Hemp leaf stickers on cars popularize drugs - courtThe Novosibirsk Central District Court has passed a guilty verdict on seven businesspeople for selling hemp leaf stickers for cars, the Federal Drug Control Service's local department reported on Tuesday.15:43 09.04.2013
Russian police to fight drug trafficking with high-tech inventionThe Interior Ministry has allocated 50 million rubles ($1.6 million) for a project to develop information technology for its anti-narcotics units.13:43 19.03.2013
Putin signs law protesting cultivation of coca plants in BoliviaPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law opposing the proposed UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs reservation which will allow Bolivia to grow coca plants.14:48 15.03.2013
Moscow Court to decide on veterinary use of ketamineThe Meshchansky District Court of Moscow will hear a lawsuit filed by Kirill Plemyashov, Chairman of the Russian Veterinary Trade Union, against the Ministry of Agriculture on the ministry’s negligence in resolving the legal status of ketamine as a veterinary drug.17:06 14.03.2013
Police bust drug dealers working with corrupt copA police anti-narcotics squad in the central Russian city of Kostroma has detained a criminal gang engaged in wholesale drugs dealing with the connivance of a local law-enforcement office.15:42 14.03.2013
Russian upper house approves law objecting to Bolivia's coca leaf exceptionThe Federation Council approved on Wednesday a bill objecting to Bolivia's reservation to the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, allowing coca bushes to grow in the country.15:29 06.03.2013
Medvedev approves program to fight drug traffickingPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a government program to fight drug trafficking.13:25 06.03.2013
One third of foreign prisoners in Russia held on drug convictionsA third of the circa 27,000 foreigners serving sentences in Russian prisons were convicted for drug-related crimes.12:41 04.03.2013
Russian police seize 190 kg of heroin in radishesFederal Drug Control Service officers seized 187 kilograms (412 lbs) of heroin with an estimated wholesale black market value of $180 million in the Moscow region.14:48 25.02.2013
Russian drug lord Alexander Bely extradited from South AfricaThe South African authorities have extradited drug smuggler Alexander Bely to Russia. The police say that Bely organized the delivery of 224 kilograms of ephedrine to Russia from 2003 to 2005, laundering over 34.5 million rubles (around $1.2 million).10:31 22.02.2013
Government approves initiative on forced treatment of drug usersThe Government Commission on Legislation has approved a bill sponsored by the Federal Drug Control Service on the forced treatment of drug users upon a court order.14:33 13.02.2013
Yoga cult leader convicted of forced orgies, sentenced to 11 yearsOn Wednesday the Novosibirsk Region Court sentenced Konstantin Rudnev, the founder of religious sect Ashram Shambala, to 11 years in prison and ordered him to pay 3.7 million rubles ($123,500) in favor of the aggrieved.11:15 07.02.2013
Armstrong plans to cling to $12 mln bonuses despite cheating admissionsDisgraced world champion cyclist Lance Armstrong will not pay back the approximately $12 million in bonus money collected for his Tour de France triumphs despite having admitted on national television recently that the allegations of substance abuse and blood transfusions that brought down his cycling career were true.13:09 05.02.2013
Number of drug related crimes in Moscow region up by 15%Over 8,500 drug related crimes were registered in the Moscow Region last year, a 15% increase on the 2011 statistics, says Head of the Interior Ministry Department for the Moscow Region Nikolai Golovkin.13:46 04.02.2013
Russia pulls out of drug enforcement agreement with USRussia and the US will continue to collaborate over fighting drugs, and Russia's withdrawal from the agreement signed in 2002 will not affect this cooperation, says Viktor Ivanov, head of the Federal Drug Control Service.12:44 31.01.2013
Catholic priest arrested in Moscow airport with cocaine in stomachThe drug police have arrested a Catholic priest from Colombia at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow who attempted to smuggle 13 packages of cocaine into the country in his stomach.17:23 30.01.2013
Armstrong will not testify to USADA under oath before Feb. 6 deadlineDisgraced former world-champion cyclist Lance Armstrong will not give testimony to the Anti-Doping Authority (USADA) under oath before the organization's February 6 deadline, his attorney Tim Herman said in a letter addressed to the USADA.11:28 28.01.2013
Officials may undergo mandatory drug testsA Just Russia Deputy Oleg Nilov submitted a bill on Tuesday that would require civil servants to undergo drug testing.17:31 22.01.2013
Putin slams Bolivian efforts to keep coca leaf consumption legalRussian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill to the State Duma protesting a reservation stipulated by Bolivia's reservation to the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, pursuant to which growing coca bushes is allowed in the country.15:00 09.01.2013
Marijuana possession now legal in WashingtonOn Thursday Washington State became the first state in America where it is legal to possess marijuana for adult recreational use, and hundreds of people celebrated shortly after midnight by lighting up and smoking joints together under Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.19:50 06.12.2012