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Drug maker thwarted plan to limit OxyContin prescriptions
A STAT investigation shows that Purdue Pharma paid rebates to a pharmacy benefit manager to thwart a West Virginia plan to limit prescriptions of OxyContin. By David Armstrong.
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‘A training in violence’: the connecting line between France’s ‘war on drugs’ and jihadism
In France, there are many ways in which the pool of violence caused by drug prohibition bleeds into home-grown jihadism. But there is an alternative. By Johann Hari. (Aug. 19, 2016)
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Chemical weapon for sale: China’s unregulated narcotic
For a few thousand dollars, Chinese companies offer to export a powerful chemical that has been killing unsuspecting drug users and is so lethal that it presents a potential terrorism threat... By Erika Kinetz and Desmond Butler. (Oct. 7, 2016)
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Judge presiding over 'El Chapo's' case shot, killed while jogging outside home
The judge who presided over Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s case was shot in the head while jogging outside of his home Monday near Mexico City, according to media reports. Judge Vicente Bermudez Zacarias, 37, was the judge presiding over Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s case, according to SDP Noticias. Zacarias lived in Metepec, which is 45 miles west of Mexico City.
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The Teen Killers of the Drug War
Child soldiers in foreign conflicts are treated as victims. What about the adolescents on the U.S.-Mexico border?
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Under New Philippine President, Nearly 1,800 Have Died In Extrajudicial Killings
During his campaign, Rodrigo Duterte threatened drug dealers with death. Now the Senate is investigating a wave of killings by police and vigilantes during Duterte's first seven weeks in office.
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British Police Officers Reveal What They Really Think About the War on Drugs
Good Cop, Bad War is the story of an undercover police officer, Neil Woods, who spent over a decade infiltrating Britain's biggest drug gangs. The book, released last week, provides a unique insight into a world of mind games and violence, where the drug trade acts as a production line for the creation of ruthless gangsters. Ultimately, his experiences led Woods to reject the way drugs are policed in the UK. "The logic of the drugs war only leads one way: the police get smarter, so the criminals get nastier; things can only ever go from bad to worse, from savagery to savagery," says Woods.
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El Chapo's son among six men presumed kidnapped at Mexico resort restaurant
A son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was among a group of men hauled at gunpoint from a restaurant in the Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, authorities have confirmed. The abduction was seen as a possible sign the power of the imprisoned drug lord is waning and a new cartel is trying to take his place. Officials in the western state of Jalisco, where Puerto Vallarta is located, originally said that as many as 12 men had been taken early on Monday morning...
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Drug lord son may be among those kidnapped at Mexico resort
The son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman may be among the half-dozen men abducted by gunmen at a restaurant in the Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, authorities said Tuesday. Jalisco state Attorney General Eduardo Almaguer told Radio Formula that "it is presumed," though not yet certain, that Ivan Archivaldo Guzman was among the six men kidnapped from the upscale restaurant by a squad of seven armed assailants. Experts say Ivan Archivaldo assumed control of parts of his father's business after he was re-arrested in January.
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El Chapo and the Secret History of the Heroin Crisis
And how legalization of marijuana in the U.S. helped. By Don Winslow.
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Two guys in a Connecticut jail cell helped change the way America does drugs
A chance meeting at Danbury prison would help start one of world's most powerful drug cartels. By Christopher Woody.
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Colombia destroys cocaine labs in jungle region
Security forces in Colombia have carried out a huge operation to destroy 104 cocaine production laboratories in the south-eastern jungle. Officials say the raids are part of a new strategy to target producers and traffickers rather than poor farmers who grow the coca plant. The raids took place where Farc rebels have been operating. Their leaders have denied involvement in the drug trade. Police said the labs could produce around 100 tons of cocaine a year.
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Nothing Good Happens in Secret
The Sordid Ways Death-Penalty States Obtain Execution Drugs. By Tana Ganeva.
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After years of decline, Mexico's murder rate is heading back to peak drug war levels
Mexico's murder rate is getting significantly worse again, after a few years during which the killing had begun to fall off. According to official figures released this week, the number of murders in Mexico during the first half of this year was around 15 percent higher than in the same period of 2015. The 10,301 killed from January through June, an average of 57 per day, is still about 10 percent less than when murders reached a peak during 2011.
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How a Lime Grower Led an Uprising Against One of Mexico’s Bloodiest Drug Cartels
After being terrorized by Mexico’s drug cartels for more than a decade, Hipólito Mora Chávez decided to fight back. By Ryan Devereaux.
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The Legend of Dope Lake
It seemed too good to be true: a smuggler’s plane stuck in one of Yosemite’s frozen lakes, with three tons of primo weed there for the taking. By Greg Nichols.
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Founders of Western civilisation were prehistoric dope dealers
The ancient tribes of the Eurasian steppes that helped lay the foundations of Europe might have initiated a cross-continental trade in cannabis. By Colin Barras. (July 7, 2016)
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Shedding light on the dark web
The drug trade is moving from the street to online cryptomarkets. Forced to compete on price and quality, sellers are upping their game. Leavingvacuum-sealed bags, digital scales and stashes of marijuana lying around was a mistake. So was getting T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with “Cali Connect”, under which name drugs were dealt online. Selling pot to an undercover officer was a further slip-up. All this is part of the prosecution evidence in an ongoing case against David Burchard in California.
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The Rise of Mexican Black Tar
VICE News travels to the remote mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, to follow the lucrative and destructive path of black tar heroin as it makes its way to the US. (May 2, 2016)
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Drug lords in Guatemala are burning down forests the size of Manhattan for cocaine-smuggling planes
Drug traffickers burning down Guatemalan forest to make clandestine landing strips for planes carrying US-bound cocaine have razed an area twice the size of Manhattan this year, officials say. The Central American country has declared a state of emergency over the fires ravaging its forests, which have hit hardest along its northern border with Mexico and Belize -- prime territory for drug gangs. The region, known as Peten, is known for the riches lying in its forests...
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