, challenging Israeli security and regional stability amid military pressure and calls for international sanctions.

 An employee of the public prosecutor's office, the Department of Criminal Evidence, looks at illegal drugs, which are to be set on fire, in Sanaa February 29, 2012.

Operation Emergency Brake: Police confiscate around 450 dangerous weapons

Since September 3, police have arrested over 3,123 suspects and seized approximately 450 weapons in the operation.

 Israeli Chief of Police Daniel Levi near the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2024.

Tunnel housing 400 cannabis plants uncovered by police in Negev

The massive greenhouse, partially covered with a fabric sheet, contained approximately 400 large marijuana plants, each standing about a meter tall.

 The cannabis greenhouse uncovered in the Negev, September 22, 2024.