Drugs
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On the Front Lines of the Hot Land: Mexico’s Incessant Conflict
Mexico’s crime wars are hottest in the hinterland. In this photo essay, part of a larger project on deadly violence…
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TikTok videos humanise Colombia’s cocaine workers
Viral social media videos in Colombia reveal how the people on the lowest rung of the cocaine industry work and…
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The mothers digging for the disappeared
It’s fallen to families to pick up a shovel and dig for their dead. Catherine Scott Foreign Correspondent & ABC…
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Fish hooked on meth – the consequences of freshwater pollution
Around 269 million people worldwide use drugs each year. Authors The Conversation Often forgotten in this story is a problem…
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Former AFP agent, solicitor David Healey warns against withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
A former federal agent says it would be an “absolute travesty” for Australia and the United States to withdraw troops…
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Deeply Rooted: Coca Eradication and Violence in Colombia
Bogotá and Washington should abandon their heavy-handed elimination efforts and help growers find alternatives to the hardy plant. ICG What’s…
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Rise in number of British soldiers being sacked for drug use
Hundreds of British army personnel are being dismissed every year after testing positive for drugs in compulsory tests, with the…
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Australian actor’s journey to a Chinese death sentence
The son of a sheep herder from Ballarat, the actor had bit parts in Blue Heelers before taking his own…
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More than Cartels: Counting Mexico’s Crime Rings
The sheer difficulty of counting the criminal groups underscores the scale of the government’s challenge in protecting the public. Jane…
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Preventing mental health disorders may be key to thwarting the opioid crisis
Many people immediately think of schizophrenia or other forms of psychotic or dissociative diseases (e.g., multiple personality disorder), as portrayed…
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‘The war on drugs doesn’t work’: A former ice user appeals for new ways to tackle addiction
But by 2015, he was homeless, suicidal and in prison for drug-dealing after his life spiralled out of control, lost…
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El Chapo held ‘as much power as president’
Lopez Obrador, who took office in December 2018, rose to power with pledges to root out corruption in Mexico. The…
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Is the Netherlands becoming a narco-state?
“Sure we’re not Mexico. We don’t have 14,400 murders. But if you look at the infrastructure, the big money earned…
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Antidepressants and other drugs in water environments changing fish behaviour
The research published in the Biology Letters journal revealed that psychoactive pollutants can change the behaviour and mood of wildlife…
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‘For three months I lived and breathed pill-testing research’
I am a toxicologist and like all toxicologists I’m interested in ways to minimise harm. Jody Morgan The Sydney Moerning…
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Cocaine use has become ‘almost like having a packet of Tayto with a pint’
“A gram costs about €50-€80. The average purity is 15-20 per cent, which is the highest it has been for…
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