Drug War: Mexico Crackdown Squeezing Cocaine Dealers In Canada
There's a new drug war brewing along the U.S. border -- but this time it's coming from up north. As Mexico cracks down on its warring drug factions, d...
There's a new drug war brewing along the U.S. border -- but this time it's coming from up north. As Mexico cracks down on its warring drug factions, d...
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living
The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.
The Independent | Posted 06.24.2009 | World
The UK is the cocaine capital of Europe, the UN said today. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said the UK was Europe's largest cocaine m...
Richard Farrell | Posted 06.23.2009 | Living
Heroin is not a cold-shake like cocaine. The impurities used to cut heroin need to be cooked off in boiling water before you shoot it intravenously.
AP | Posted 06.17.2009 | World
MEXICO CITY — Mexico says it found nearly one ton of cocaine hidden inside frozen shark carcasses. Prosecutors says hundreds of packages stuffe...
Washington Post | William Booth and Juan Forero | Posted 06.05.2009 | World
When anti-narcotics agents first heard that drug cartels were building an armada of submarines to transport cocaine, they thought it was a joke. ...
Essence | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics
The walls inside the U.S. Justice Department headquarters are painted with themed murals depicting law and lawlessness (a couple being robbed at gunpo...
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.29.2009 | World
It seemed strange that so many people finished their meals together with Colombia's former-president César Gaviria. We sat next to him at a dinner...
AP | Posted 05.29.2009 | World
VIENNA — Austria's health ministry says traces of cocaine have been found in samples of Red Bull Cola energy drinks. Spokeswoman Sigrid Rosenbe...
AP | Posted 05.25.2009 | Home
BERLIN — Six German states have told retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola energy drinks after a test found a trace amount of cocaine. The ba...
Washington Post | Posted 05.22.2009 | World
Colombia, with $8 billion in U.S. backing since the late 1990s, has tried everything to eradicate the crop used to make cocaine....
Times Online | Posted 05.15.2009 | World
Chris Lewis, the former England cricketer, smuggled cocaine into Britain thinking it was fruit juice, he told a court today. ...
AP | CIARAN GILES | Posted 05.14.2009 | World
MADRID — Air pollution has long been a fact of life in Spanish cities, but scientists now say it is not just smog that chokes people as they wal...
BBC News | Mark Easton | Posted 05.12.2009 | World
The international cocaine market is "in retreat" after a year of successful operations around the world, the Serious Organised Crime Agency claims....
WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.11.2009 | World
For more than 30 years, a drug war was waged in Bolivia with the help of the U.S. drug enforcement administration. Bolivia's Yungas region is one o...
Anthony Papa | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics
The Rockefeller Drug Laws had evolved to become a racist entity that was a complete failure in balancing the scales of justice with the needs of protecting our communities.
AP | Posted 05.06.2009 | Home
SABINE PASS, Texas — Beachcombers found more than seashells while strolling on a Texas beach: two dozen neatly wrapped packages of cocaine. Jeff...
Jasmine Tyler | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics
Congress and the administration have an obligation to show the country that our criminal justice practices will be fair and sentences proportional to the offense.
Caroline Fredrickson | Posted 04.28.2009 | Politics
It's time for Congress to take the unjust, unwarranted laws for crack sentencing off of the books. Right now, federal law mandates an automatic five-...
David Henry Sterry | Posted 03.26.2009 | World
As an epidemic of murderous violence rages on the Mexican-US border, El Chapo is laughing all the way to the bank.
Chris Willman | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment
By popular request from film buffs who are kicking themselves they weren't there, I'm providing a blow-by-blow of just what a nerve-wracking, weird and wonderful night out at the fights this was.
Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics
By arresting minorities, America tries to show that it's fighting the drug problem while Whites in the suburbs are free to use and abuse drugs without solid police interference.
Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics
What if I told you there is a way to reduce federal and state government spending, increase tax revenue, stabilize friendly foreign governments, fight terrorism and reduce the crime rate, all in one fell swoop?
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 03.17.2009 | World
The nexus between transnational criminal organizations and terrorist groups does not end with illegal drugs. Yet, U.S. and international law-enforcement agencies overlook the connections between them.
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Huffington Post | Posted 06.30.2009 | World