LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) By Zabihullah Noori - When psychiatrist Ghulam Sarwar Sakha first met a 23-year-old woman who had been studying in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz when it was stormed by the Taliban last year, the trainee teacher could not drown out the voices in her head.Locke

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) By Sharon Bernstein - California's state capital region could reap 20,000 jobs and generate $4.2 billion in business if it becomes a hub for a legalized marijuana industry, a study released on Monday showed, weeks before voters decide whether to allow recreational us

(Reuters)By Natalie Grover - Bowing to public pressure, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said on Thursday it had delayed a decision on whether to classify the botanical substance kratom, which is available online in the United States as a dietary supplement, as a dangerous drug with no

(corrects dateline, no change to article text)(Reuters Health)By Lisa Rapaport - Kids that have an absent parent may be more likely than other children to start drinking and smoking before they reach their teens, a U.K. study suggests.The good news for parents is that few kids drink or smoke by age

WASHINGTON (Reuters)By Reuters Staff - U.S. police make over 1.25 million arrests a year for drug possession, more than twice the number for violent crimes, and about half of the arrests are for marijuana, two human rights groups said on Wednesday in a call for sweeping drug decriminalization. The 1

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) By Piya Sinha-Roy - The husband of Jim Carrey's former girlfriend sued the actor on Monday, accusing him of illegally supplying Cathriona White with prescription drugs that resulted in her death. Carrey called the wrongful death lawsuit "a terrible shame," in a statement,