DOSSIER: Drugs -Random Report

Drugs -Random Report

• I resisted peer pressure to do drugs – Adjetey Sowah (2020-01-06)
• Student jailed one month over drugs (2019-12-25)
• Fake medicine kills hundreds of thousands in Africa (2019-12-15)
• Send wee smokers to the hospital not prison – former NACOB Boss (2019-10-17)
• Police destroy five-acre weed farm (2019-09-27)
• Legal regulations to drug use best option - Prof Hart (2019-07-20)
• Nearly 800kg of cocaine destined to Ghana seized (2019-07-02)
• Ghana’s rehab centers only give drug addicts ‘blue-blue’ – Former BBC Journalist (2019-07-02)
• Former NACOB boss endorse the legalisation of ‘Wee’ (2019-06-28)
• NACOB worried about consumption of 'wee shito' by SHS students (2019-06-27)
• Police secure injunction to halt Rastafari marijuana legalization demo (2019-06-26)
• NACOB destroys 8 tonnes of marijuana worth one million Cedis (2019-06-26)
• Adopt a radical approach in dealing with tobacco use among students in Ghana - NUGS to gov't (2019-06-04)
• Be bold! Let’s legalize marijuana for medicinal purpose (2019-06-03)
• 20-acre marijuana farm discovered in Akrokosoa Forest (2019-05-05)
• 20 queens to champion anti-drug abuse campaign (2019-04-18)
• Big narcotics haul: NACOB intercepts 5,851 weed slabs (2019-03-14)
• New trend in drug abuse: Youth mix opium with weed (2019-03-12)
• Formalizing a thriving black market; the case for legal medicinal marijuana (2019-02-04)
• Court declines bail to car dealer involved in drugs (2019-01-31)
• Man walks with head after taking tramadol (2018-12-31)
• Tramadol usage soar in Upper West Region (2018-12-27)
• Single dose of tramadol can produce euphoria similar to heroin - FDA (2018-12-14)
• Legalize medical marijuana for health and economic gains (2018-11-26)
• 'The Plight of Akimbu'; a book to eliminate tramadol, substance abuse launched (2018-11-26)
• 75 bags of Indian Hemp seized at Mankessim (2018-10-15)
• 'Stress causing drug abuse among youth' - Marfo Obeng (2018-10-09)
• National Youth Authority leads march against Tramadol abuse (2018-08-12)
• Tramadol abuse linked to terrorism in Africa; need for urgent action - NYA CEO (2018-08-12)
• Teenager handed 15-year jail term for illegally trading Tramadol (2018-08-05)
• TRENDING VIDEO: Man struggles to eat after taking tramadol (2018-08-04)
• NACOB calls for decriminalisation of narcotic drug use (2018-07-31)
• NACOB destroys illegal drugs worth GHC500,000 (2018-07-30)
• We’re winning fight against Tramadol abuse – FDA (2018-07-24)
• Tramadol abuse: Man climbs MTN mast; threatens to kill rescuers (2018-07-23)
• 2 Nigerians busted trying to smuggle drugs in ‘Kako’ (2018-07-19)
• Senior citizens urged to guide youth against tramadol abuse (2018-07-04)
• NACOB advocates regional rehabilitation centres for drug addicts (2018-06-28)
• Save children and youth from illicit drugs - NACOB appeals (2018-06-27)
• World Drug Day 2018 focuses on children and youth (2018-06-27)
• Parliament backs fight against drug abuse (2018-06-26)
• ‘Cocaine soup’, ‘wee stew’ becoming popular among Cape Coast youth – Police (2018-06-25)
• Blame FDA for the widespread of Tramadol - KK Fosu (2018-06-22)
• Ban sale of tramadol over the counter - Professor (2018-06-19)
• 6 Tramadol traders fined GHS18K in Eastern Region (2018-05-16)
• Drug agencies declare war on Tramadol abuse in UWR (2018-05-16)
• We should all be worried about HIV, Tramadol abuse – Mahama (2018-05-15)
• Surge in tramadol abuse, HIV/AIDS, a matter of concern – Mahama (2018-05-15)
• Make Tramadol an illicit drug - Mental Health Authority appeals to MPs (2018-05-14)
• FDA, police nab Tramadol peddlers in Ashaiman (2018-05-06)
• FDA to leverage technology to combat fake drugs (2018-05-03)
• Ankaful Prison officer jailed 13-years for possessing narcotics (2018-05-02)
• Drivers abusing Tramadol painkiller – Tema MTTD Boss (2018-05-01)
• 22 suspects arrested for possessing wee, tramadol (2018-04-30)
• Tramadol abusers now move to cough mixtures (2018-04-27)
• War on Tramadol: 6 arrested in Tamale (2018-04-25)
• Stop sending children to buy tramadol - Parents urged (2018-04-24)
• FDA to widen its net in fight against abuse of Tramadol (2018-04-23)
• Stop buying drugs from peddlers – FDA warns Ghanaians (2018-04-20)
• Porous borders aiding Tramadol smugglers – FDA (2018-04-20)
• Ghanaian, others jailed 139 years for cocaine smuggling (2018-04-18)
• FDA confiscates Tramadol and other drugs from chemical shops (2018-04-13)
• 21 shops face punishment for tramadol sale (2018-04-13)
• Police reject GHC10k bribe to arrest truck loaded with 7,120 slabs of wee (2018-03-21)
• Ghanaian drug trafficker hanged in Singapore after clemency plea rejected (2018-03-12)
• WHO issues new guidance on tobacco product regulation (2018-03-10)
• Kenyan woman busted with cocaine at Kotoka (2018-02-27)
• Man ‘hot’ for taking photos in court (2018-02-02)
• 21 drug pushers arrested at Tema (2017-02-15)
• Koforidua: FDA intercepts one metric tonne of expired products (2017-01-19)
• 8% of Europe’s drugs pass through Ghana (2009-03-03)
• Cocaine Dispute - Senior Police Officer Indicted By Car Dealer (2008-04-16)
• Verdict on British girls, too lenient- Minister (2008-01-30)
• UK "Coke Teens" get nine months (2008-01-23)
• "Coke Teens" Sentencing Delayed Again (2008-01-09)
• UK Drugs Teens: Sentencing deferred (2007-12-05)
• Court delays sentencing "coke teens" (2007-12-05)
• UK Drug Teens On Hunger Strike (2007-11-25)
• "Palm Soup Cocaine" Chief Freed! (2007-09-13)
• No Extradition For British "Coke" Teens (2007-07-13)
• 10 Cops Busted In Cocaine Deal (2007-06-04)
• DRUGS: Ghanaian based in Italy busted (2007-02-09)
• Cocaine@Stomach: Ghanaian resident in Italy busted (2007-02-09)
• Traditional Ruler Busted With Cocaine (2006-12-14)
• "Cocaine Soup" Chief in court (2006-12-14)