Cocaine

A new report from the "Kadulta labraan” (From street to the lab) research project has highlighted the presence of harmful additives in cocaine samples ...

The reviews are released every four months, showcasing the types of findings that can be made from the samples but are not representative of the broader Helsinki drug market. While the research team anticipated that samples would also be submitted by friends, they were surprised to find that people who do not use drugs also submitted samples on behalf of others. The study, coordinated by the A-klinikkasäätiö foundation, allows individuals to bring drug residue-containing samples to a laboratory for analysis and receive results through their phone.

A judge has convicted a wedding goer of cocaine dealing after a garda told her that cocaine users would snort four or five lines of cocaine from a gram of ...

Judge Larkin said: “If I go to a wedding, I would be buying a dress and a pair of shoes to get all fancied up - that would be my thing. I have no shadow of a doubt that he had the drugs there for one particular reason." Mr Keane said: “I had no intention of selling drugs.

Residents on Normandy coast describe influx of unfamiliar people after news of 2 tonnes of drug arriving onshore.

“We’ve seen people arriving in 4x4s, brand new cars or with quad bikes on the beach, sometimes at dawn with head torches.” [Europe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news) faces a surge in trafficking and use of the drug. [France](https://www.theguardian.com/world/france) in the previous major incident of this kind.

French authorities have warned about "narco-tourism" on northern Channel beaches after news of more than two tonnes of cocaine washing ashore drew dozens of ...

"We've seen people arriving in 4x4s, brand new cars or with quad bikes on the beach, sometimes at dawn with head torches." He stressed that a young man had died in 2019 after taking cocaine that had washed up along the west coast of France in the previous major incident of this kind. "The act of taking possession of one of these bundles and transporting it is a crime that carries a punishment of up to ten years in prison," he told reporters.

Cannabis company Adastra Labs has been approved by Health Canada to possess, produce, sell and distribute cocaine, psilocybin and psilocin.

“We will evaluate how the commercialization of this substance fits in with our business model at Adastra in an effort to position ourselves to support the demand for a safe supply of cocaine.” In an effort to prevent overdoses, groups such as the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) offer a “safe supply” of tested, untainted cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines to drug users in Vancouver. [currently procure them through](https://www.dulf.ca/_files/ugd/fe034c_848afa78e1e947dfb03b5f962dd05a54.pdf?index=true) “the illicit market through community connections and darknet markets, sourcing from vendors in Canada,” according to DULF documents. - Possess, produce, sell and distribute – for legal purposes only and not to consumers – up to 250 grams (8.8 ounces) of cocaine and to import and manufacture coca leaves to create synthetics. The company received its Controlled Drug and Substances dealer’s license for the psychedelics in August, according to a news release. [possess, produce, sell and distribute](https://adastraholdings.ca/adastra-labs-receives-health-canada-approval-for-the-amendment-to-include-cocaine-under-its-controlled-substances-dealers-license/) cocaine, psilocybin and psilocin.

Drug with street value of £133m found in two batches of watertight packages.

[Europe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news) faces a surge in trafficking and use of the drug. [a total of 1.6 tonnes was found strewn all along the French Atlantic coast](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/11/france-puzzled-over-very-pure-cocaine-washing-up-on-atlantic-coast). The total street value of the cocaine is estimated at €150m (£133m).

Sealed bags containing 2.3 tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated 150 million euros have washed up on the northern French coast this week.

On Wednesday, the government said that it had seized 27 tonnes of cocaine last year, a five-fold increase over the past 10 years, as Europe faces a surge in trafficking and use of the drug. An AFP investigation earlier this year found that more than a sixth of the cocaine consumed in France is smuggled inside the bodies of drug mules, including pregnant women, on flights from Guiana. The last time that a major cocaine shipment washed up on the French coast was in 2019, when 1.6 tonnes was found strewn all along the French Atlantic coast. On Sunday, several bags totalling 850 kilos were found on Réville beach near the northern tip of Normandy, and six more bags turned up on Wednesday on the nearby beach of Vicq-sur-Mer. The powder was found in two batches of watertight packages on the Normandy English Channel coast – one on Sunday and one on Wednesday, a source close to the case told AFP news agency. This comes as Europe faces a surge in trafficking and use of the illicit drug.

Sealed bags containing a total of 2.3 tonnes of cocaine have washed up on the northern French coast in the past few days, a source has said.

The last time that a major cocaine shipment washed up on the French coast was in 2019, when a total of 1.6 tonnes was found strewn all along the French Atlantic coast. On Sunday, several bags totalling 850kg were found on the Reville beach near the northern tip of Normandy, and six more bags turned up on Wednesday on the nearby beach of Vicq-sur-Mer. Sealed bags containing a total of 2.3 tonnes of cocaine have washed up on the northern French coast in the past few days, a source has said.

Two sealed bags containing a total of 2.3 tonnes of cocaine washed up on the northern French coast in the past week, said a report by the news agency AFP, ...

Overall, the French authorities seized 157 tonnes of illegal drugs in 2022. The report was published a day after French authorities said they seized 27 tonnes of cocaine in 2022, a five-time increase over the past decade. Two sealed bags containing a total of 2.3 tonnes of cocaine washed up on the northern French coast in the past week, said a report by the news agency AFP, on Thursday (March 2) citing a source with knowledge of the find.

Bags with over 2 tonnes of cocaine have washed up on the coast in northern France in the last few days. The drug was found in two batches of watertight ...

[By India Today World Desk](/author/india-today-world-desk): Sealed bags with 2.3 tonnes of cocaine have washed up on the coast in northern France in the past few days. On Sunday, on the Néville beach, several bags containing about 850 kg of cocaine were found. Bags with over 2 tonnes of cocaine have washed up on the coast in northern France in the last few days.

Sealed bags containing cocaine with an estimated street value of €150million have washed up on the northern French coast in the past few days.

The last time that a major cocaine shipment washed up on the French coast was in 2019, when a total of 1.6 tonnes was found strewn all along the French Atlantic coast. On Sunday, several bags totalling 850 kilos were found on the Reville beach near the northern tip of Normandy, and six more bags turned up on Wednesday on the nearby beach of Vicq-sur-Mer. The drug was found in two batches of watertight packages that weighed 2.3 tonnes in total on the Normandy coast, one on Sunday and one on Wednesday, a source with knowledge of the find told AFP.

A Langley-based cannabis company's announcement that it has received federal government permission to produce up to 250 grams of cocaine caused a political ...

“Harm reduction is a critically important and mainstream topic, and we are staying at the forefront of drug regulations across the board,” said Michael Forbes, CEO of Adastra said in the release. “It is not part of our provincial plan,” Eby continued. They’re the ones who made that licence.” “We proactively pursued the amendment to our Dealer’s Licence to include cocaine back in December 2022. Although the licence was issued by Health Canada, a federal agency, the press release references the recent decriminalization in B.C. A Langley-based cannabis company’s announcement that it has received federal government permission to produce up to 250 grams of cocaine caused a political furor in B.C.

Canadian biosciences company Sunshine Earth Labs announced Thursday it has been licensed to produce and sell cocaine, reflecting the federal health agency's ...

The Canadian province is the epicenter of a crisis that has seen more than 10,000 overdose deaths since it declared a public health emergency in 2016. [North America ](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/americas/)to decriminalize hard drugs after the US state of Oregon did so in November 2020. [opioid overdose crisis](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/opioid-crisis/) that has killed thousands, by decriminalizing small amounts of [cocaine](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/cocaine/), heroin and other hard [drugs](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/drugs/).

A Canadian weed company and a psychedelics company have received government licenses to make and distribute the drugs under certain circumstances.

The company said it plans to “bring a safer supply of drugs to the global market.” The company told VICE News it would not be commenting further. “It is not part of our provincial plan," he said, noting that he would be following up with Health Canada about the announcements. At the end of January, B.C. Premier David Eby said he was “astonished” to hear the announcement. [o CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-firm-cocaine-approval-1.6766106), Health Canada said the companies will not be able to sell the substances to the public and that the licenses are for scientific and medical purposes.

Adastra Labs, in Langley, B.C., says Health Canada granted an amendment to its dealer license to 'interact with up to 250 grams – or nearly nine ounces – of ...

“Health Canada has contacted the company to reiterate the very narrow parameters of their licence. If Heath Canada did in fact do this, they did it not only without engaging with the province, but they did it without notice to us. But the guard rails put in place by the federal government were spelled out really clearly, (the BC NDP) has not fulfilled any of the requirements. Adastra Labs in Langley said it has been granted an amendment to its dealer license to “interact” with up to 250 grams of cocaine (nearly nine ounces), to import coca leaves to manufacture and synthesize the substance. Forbes said he has extensive experience working on the front lines of addiction medicine as he was previously a pharmacist at multiple methadone pharmacies. It said it received its approval from Health Canada on Feb.