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French ex-senator found guilty of drugging lawmaker
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» PARIS — A French court Tuesday found a former senator guilty of drugging a woman lawmaker with ecstasy with intent to sexually assault her, and sentenced him to four years in prison, of which 18 months must be behind bars.
New Zealand approves medicinal use of 'magic mushrooms'
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand on Wednesday approved the medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound notably found in so-called "magic mushrooms".
'Unprecedented' Europe raids net 200 arrests, drugs haul
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» ISTANBUL - Police in Europe staged "unprecedented" raids against four organised crime groups on Tuesday, arresting more than 200 people across five countries, primarily in Turkey, in a "massive blow" against drug-trafficking networks.
Australia legalises psychedelics for medical use
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/07/2023
» Psychedelics can now be legally used as medicine in Australia in a world-first approval that is aimed at treating acute mental health conditions.
In Canada, psychedelics re-emerge in treatment of depression
AFP, Published on 16/04/2021
» TORONTO (CANADA) - To manage her stress and fears, Andrea Bird -- who is suffering from terminal cancer -- uses psychedelics, which are seeing a sudden re-emergence in Canada as a possible treatment for mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.
Arrest of second drug kingpin tightens dragnet
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2021
» A second senior leader of a vast drug syndicate has been arrested, a Thai narcotics official said, as a transnational dragnet tightens on the Sam Gor group, which police say dominates the $70 billion annual Asia-Pacific drug trade.
Israel seeks to beat PTSD with 'ecstasy' therapy
AFP, Published on 21/08/2019
» SDE BOAZ (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Nachum Pachenick says he lived a nightmare for nearly two decades after being sexually abused and developing post-traumatic stress disorder -- until MDMA therapy came to his rescue.
Breaking Bad: Japan prof 'made students produce ecstasy'
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» TOKYO: A Japanese university professor could face up to 10 years in jail after allegedly getting his students to produce ecstasy, officials said Wednesday, in an echo of TV hit series "Breaking Bad".
Vietnam's nascent rave scene reeling after drug deaths
AFP, Published on 28/09/2018
» HANOI - Days after seven people died after taking a cocktail of drugs at an electronic music festival, their peers partied on at a sweaty Hanoi nightclub, hoping tragedy does not pull the plug on the nascent rave scene in the buttoned-up communist capital.
Ecstasy may relieve the agony of PTSD: study
AFP, Published on 02/05/2018
» PARIS - Better known to nightclubbers as ecstasy, the euphoria-inducing drug MDMA appears to alleviate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in war veterans, firefighters, and police officers, researchers said Wednesday.