Tag: Drug laws
PNG a key transit point for ‘Pacific drug highway’ to Australia
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The production and trafficking of methamphetamine (meth), cocaine and now heroin is on the rise with Pacific countries now...
Retraction by key Filipino accuser triggers calls to free jailed senator
By Lian Buan in Manila
The retraction of Kerwin Espinosa, one of the main accusers in the Philippines Bilibid drug trade allegations, has drummed up...
Tongan talk of the death penalty for worst drug offenders
RNZ Pacific
The Tongan legislature is now considering the Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill 2021, which was introduced as a private members' bill by the...
Guam legalises recreational marijuana for ‘safer society’
By RNZ Pacific
Guam has passed a law legalising recreational use of marijuana.
Governor Lou Leon Guerrero signed off on Bill 32 on Thursday, after it...
