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Archipelago 2 years ago
Aceh authorities to ban marijuana-laced dishes in restaurants
The Aceh office of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) is pushing the plan to prevent visitors and athletes coming to the province for the national sports competition unknowingly consuming marijuana as a result of eating Acehnese traditional dishes in restaurants.
Americas 2 years ago
Cough syrup deaths overseas prompts US crackdown on toxic testing
The Food and Drug Administration has reprimanded at least 28 companies this year, saying they failed to prove sufficient testing of ingredients used in over-the-counter drugs and consumer products for the toxins ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG), according to a Reuters analysis of agency import alerts and warning letters to manufacturers.
Asia & Pacific 2 years ago
Police arrest 39 people linked to Southeast Asian drug syndicate
The suspects, arrested across the three countries, are linked to a "structured" syndicate that traffics methamphetamine out of the 'Golden Triangle' - an intersection of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos that has a long history producing illegal narcotics - to countries like Indonesia, police said.
Archipelago 3 years ago
Man gets death penalty for carrying 1.3 tonnes of marijuana in Medan
The Medan Court in North Sumatra on Tuesday sentenced Mawardi, a 24-year-old man from Gayo Lues, Aceh, to death after being proven guilty of carrying 1.3 tons of marijuana, fulfilling the demand of the prosecutors.
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