List of Drugs & Crime articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Italian Army is Growing Pot… to Drive Costs Down
Patients who’ve been prescribed medical marijuana in Italy have been running into a prohibitive problem: high prices. The Italian military has an unexpected solution.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Something Is Rotten in the State of Venezuela
A new book alleges that Venezuela’s government increasingly resembles a criminal enterprise.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kashmir’s War, on Drugs
Thousands of young, Muslim men have turned to opiates to dull the trauma of a childhood marked by violence and death.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Following Prostitution Scandal, DEA Chief to Step Down
After a prostitution scandal and a vote of no confidence by House committee, the chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration will step down.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Welcome to India’s Heroin Alley
Heroin abuse is rampant in the Indian state of Punjab, and a generation of young, male addicts has nowhere to turn for help.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 We Know How to End Drug Violence in Central America
Stick to what worked in Colombia.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Gold Smuggling North Korean Diplomat Provides Glimpse at Criminal Empire
A Pyongyang diplomat was arrested trying to smuggle $1.4 million in gold into Bangladesh.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Like ‘Just Say No,’ but With More Kalashnikovs
Militants in Ukraine’s breakaway republics are rounding up dealers, addicts, and even social workers in a ruthless war on drugs that threatens to send HIV rates skyrocketing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is This Scandal the Proof That Venezuela Has Finally Become a Narco-State?
A Venezuelan defector is accusing the second most powerful main in the regime of running a drug cartel.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Five International Whodunits ‘Serial’ Should Tackle in Its Next Season
The mysterious death of Yasser Arafat, the purge of Lin Biao, and three other mysteries for the world's favorite radio sleuths to investigate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Half-Baked Justice
Have you ever employed enhanced interrogation techniques…on weed?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kazakhstan Eyes Prestige in Afghanistan’s Uncertain Future
From development aid to drug trafficking, the Central Asian country wants to up its game in Afghanistan. But it might be biting off more than it can chew.