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.

Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter, mainly to the United States and Europe, and has spent decades fighting against drug trafficking. During a six-hour ministerial ...

Cocaine is no worse for your health than the common glass of whiskey, claimed the president of Colombia — the world’s biggest producer and exporter of the illegal drug. In a first-of-its-kind ...

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 ...

In 2024, Portugal set a historic high of 22.5 tons of cocaine seized, more than double the 9.5 tons confiscated in 2019 and exceeding the 16.3 tons seized in 2022, according to Artur Vaz, director of ...

A semi-submersible vessel loaded with over 5,000 pounds of cocaine was intercepted off the ... of piles of packages containing the alleged drugs. Officials said a total of 111 bundles were found ...

Albany, NY (WRGB) — Two women were arrested Tuesday following the execution of a search warrant in which police say they found cocaine and fentanyl. On Tuesday at 10 a.m., members of the Albany ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A fifth-grade girl in Texas was arrested for drug possession after being accused of bringing cocaine into a classroom, police said. On Jan. 29, a student found a small bag ...

Irish police say they have seized more than €14 million worth of illegal drugs, mostly cocaine, in a major operation in a small town in the country's midlands. The swoop in Mountmellick ...

President Joe Biden is granting clemency for nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders in his final days in office, placing a focus on sentencing disparities for crack cocaine-related crimes.

Country’s consumption of the drug is now similar to the UK with 1.1 million people taking the drug at least once in 2023 France’s cocaine consumption almost doubled in a year, putting it on ...