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ARTICLES
End of the Dubai Dream for Europe's Drug Lords?
By Arthur Connan (December 16, 2024) AFP
US Cops Find Mysterious $100 Mn in Marijuana - But No Owner
By No Author (December 12, 2024) AFP
Video Points to Assad Regime's Involvement in
Large-Scale Trafficking of Illicit Drugs
By Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder and Nechirvan Mando
(December 11. 2024) CNN
CDC Warns of Deadly Drug 100 Times More Potent
Than fentanyl, Overdoses Spike in Past Year
By Melissa Rudy (December 10, 2024) Fox News
Cops Bust Notorious Hitwoman Known as 'The Doll'
By Leigh Kimmins (December 6, 2024) Daily Beast
Prescription Fills for Weight Loss Drugs Zepbound and Wegovy
More Than Doubled in 2024, GoodRx Says
By Annika Kim Constantino (December 5, 2024) Health and Science
Legendary Medellin Cartel Drug Lord Released
from US Prison After Serving 25 Years
By Joshua Goodman (December 4, 2024) AP
Pancreatic Cancer Patient Survival Doubled with
High Dose of Common Vitamin, Study Finds
By Angelica Stabile (December 4, 2024) Fox News
Zepbound Brings More Weight Loss Than Wegovy: Drugmaker
By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech (December 4, 2024) The Hill
The Plan to Set US Special Forces on Mexican
Drug Cartels - and Why Experts Say It Won't Work
By Joe Barnes (November 29, 2024) The Telegraph
Duterte Admits to Planting Evidence,
Personally Killing Suspects in Drug War
By Ryan General (November 14, 2024) Nextshark
US Overdose Deaths Are Down, Giving
Experts Hope for an Enduring Decline
By Mike Stobbe (November 13, 2024) AP
Doctors Say You Need to Know This
Before Buying Ozempic Online
By Korin Miller (November 2024) Woman's Health
They Smoke Pot, Drink Booze and
Consider Themselves Sober
By Shane O’Neill (November 6, 2024) Washington Post
Afghan Opium Cultivation Bounces and Shifts
Two Years After Ban, UN Says
By Francois Murphy (November 5, 2024) Reuters
10 Most Dangerous Cities in the World,
Based on Homicide Rate
By Karena Ryan (November 5, 2024) Howstuffworks
Which Industries Have the Highest Cannabis
Consumption at Work? New Data Has Answers
By Franca Quarneti (November 1, 2024) Benzinga
A Former US Border Official Who Took Bribes
to Admit Drug-Laden Vehicles Gets a 23-Year Sentence
By No Author (October 26, 2024) CNN
Exclusive: Inside the Prison That
Executes People for Supplying Cannabis
By Ivan Watson, Heather Chen, Rebecca Wright and Tom Booth
(October 19, 2024) CNN
Mexico’s Ex-Public Security Chief Sentenced to
38-Plus Years in US for Taking Cartel Bribes
By Cedar Attanasio and Larry Neumeister
(October 16, 2024) AP
In the Heartland of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel,
the old Ways Have Changed and Violence Rages
By Mark Stevenson (October 16, 2024) AP
Mexico Sends 660 Soldiers, National Guard to
Protect Lime Growers Suffering Extortion by Cartels
By No Author (October 10, 2024) Associated Press
The End of a Shortage of Popular Weight-Loss Drugs
May Mean Many People Lose Access to Them
By Meg Tirrell (October 9, 2024) CNN
Mexican Mayor Decapitated by Drug Gangs
Six Days Into Job
By Kieran Kelly (October 7, 2024) The Telegraph
Mexico's First Female President Promises 'No Return to Drug War'
By Daniel Hardaker (October 2, 2024) the Telegraph
Mexican Authorities Uncover 24 Drug Cartel
Surveillance Cameras in City on the Border With Arizona
By No Author (September 27, 2024) AP
Corpses Found Wearing Sombreros as
Mexico Cartel Violence Rages
By No Author (September 23, 2024) CBS News
Why Have Mexico's Judicial Reforms Upset Investors?
By Daniel Rook and Jean Arce (September 14, 2024) AFP
Good News Teen Vaping? Rates Have Dropped,
But Another Product Worries Tobacco Watchdogs
By Ken Alltucker (September 5, 2024) USA Today
The Pot Farm Next Door: Black Market Weed
Operations Inundate California Suburb, Cops Say
By Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Kyung Lah
and Yong Xiong (August 31, 2024) CNN
Mexican Drug Lord, Who Founded
Ultra-Violent Zetas, Released from US Prison
By Drazen Jorgic and Lizbeth Diaz
(August 30, 2024) Reuters
Are Mexican Drug Cartels as Powerful as People Think?
By Kate Linthicum (August 28, 2024) Los Angeles Times
Matthew Perry's Street Dealer Managed
High-End Rehab Where Client Died
By Gary Baum (August 26, 2024) Hollywood Reporter
Mexico's Traditional and Indigenous Community
Police Come Under Fire from Drug Cartels
By Armando Solis (August 26, 2024) AP
Cruel Torture: Drug Convicts Await Execution In Saudi
By No Author (August 21, 20240 AFP
Mexican Prosecutors Consider Treason Charges
After US Jails Drug Lord El Mayo Zambada
By No Author (August 12, 2024) Associated Press
Mexico's Largest Convenience Store Chain Will Reopen
191 Stores in Border City Hit by Gang Threats
By Mark Stevenson (August 2, 2024) AP
The City With the Highest Weed Consumption in the US
By Sultan Khalid (July 30, 2024) Insider Monkey
Exclusive: Sinaloa Cartel Leader Ismael Zambada Kidnapped,
Flown to the US, Lawyer Says
By Lauren Villagran and Josh Meyer
(July 28, 2024) USA Today
US Operation to Capture Sinaloa Cartel Leaders
Had the Help of one of the Captured Men:
a Son of El Chapo Official Says
By Emma Tucker, Polo Sandoval and Evan Perez
(July 26, 2024) CNN
US Arrests 2 Leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel:
El Mayo Zambada and Son of El Chapo
By Alanna Durkin Richer, Maria Verza and Christopher Sherman
(July 26, 2024) Associated Press
Multimillion-Dollar Crystal Meth Lab
Found Hidden in Remote Farm
By No Author (July 23, 2024) CBS News
Colombia Faces a New Problem: Too Much Cocaine
By Genevieve Glatsky (July 14, 2024) New York Times
Mexico's Efforts to Seize US-Bound Fentanyl
Drop Sharply, While Seizures of Meth Soar
By No Author (July 9, 2024) Associated Press
Former Honduran President Sentenced To 45 Years for
Helping Traffickers Get Tons of Cocaine Into US
By Larry Neumeister (June 26, 2024) AP
In Atlanta To Promote Fentanyl Actions, Yellen
Announces Sanctions Against Mexican Cartel
By Fatima Hussein and Megan Janetsky (June 20, 2024) AP
A Synthetic Drug Ravages Youth in Sierra Leone.
There's Little Help, and Some People Are Chained
By Kemo Cham (May 27, 2024) AP
Mexican Cartels Wiped Out Competition
in US Fentanyl Market: DEA
By Jeff Arnold (May 21, 2024) WJZY
US Unveils Proposal to Ease Restrictions on Marijuana
By Sarah N. Lynch (May 16, 2024) Reuters
The Global Synthetic Drugs Crisis Has Hit West Africa,
Where People Are Digging Up Human Bones To Make a Drug Called 'Kush'
By Rebecca Rommen (May 5, 2024) Insider
US Poised to Ease Restrictions on Marijuana in
Historic Shift, But It'll Remain Controlled Substance
By Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian and Lindsay Whitehurst
(April 30, 2024) AP
DEA Plans to Back Reclassifying Marijuana as
Less Serious Drug, Sources say
By No Author (April 29, 2024) ABC News
Mexican President Claims That Criminal Groups Are
Respectful and Respect the Citizenry
By No Author (April 25, 2024) AP
Maps Show States Where Weed Is Legal for
Recreational, Medical Use
By Kerry Breen (April 20, 2024) CBS News
Mexico's President Says He Won't Fight Drug Cartels
on US Orders, Calls It a Mexico First' Policy
By Mark Stevensen (March 22, 2024) AP
AMLO Prepares to Take Over Vulcan Property
in Mexicos Mayan Riviera
By Eric Martin, Amy Stillman and Michael O'Boyle
(March 19, 2024) Bloomberg
Former Inmates Are Holding Nothing Back
About What It's Really Like In Jail
By No Author (March 8, 2024) Buzzfeed
Soldiers and Civilians Are Dying as Mexican Cartels
Embrace a Terrifying New Weapon: Land Mines
By Keegan Hamilton, Kate Linthicum (March 9, 2024) LA Times
Biden Pardons Marijuana Use Nationwide.
Here's What That Means
By Francesca Chambers (December 22, 2023) USA Today
Oregon's First-in-the-Nation Drug Decriminalization Law
Faces Growing Pushback Amid Fentanyl Crisis
By No Author (November 20, 2023) Statesman Journal
Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel Bans Fentanyl,
Reportedly Under Pain of Death
By Peter Weber (October 17, 2023) The Week
We Spoke to Hundreds of Prison Gang Members –
Here's What They Said About Life Behind Bars
By Scott H. Decker and David Pyrooz
(September 10, 2023) the Conversation
Fentanyl-Tainted Pills Now Found in
Mexican Pharmacies From Coast to Coast
By Connor Sheets and Keri Blakinger
(June 14, 2023) Los Angeles Times
On Mexico-US Border, Fentanyl Poses
Growing Hidden Danger
By Jean Arce (May 29, 2023) AFP
Cocaine Price Crash a Blow for Colombian Coca Growers
By David SALAZAR (May 25, 2023) AFP
Cannabis Abuse Disorder, Explained
By Theara Coleman (May 24, 2023) The Week
This ‘Family Home’ Harbors a Dark Secret
That Is Killing Americans
By Luis Chaparro (May 13, 2023) Daily Beast
Héctor Palma: Release of Sinaloa Cartel's Ex-Leader Blocked
By Vanessa Buschschlüter (May 10, 2023) BBC
Mexico Claims Proof of Chinese Fentanyl Smuggling
By No Author (May 5, 2023) BBC
Case Details Sinaloa Cartel's Fentanyl-Fueled Evolution
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MARK STEVENSON
(May 1, 2023) AP
Needing Younger Workers, Federal Officials
Relax Rules on Past Drug Use
By Ernesto Londoño (April 30,2023) New York Times
Are Drug Cartels 'Terrorist Organizations'?
US, Mexican Leaders Have Strong Opinions
By Karol Suárez (April 15, 2023) USA Today
Biden Administration Targets Mexican Cartel,
Chinese Companies In Fight To Halt Fentanyl
By Jacqueline Charles (April 14, 2023) Miami Herald
Gulf Clan: Colombia Suspends Ceasefire With Drug Cartel
By Vanessa Buschschlüter (March 20, 2023) BBC
US Lawmakers: López Obrador Committed
to Engage With China on Fentanyl
By Rafael Bernal (March 20, 2023) The Hill
US Warns About Fake, Dangerous Pills
Being Sold in Mexico
By No Author (March 18, 2023) AP
Amid U.S. Pressure on Fentanyl,
Mexico Raises Drug Lab Raids Data
By Drazen Jorgic, Jackie Botts and Stephen Eisenhammer
(March 17, 2023) Reuters
Drug War Allies U.S. and Mexico Aren't
Getting Along. What Happened?
By Ken Dilanian (March 17, 2023) NBC News
What Can the U.S. Do to Thwart Mexican Drug Cartels?
By Mike Bebernes (March 14, 2023) Yahoo
Criminals in Mexico Violated Their Unwritten Rule:
Leave Americans Alone
By Maria Abi-Habib and Natalie Kitroeff
(March 11, 2023) New York Times
Mexico's Legal Cannabis Business Takes
Next Step With CBD-Focused Firm
By Diego Oré (March 9, 2023) Reuters
Colombia, Bolivia To Ask UN To Remove
Coca Leaf From Narcotics List
By No Author (February 22, 2023) Reuters
Marijuana Legalization Has Stalled in Mexico,
But Farmers and Cartels Are Still Making Big Plans
To Profit off a New Market
By Luis Chaparro (February 22, 2023) Business Insider
DEA: Drug Cartels Using Snapchat, Other
Social Media to Target Children
By Natasha Zouves (February 16, 2023) The Hill
Mexico's Ex-Minister on Trial for Taking Bribes
From El Chapo's Gang
By Madeline Halpert (January 17, 2023) BBC
Colombia President Asks to Stop Arrest of
Narco Sought by US
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ASTRID SUAREZ
(January 13, 2023) Associated Press
At Least 29 Killed in Mexico Capture of Chapo's Son;
U.S. Extradition Not Guaranteed
By Isabel Woodford and Valentine Hilaire
(January 6 2023) Reuters
Here's What the Deadliest Drug-Related Public
Health Crisis in American History Looks Like
By Salwan Georges and Kevin Sieff
(December 26, 2022) Washington Post
Captagon War: Violent New Drug Trade
Setting the Middle East on Fire
By Samuel M. Katz (December 20, 2022) Men's Journal
First-Time Drug Users Will Not Be Prosecuted
Under Police Chiefs' Plan
By Charles Hymas (December 17 2022) The Telegraph
U.S. Justice Department Moves To Eliminate
Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
By Gram Slattery (December 16 2022) Reuters
The Sinaloa Cartel is Losing its Marijuana Business,
and El Chapo's Sons Are Going After the
'Premium Weed' Market to Make Up for It
By Luis Chaparro (December 13 2022) Business Insider
US Drug Czar Wants India to Stem Flow of Chemicals
Used by Mexican Cartels for Fentanyl
By Beth Warren and Suryanshi Pandey
(December 3 2022) USA Today
Fentanyl's Scourge Plainly Visible on Streets of Los Angeles
By JAE HONG and BRIAN MELLEY
(November 28 2022) Associated Press
317,793 People Were Arrested for Marijuana Possession in 2020
Despite the Growing Legalization Movement
By Katharine Neill Harris, (November 16 2022) Conversation
The Black-Market Strangled California's Legal
Weed Industry. Now It's Coming for New York.
By Julian Shen-Berro and Shannon Young
(November 13 2022) Politico
More Teenagers Dying from Fentanyl.
'It Has a Hold On Me, and I Don't Know Why'
By Summer Lin (November 12 2022) Los Angeles Times
Germany Looks to Legalize Cannabis
By R. Peña (November 11 2022) Travel Noire
Brittney Griner Is Headed to a Truly Horrific Place
By Anastasiia Carrier (November 11 2022) Politico
In Yemen, Farmers Choose Narcotic Over Other Crops,
Exacerbating Climate Woes
By Khaled Abdullah and Adel Al-Khadher
(November 10 2022) Reuters
Judge Rules Wives of Chicago Twins Who Cooperated
Against ‘El Chapo’ Did Not Have Immunity
By Jason Meisner, Annie Sweeney
(November 8 2022) Chicago Tribune
Headless Bodies and Deadly Bombs:
Cartel Violence Escalates In Ecuador
By Dan Collyns (November 2 2022) The Guardian
EXPLAINER:
Which States Put Marijuana on the Ballot in 2022?
By MIKE CATALINI (October 24 2022) AP
Colombia, the World's Largest Cocaine Producer,
Faces a Change in Drug Policy
By Patrick J. McDonnell
(October 23 2022) Los Angeles Times
Cocaine is Flooding Into Europe as Drug Market
Continues to Evolve
By Melissa Rossi (October 21 2022) Yahoo
Chinese Government Has Little Incentive to Stop the Country's
Drug Cartels From Fueling US Fentanyl Crisis
By Michael Lee (September 22 2022) Fox News
Raids on Black Market Cannabis Farms Uncover
Human Trafficking Victims
By Jacob Soboroff, Mitch Koss, Julia Lee,
Alicia Victoria Lozano, Aarne Heikkila
(September 8 2022) NBC
Why Weed Companies Can't Make Any Money
By PAUL DEMKO (September 4 2022) Politico
World’s Biggest Cocaine Producer Rethinks the
War on Drugs
By Matthew Bristow (September 1 2022) Bloomberg
What Is 'Rainbow Fentanyl?' Nationwide,
Officials See Spread of 'Deadly' Colorful Pills, Powder
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips (August 20 2022) USA Today
Over 25 OXXOs Burned In One Night In Guanajuato,
Reported to Be Cartel Retaliation
By No Author (August 11 2022) LA Taco
Mexico Captures Infamous Drug Lord Rafael Caro Quintero
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
(July 15 2022) AP
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Hit New Record in 2021
with 108,000 Lives Lost: CDC Report
By Vanessa Etienne (May 13 2022) People
What Is Fentanyl And Why Is It Behind
The Deadly Surge In US Drug Overdoses?
A medical toxicologist explains
By Kavita Babu (May 10 2022) The Conversation
Pushing Productive Coca Seeds, Mexican Cartels
Reshape Colombia's Drug Industry
By Luis Jaime Acosta (May 9 2022) Reuters
The Drug Trade Now Flourishing In Afghanistan: Meth
By Susannah George and Joby Warrick Photos by Lorenzo Tugnoli
(May 2 2022) Washington Post
Mexico Says Fentanyl And Meth Seizures Have Soared
Since 2019 As Cartels Ramp Up Production, Import From China
By Andrew Mark Miller (December 22 2021) Fox News
DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on "Face the Nation"
By Anne Milgram, Margaret Brennan (December 19 2021) CBS News
Fentanyl Overdoses Become No. 1 Cause Of Death
Among US Adults, Ages 18-45: 'A National Emergency'
By Audrey Conklin (December 16 2021) Fox News
Meth And Heroin Fuel Afghanistan Drugs Boom
By Secunder Kermani (December 11 2021) BBC
A New DEA Map Shows Where Cartels Have Influence
In The US. Cartel Operatives Say 'It's Bulls---'
By Luis Chaparro (April 12 2021) Business Insider
Exclusive: U.S. Investigations Into Cartels Paralyzed By Standoff With Mexico
By John Shiffman, Brad Heath and Diego Oré (March 30 2021) Reuters
Rights Group: Colombia Government Falling Short In Protecting Social Leaders
By Daniela Cristancho (February 10 2021) Miami Herald
Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel Built An Empire On Cocaine,
But It's Betting On Another Drug To Feed US Appetites
By Luis Chaparro (February 3 2021) Business Insider
Witness Implicates Mexican Soldiers In Mass Student Kidnap, President Says
Reporting by Raul Cortes and Lizbeth Diaz; writing by Laura Gottesdiener; Editing by Alistair Bell
(January 21 2021) Reuters
Outrage After Mexico Exonerates Ex-Defense Minister In Drug Case
By Tom Phillips (December 15 2021) The Guardian
Colombia Targets Repeat Of Last Year's Coca Eradication In 2021
By No Author (January 2020) Reuters
Russia And US In Rare Co-operation Over £750 Million Cocaine Bust
By Agency France-Presse (December 29 2020) The Telegraph
Step Inside A Colombian Jungle Lab
Where Coca Leaf Begin Its Journey To Become Cocaine
By Toby Muse (October 27 2020) Business Insider
Italian police seize record amount of amphetamines shipped from Syria
By No Author (July 1 2020) Reuters
The Global Drug Market Is Booming In The 21st Century, UN Concludes
By Aarthi Swaminathan (June 27 2020) Yahoo Finance
Mexico Finds Links To Over $1 billion In Cartel Money
By no author (June 2 2020) Associated Press
Cartels Are Scrambling’: Virus Snarls Global Drug Trade
By Jim Mustian and Jake Bleiberg (April 19 2020) A.P.
In Mexico, A Cartel Is Taking Over : Jalisco New Generation
By Mark Stevenson (March 22 2020) A.P.
Fentanyl Smuggled From China Is Killing Thousands Of Americans
By Del Quentin Wilbur (November 11 2018) MSN
Billionaire Partner Of Imprisoned Chapo Consolidates Empire
By Justin Villamil (November 5 2018) Bloomberg
America’s Quality Pot Is Changing the Drug War
By Peter Robison , Nacha Cattan and Benjamin Bain (June 4 2015) (Bloomberg)
Mexico Drug Lord Captures Change But Don't Lower Trafficking.
By Christpher Sherman and Katherine Corcoran (February 28) (A.P.)
These Astonishing Maps Show How Hard Drugs Are Produced and Sold Around the World
By Amanda Macias and Michael B Kelley (February 19, 2015) (Business Insider)
Awash In Opium, Afghan 'Wild West' Slips from Kabul's Grasp
By Jessica Donati and Mirwais Harooni (February 17, 2015) (Reuters)
As US Marijuana Legalization Spreads, Mexican 'Mota' Takes A Dive
By Ioan Grillo (February 9) (Global Post)
Fentanyl, Up To 50 Times More Powerful Than Heroin, A Growing Worry In N.J.
By Ashley Peskoe and Stephen Stirling (February 3, 2015) (N.J.A.M.)
Mexican Opium Farmers Expand Plots To Supply US Heroin Boom
By Mark Stevenson (February 2, 2015) (Associated Press)
Trafficking twins get sharply reduced sentences
By Michael Tarn (January 27, 2015) (A.P.)
Chicago twins who helped bring down cartel boss El Chapo to be sentenced
By Jason Meisner (January 26, 2015) (Chicago Tribune)
What Ever Happened To The Ad War On Drugs?
By E.J. Schultz ( March 2014 ) (Advertising Age)
Seattle Police Test Taking Drug Offenders Straight To Treatment
By Maggie Clark ( November 2011 ) (State Line Staff Writer)
Breakthrough In U.S. Drug Sentencing Reform
The fair sentencing act and the unfinished reform agenda
By Kara Gotsch (November 2011) (The sentencing project)
