Libyan authorities seized approximately 100,000 ecstasy pills stamped with former leader Muammar Gaddafi's face, smuggled from Europe via sea cargo. The seizure reflects Libya's role as a major drug transit hub exploited by trafficking gangs amid the country's ongoing instability since Gaddafi's 2011 overthrow.
Archaeologists discovered evidence of drug use dating back 25,000 years by analyzing teeth from an Indonesian hunter-gatherer that show deep grooves caused by chewing betel nuts, psychoactive stimulants. This finding pushes back the timeline of human drug use further than the previous record of 13,000-year-old beer from Israel. Betel nut chewing remains widespread today across Southeast and South Asia, though it carries significant health risks including cancer and cardiovascular disease.