Over 524,191 Capsules and 3,001 Vials Tramadol Seized
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has seized 524,191 capsules and 3,001 vials of Tramadol over the past ...
Tag: Opioids
9 Traders Arrested For Importing and Selling Illegal Drugs
The Ashanti Regional Police Drug Law Enforcement Unit, in partnership with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have arrested nine ...
Myanmar and Thailand Torch $1 Billion of Seized Drugs
Myanmar and Thailand started torching nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics on Monday, a defiant show of force as ...
NACOB Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Drugs
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at Bundase Training Camp of ...
NACOB Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Drugs
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at Bundase Training Camp of ...
NACOB Gives Nayele Ametefe’s Movable Assets To Charity
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has donated movable assets confiscated from drug baron Nayele Ametefe to mark World Narcotics Day ...
Overdoses Are Now the Leading Cause of Death Among Americans Under 50
Overdose deaths are now the leading cause of death among young Americans - killing more in a year than were ...
Golden Triangle Narco-Gangs Churning Out New Highs, UN Warns
Southeast Asian drug cartels are diversifying the narcotics they produce, the UN's crime agency warned Wednesday, with more than 160 ...
Ohio Sues Five Drugmakers Over Role In Opioid Crisis
The US state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major producers of prescription opioid medications, accusing them of lying about ...
In Swedish Asylum Limbo, Young Afghans Turn To Heroin
Beer cans, newspapers drenched in vomit and aluminium foil litters the ground inside a parking garage where young Afghan asylum ...
Police Arrest 5 Notorious Armed Robbers In Cape Coast
The police in the Central Region have arrested five suspected armed robbers classified as “notorious” in the Cape Coast South ...
US Opioid Crisis At Epidemic Proportions
Many US communities are facing an epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse that is straining resources from police, to jails, ...
Confidence Nyadzi Denies $30 Million ‘missing’ Cocaine Story
The Sector Commander of the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Tema Port, Confidence Nyadzi, has ...
Nacob Nabs Three Drug Traffickers Including Kenyan & Nigerian At Kotoka Airport
The Narcotics Control Board (Nacob) has arrested three persons on different occasions at the Kotoka International Airport for illegal possession ...
Ghana Chief Joseph Darkoh Jailed In U.S For Distributing Drug
When Joseph Darkoh skipped town to escape federal heroin distribution charges 20 years ago, Brooklyn federal prosecutors said he went ...
US Communities Crumbling Under An Evolving Addiction Crisis
Of the 2,900 babies born last year in Cabell County, West Virginia, 500 had to be weaned off of opioid ...
British Cyclist Secretly Injected Vitamins
British cyclist Josh Edmondson has told the BBC he broke the sport's rules by secretly injecting himself with a cocktail ...
Two Jailed 10 Years Each For Allegedly Dealing In Narcotics
An Accra Circuit Court on Friday handed a ten-year jail term each to two persons charged with possessing narcotic drugs ...
The Danger of Abusing Tramadol For Pain Management
A GNA feature by Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA Accra, Jan. 9, GNA - Tramadol hydrochloride is one of the group of ...