Thousands of demonstrators in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara demand an end to the drug-related violence which has been on the rise in the city.

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Mexicans march for more security

Alleged Mexican drug lord Sergio Villarreal, known as El Grande, is extradited to the United States for trial on charges of drug trafficking.

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Mexico extradites ‘drug kingpin’

A coroner warns of the dangers of drugs after hearing how two young friends killed in a car crash hours into the New Year had taken cocaine

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Fatal crash friends took cocaine

Hundreds of thousands of heart patients could benefit from new blood thinning drugs to cut their risk of stroke, guidelines recommend

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New clot drug for heart patients

Three members of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Prostitute Probe Launched on Agents

Three Drug Enforcement Administration agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia, a congressional source confirms to CNN.

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Prostitution investigation for DEA agents

A third of malaria drugs used around the world to stem the spread of the disease are counterfeit, research reveals.

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Third of malaria drugs ‘are fake’

Are we facing the end of new drug discovery?

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The end of drug discovery?

The Mexican army says a local leader of the Zetas drug cartel is arrested for the killing of 49 people whose bodies were dumped on a roadside a week ago.

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Mexican massacre suspect arrested

A cheap drug, which is already prescribed for arthritis, could fight amoebic dysentery, according to researchers in the US.

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Cheap dysentery drug ‘promising’

Prizes, not patents. That could be the slogan for a radical idea that leading economists say would lower the price of new drugs for treating HIV/AIDS. Treating AIDS costs tens of thousands of dollars per patient annually in the United States, and more and more patients are unable to afford the life-saving drugs, according to figures from the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The waiting list for the program, which is jointly funded by federal and state governments and provides medicines to low-income patients, now stands at 2,759, up from 361 in 2010.  Read full article > >

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‘Radical’ bill seeks to reduce cost of AIDS drugs by awarding prizes instead of patents

A fourth senior Mexican officer is detained as part of an investigation into links between the army and drug trafficking cartels.

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Fourth Mexican officer detained

The Mexican army detains General Ricardo Escorcia Vargas, after putting two other officers under house arrest for alleged links with a drug cartel.

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Third Mexican general detained

The arrests of a group of generals were without precedent in recent memory, and reports suggested that other key figures in the drug war could be arrested.

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Mexico Detains Third General Tied to Drug Cartel

Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Estranged Wife Found Dead