Topic: Drugs — Neutral reports only

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[2025-12-15 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: Major drug trafficker arrested with huge consignment of “Kush” - DailyNews
Snippet: A major drug trafficker who allegedly imported a stock of “Kush” valued at Rs. 216.68 million from Bangkok, Thailand, has been arrested following a prolonged surveillance operation by the Katunayake Airport Police Narcotics Bureau last night (14).
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/15/local/915014/major-drug-trafficker-arrested-with-huge-consignment-of-kush/
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[2025-12-15 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: Suspect with heroin worth over Rs. 69 Mn nabbed at BIA - DailyNews
Snippet: Officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau arrested a Sri Lankan passenger early yesterday (14) while he was attempting to smuggle a consignment of 2 kilograms and 308 grams of heroin valued at Rs.69,240,000 out of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). The suspect is a 28-year-old telephone repairman from the Hewadiwela area in Rambukkana.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/15/lawnorder/914547/suspect-with-heroin-worth-over-rs-69-mn-nabbed-at-bia/
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[2025-12-12 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Title: The FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices, Watchdog Report Finds
Snippet: The Food and Drug Administration rarely uses its authority to pull dangerous medical devices off the market and is so poorly staffed that it’s sometimes unable to make sure companies are taking critical steps to protect patients during health emergencies, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-defective-device-recalls-gao-report
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[2025-12-11 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: Police foil murder plan: fake number plates, drugs seized in Mount Lavinia - DailyNews
Snippet: The Western Province South Crime Division arrested five individuals yesterday (10), including a former army soldier who had been released on bail just 20 days ago after serving time for a previous murder. Authorities seized a motorcycle, three fake number plates, four mobile phones, and 15 grams of heroin during the operation.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/11/local/912746/police-foil-murder-plan-fake-number-plates-drugs-seized-in-mount-lavinia/
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[2025-12-11 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: Government Analyst’s Department to recruit 50 Officers on Contract - DailyNews
Snippet: Steps have already been taken to recruit 50 officers on a contract basis to the Government Analyst’s Department to fill the existing vacancies to provide analyst reports on drugs using a rapid technical methodology due to the increase in the number of people being imprisoned, Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/11/local/912395/government-analysts-department-to-recruit-50-officers-on-contract/
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[2025-12-10 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Forget the war on drugs. The US has gone to war on a font
Snippet: The US State Department is ditching Calibri font, to restore ‘decorum and professionalism’
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335869/forget-war-drugs-us-has-gone-war-font
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[2025-12-10 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: Navy moves into offices in Akuregoda Defence Headquarters complex - DailyNews
Snippet: Marking the proud occasion of the Sri Lanka Navy’s 75th anniversary, the ceremonial occupation of the Navy Headquarters (Block No. 3) at the Defence Headquarters Complex (DHQC) in Akuregoda was held yesterday (9). Deputy Defence Minister Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) was present at the invitation of Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/10/breaking-news/911693/navy-moves-into-offices-in-akuregoda-defence-headquarters-complex/
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[2025-12-09 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Former chief of China’s food and drug watchdog ousted from Communist Party
Snippet: Bi Jingquan, who received an international award for promoting innovation, has also been removed from public office over corruption charges
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335712/former-chief-chinas-food-and-drug-watchdog-ousted-communist-party
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[2025-12-09 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Guinea-Bissau's struggle to fight 'narco-state' image
Snippet: "Zero tolerance in the fight against corruption and drug trafficking is our top priority," declared Guinea-Bissau's Interim President General Horta Inta-A upon taking office following a military coup that suspended the constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/guinea-bissaus-struggle-to-fight-narco-state-image/a-75061311
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[2025-12-07 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Myanmar: Drug production booming amid civil war
Snippet: New data on opium and methamphetamine production in Myanmar from the United Nations puts the war-torn country at the epicenter of Asia's multi-billion-dollar illicit drug trade.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/myanmar-drug-production-booming-amid-civil-war/a-75032190
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[2025-12-07 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Hegseth defends killing boat survivors, likens drug gangs to al-Qaeda
Snippet: Washington’s policy of sinking boats and killing alleged drug-runners has led to serious debate in Congress
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335497/hegseth-fully-supports-strike-killed-survivors-suspected-caribbean-drug-boat
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[2025-12-07 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Asian Angle | Vietnam’s anti-drug police are speaking Gen Z, and it’s working
Snippet: Ho Chi Minh City’s police have found a way to wrap dry state messaging in viral humour, mirroring China’s digital playbook
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3335394/vietnams-anti-drug-police-are-speaking-gen-z-and-its-working
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[2025-12-07 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Afghan drug shortage looms as Taliban ban Pakistani imports
Snippet: Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy head of the Taliban-led regime in Kabul, recently announced a complete import ban on Pakistani medicines into Afghanistan.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/afghan-drug-shortage-looms-as-taliban-ban-pakistani-imports/a-75033714
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[2025-12-07 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Hong Kong police arrest 2 over possession of suspected dangerous drugs
Snippet: Man, 55, and woman, 49, stopped in Cheung Sha Wan with officers seizing cartridges and packets of suspected etomidate and methamphetamine
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3335469/hong-kong-police-arrest-2-over-possession-suspected-dangerous-drugs
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[2025-12-06 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Title: The 'absurd' status of a drug war case in the Supreme Court
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – In September 21, when the International Criminal Court (ICC) pre-trial chamber authorized the investigation into the Philippine drug war, it referred to what the prosecutor called an “emblematic” case of an alleged state policy to kill.
Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/podcasts-videos/efren-morillo-drug-war-supreme-court-status/
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[2025-12-06 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Dock workers and drug cartels — a risky side hustle?
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Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/dock-workers-and-drug-cartels-a-risky-side-hustle/video-75017453
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[2025-12-05 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four
Snippet: The United States military said it killed four men in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, part of a campaign that has killed at least 87 people.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/us-strike-drug-boat-pacific/a-75025757
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[2025-12-05 09:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ order in Caribbean boat strike
Snippet: Admiral Frank Bradley briefs US lawmakers on the September 2 Caribbean attack that did not initially kill all on an alleged drug boat
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3335257/admiral-says-there-was-no-kill-them-all-order-boat-attack-video-alarms-lawmakers
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[2025-12-05 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Opinion | Not just China: India also a piece of the US opioid puzzle
Snippet: Like China, India has a large pharmaceutical sector that provides precursor chemicals. But it lacks China’s drug policy control
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335067/americas-opioid-crisis-wont-be-solved-without-indias-help
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[2025-12-05 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Title: Doctor in Matthew Perry overdose case sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/doctor-matthew-perry-overdose-case-sentence-prison/
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[2025-12-04 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: World’s first ‘ethical AI’ wades into risks of China’s new drug abuse law
Snippet: Confucian trained ‘Wen Dao’ weighs potential societal costs of rule that seals records of convicted drug users
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3335076/worlds-first-ethical-ai-wades-thorny-debate-over-chinas-new-drug-abuse-law
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[2025-12-04 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: With US warships near, Venezuela’s Maduro describes call with Trump
Snippet: Phone call occurred amid a massive US military build-up in the region and deadly strikes on alleged drug vessels
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3335168/us-warships-near-venezuelas-maduro-describes-call-trump-cordial
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[2025-12-04 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Opinion | How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry
Snippet: A market once dominated by generics is now an AI-powered pharmaceutical hub drawing billion-dollar investments from the likes of Pfizer and GSK
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3334948/how-china-went-generic-drug-factory-biomedicine-innovator
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[2025-12-03 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: Sri Lanka partners with World Bank and UN to recover corruption assets abroad - DailyNews
Snippet: Senior officials from the World Bank and the StAR Initiative under the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have agreed to provide technical and expert support to assist Sri Lanka in recovering assets believed to have been acquired through corruption in foreign countries.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/03/local/907571/sri-lanka-partners-with-world-bank-and-un-to-recover-corruption-assets-abroad/
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[2025-12-03 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Venezuela: Trump signals imminent land attacks
Snippet: The Caribbean Sea is already now largely closed to drug smugglers from South America, but on Thursday Donald Trump announced that American troops will also begin land strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers "very soon." Marking another significant escalation, Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-trump-signals-imminent-land-attacks/a-74952467
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[2025-12-03 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s move to seal records of offences like drug use sparks public backlash
Snippet: New rule takes effect on January 1 and means the offences will no longer be attached to a person’s identity information
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335001/chinas-move-seal-records-minor-offences-drug-use-sparks-public-backlash
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[2025-12-03 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Trump’s defence chief says he didn’t see survivors or watch second boat strike
Snippet: A lethal follow-up attack on an alleged drug-carrying vessel has sparked concern about the legality of the strikes
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334972/trump-defence-chief-hegseth-says-he-didnt-see-survivors-or-watch-second-strike-boat
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[2025-12-03 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Trump says any country trafficking drugs into US could be attacked
Snippet: In response to the threat, Colombia’s Petro says his nation destroys drug labs ‘without missiles’ and warns Trump not to ‘awake the Jaguar’
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334971/trump-says-any-country-trafficking-drugs-us-could-be-attacked
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[2025-12-03 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Title: UK to make drug approvals easier in latest tariff deal with Trump
Snippet: Abigail Hauslohner in Washington
Read full article: https://www.ft.com/content/d54c71af-7019-4fe6-ad8f-1b1126b99f8d
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[2025-12-03 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Ex-Honduran president freed from US prison after Trump pardon for drug crimes
Snippet: While in prison, Hernandez wrote to Trump calling him ‘Your Excellency’ and referring to their ‘shared values’
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334949/ex-honduran-president-freed-us-prison-after-trump-pardon-amid-tight-election-race
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[2025-12-02 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: White House defends ‘double-tap’ US attack on alleged drug boat as lawful
Snippet: US military operation on September 2 killed 11 people, including those who survived the initial strike, raising accusations of a possible war crime
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334858/white-house-defends-double-tap-us-attack-alleged-drug-boat-lawful
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[2025-12-02 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s 3SBio seeks US$400 million in Hong Kong to boost drug pipeline
Snippet: Share placement to help Shenyang-based firm advance clinical research in China and the US, expand reach of cancer and hair-loss drugs
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3334844/chinas-3sbio-seeks-us400-million-hong-kong-boost-drug-pipeline
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[2025-12-02 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Title: The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
Snippet: For more than a dozen years, the Food and Drug Administration quietly allowed substandard foreign factories to continue shipping medications to the United States even after the agency officially banned them from doing so because of dangerous manufacturing failures.
Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drugs-banned-foreign-factories-list
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[2025-12-02 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: US-UK zero tariff deal to reshape NHS medicine spending
Snippet: The agreement removes tariffs on medicines and raises NHS spending on new drugs by 25 per cent, boosting pharmaceutical growth
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334813/us-uk-deal-slashes-tariffs-medicines-boosting-nhs-spending
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[2025-12-01 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: Transforming the AIDS response - DailyNews
Snippet: HIV/AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is no longer the death sentence that it used to be even 10 years ago. This is due to the widespread availability of Anti Retro Viral (ARV) drugs that can not only keep the patients alive but also give them the freedom to live a normal, useful life.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/01/general-opinion/905418/transforming-the-aids-response/
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[2025-11-30 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Title: Duterte remains detained, but 'when will trial start?' drug war victims ask
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/duterte-drug-war-victims-families-wait-icc-trial/
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[2025-11-29 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Trump plans to pardon ex-Honduran President Hernandez
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Friday expressed his intention to pardon ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted of drug trafficking in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/trump-plans-to-pardon-ex-honduran-president-hernandez/a-74948469
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[2025-11-28 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Trump: US to 'soon' take action against Venezuela 'by land'
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that operations to curb Venezuelan drug trafficking "by land" would begin "very soon."
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/trump-us-to-soon-take-action-against-venezuela-by-land/a-74933223
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[2025-11-28 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: SOC addresses Legal barriers to import Drug-Detection equipment - DailyNews
Snippet: The Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection, Member of Parliament (Dr.) Najith Indika, stated that the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board must take the lead in streamlining the Procurement process and easing existing Legal barriers related to importing equipment used to test drivers for Drug use.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/11/28/local/903482/soc-addresses-legal-barriers-to-import-drug-detection-equipment/
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[2025-11-28 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Title: Mexico investigates Miss Universe president for drugs, arms trafficking
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/mexico-investigates-miss-universe-president-rocha-drugs-arms-trafficking/
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[2025-11-27 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: Five vessels, house of drug trafficker ‘Dehi Bale’ seized - DailyNews
Snippet: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has taken into custody five fishing vessels belonging to an underworld criminal known as ‘Dehi Bale’ or Shehan Sathsara from Devinuwara.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/11/27/lawnorder/902983/five-vessels-house-of-drug-trafficker-dehi-bale-seized/
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[2025-11-14 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China Digest | South China Morning Post
Snippet: Around the nation: Chinese man smuggles heroin in his foreskin; divorce on menu after wedding feast disputeA 12-year-old girl in Jiangyou killed herself by drinking pesticide after giving her grandmother water laced with the poison. Railway police revealed they captured a man who hid a bag of heroin under his foreskin.
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china-digest
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[2025-02-21 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Title: VOA60 America - US designates eight drug cartels, criminal gangs as global terrorist organizations
Snippet: No media source currently available
Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa60-america---us-designates-eight-drug-cartels-criminal-gangs-as-global-terrorist-organizations/7982257.html
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[2025-02-14 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Title: How new scanners at US-Mexico border detect fentanyl
Snippet: No media source currently available
Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/how-new-scanners-at-us-mexico-border-detect-fentanyl/7974092.html
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[2025-01-09 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Title: US, China vie for influence in combating Seychelles’ drug problem
Snippet: No media source currently available
Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/us-china-vie-for-influence-in-combating-seychelles-drug-problem/7920193.html
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[2025-01-07 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Title: Syrian rebels vow to dismantle Assad’s drug empire
Snippet: No media source currently available
Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/syrian-rebels-vow-to-dismantle-assad-s-drug-empire/7926312.html
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[2024-09-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Title: Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl
Snippet: Maylia Sotelo arrived in a black Cadillac. It pulled down an alley by the Fox River, which cuts through the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin. On that Tuesday evening in November 2022, she stepped out of a rear door and into another car. Maylia was 15 years old and slight, with a soft, girlish face and large, upturned eyes.
Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/teens-fentanyl-percocet-green-bay-wisconsin-maylia-sotelo-jack-mcdonough
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[2024-08-21 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Title: Nigeria battles drug use among minors
Snippet: No media source currently available
Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/nigeria-battles-drug-use-among-minors/7749844.html
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[2024-07-30 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Title: Urgent action needed to stop spread of drug-resistant malaria, scientists warn
Snippet: No media source currently available
Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/urgent-action-needed-to-stop-spread-of-drug-resistant-malaria-scientists-warn/7717035.html
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[2024-07-04 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Title: Afghans struggling with drug addiction call for tougher laws
Snippet: No media source currently available
Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/afghans-struggling-with-drug-addiction-call-for-tougher-laws/7683983.html
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