This wave of violence is eerily reminiscent of the carnage that plagued Colombia 20 years ago, and it is getting Washington's attention. Mexico is in the throes of a battle against powerful drug cartels, the outcome of which will determine who controls the country's law enforcement, judicial,...
drug trafficking organizations can generate more profit in a shorter amount of time. While extremely hazardous to make, most meth found in the US today comes from drug cartels to the south. Border patrol agents reportedly seize 10 to 20 times more meth ...
Gov. Greg Abbott: Invasion is the word that's used in the United States Constitution, "invasion" or "imminent danger." I use 'em both. And we are in imminent danger because of what the drug cartels do every single day, because of the known and unknown terrorists who cross every single...
Of course, the stronger the drug, the higher the risk of overdose. Drug-overdose death rates used to be low in part because for the first century or so of modern American drug use, the potency of illicit drugs was constrained by what traffickers could grow in a field. Synthetic drugs rem...
Ex-federal agent Robert Mazur shares his experiences working undercover to infiltrate drug cartels, offering insights into the challenges involved. Pt 1/2. [Pt. 2 can be found here!] What We Discuss with Robert Mazur: How Robert, working undercover for US Customs and the DEA, posed as a...
politics. Whether for its role in supporting drug cartels, its tendency to worsen the impact of unbalanced drug laws, or simply its position in the center of the drug legalization movement, the sticky icky has become a rather sticky wicket. Although banned by the U.S. government in 1937, ...
Drug violence has skyrocketed even as business has never been better for Mexican cartels. Their unprecedented power, success and ruthlessness are fueled by increased anti-narcotics efforts in Colombia, which brought that country's major drug syndicates to their knees, and major international law enfor...
How Do We Deal with the Drug Problem?1. Drugs It is possible to stop most drug addiction in the United States within a very short time. Simply make all drugs available and sell them at cost. Label each drug with a precise description of what effect the drug will have on the taker. ...
In a statement, Meta said drug dealers “are criminals who stop at nothing to sell their dangerous products. This is a challenge that spans across platforms, industries, and communities, and it requires all of us working together to address it.” ...
if the country hasa militaristic and isolationist history, it still uses firing squads. Even Indonesia, a country in which the preferred method of capital punishment is the firing squad, is starting to waver. In 2016 ,four people were shot on drug related charges, but the government spa...