UN says drastic rise in meth trade in Afghanistan after opiate banAfghanistan's Taliban rulers have clamped down on the decades-old, lucrative trade in poppy tar - the psychoactive substance in heroin -sin...
10 Sep, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
Air Traffic Controller tests positive for psychoactive substance; DGCA removes personnel from dutyThis is the first instance of an air traffic controller (ATC) testing positive for psychoactive substance after the rules for testing of fl...
22 Aug, 2022, 11.10 AM IST
- Arunachal Group A, B officers to mandatorily take a course on drug abuse prevention
Arunachal CM Pema Khandu launched the online certificate course on drug abuse prevention.
08 Apr, 2022, 12.14 PM IST
In a first, flight crew, air traffic controllers to be tested for drugs like cannabis, cocaine"The worldwide spread of use of psychoactive substances, their general availability and the ever-increasing number of addicted users is a s...
28 Sep, 2021, 03.49 PM IST
Aviation employees to be tested for drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy: Draft DGCA rulesAirlines and air navigation service providers will have to carry out random drug-testing of at least five per cent of the flight crew membe...
25 Aug, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
Civilisation & intoxication: When, where and why did humans start experimenting with alcohol & drugsToday, humans use thousands of psychoactive compounds to alter our experience of the world.
19 Jul, 2021, 06.33 PM IST
IIT Guwahati develops low-cost technology to produce psychoactive drugs from agricultural resourcesThe technology is patented and developed by Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Head, Centre for the Environment, and Professor, Department of Chemi...
27 Oct, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
CBIC destroyed narcotics and psychotropic drugs worth Rs 79 crore on Jan 24The field offices of Bhopal, Patna, Lucknow, Chennai, Pune, Shillong, Delhi and Mumbai, collectively destroyed 11,326 kgs of cannabis, 251 ...
11 Feb, 2020, 07.17 PM IST
Apeing draws the line at marijuanaNo wonder 'ganja' runners could not make monkeys out of the police this time.
14 Jun, 2019, 08.27 AM IST
No online sale of medicines till norms in place, says Delhi High CourtThe observations by the bench were made while hearing the applications moved by some online pharmacies seeking to be impleaded in the matte...
18 Dec, 2018, 05.43 PM IST
Delhi HC seeks Centre's reply on plea to take action against online pharmaciesThe petition came up for hearing before Justice Vibhu Bakhru which listed it for further proceedings on February 25 next year.
06 Oct, 2018, 09.45 PM IST
Drug eTailers face traditional pharma retailers’ wrath as policy evolvesFollowing the issuance of the draft guidelines by the government, stakeholders are expected to send their suggestions within a forty-five d...
29 Sep, 2018, 10.23 AM IST
Working to strengthen regulatory system for health supplement, nutraceutical sector: FSSAIFSSAI is gearing itself to strengthen the regulatory ecosystem through cross-border collaboration and learning from international best prac...
29 Jul, 2018, 04.16 PM IST
Drug abuse causing alarm in some parts of the country: Rajnath SinghHome Minister Rajnath Singh today said drug abuse in some parts of the country is causing an alarm and youths should be protected from it.
17 Sep, 2015, 06.38 PM IST
Made-in-India drug ‘legal highs’ flooding Europe: ReportThe Europe Drug Report 2015 says new psychoactive substances were detected in the EU last year at the rate of around two per week.
06 Jun, 2015, 12.49 PM IST
Evidence of drug overdose in Sunanda Pushkar's bodyThere was no trace of alcohol in the body of Sunanda Pushkar though some evidence of presence of anti-depressant drug was likely, AIIMS sou...
19 Jan, 2014, 10.18 PM IST
Synthetic drug use rapidly rising in Europe: ReportNew synthetic psychoactive substances are making their way into Europe where the Internet is becoming a big challenge in the fight against ...
28 May, 2013, 09.58 PM IST