List of Drugs & Crime articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Hidden Pandemic
How crime is quietly becoming a global killer.
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Legalize It
Want to defeat the pushers and drug kingpins? Then let's buy what they're selling.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: Drugs
Prohibition has failed -- again. Instead of treating the demand for illegal drugs as a market, and addicts as patients, policymakers the world over have boosted the profits of drug lords and fostered narcostates that would frighten Al Capone. Finally, a smarter drug control regime that values reality over rhetoric is rising to replace the "war" on drugs.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Path of Least Resistance
Billions are being spent on disease-fighting drugs in poor countries, but millions are still dying. Why? Because what doesn't kill a virus only makes it stronger.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Message in a Bottle
Packaging is the quickest route to success in the world of drug counterfeiting. If you can replicate a drug’s box or bottle, most consumers won’t notice what’s inside.
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The Deadly World of Fake Drugs
Whether it's phony Viagra or knockoff cancer meds, fake drugs kill thousands of people each day, thanks to counterfeiters in China and India who mix chalk, dust, and dirty water into pills sold around the world. With the Internet becoming the world's dispensary, these poison pills could be coming to a pharmacy near you.