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Colombia

Hooked on the War on Drugs

For thirty years, the global cocaine empire was controlled from the heart of Colombia’s streets. Led by the so-called “Kings of Cocaine”, the most notorious drug cartels in history dominated every level of the country’s...
by Jenny Morton
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Africa
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Banning Khat: What Did The UK Learn From The War On Drugs?

A year ago, in January 2013, the UK government announced its intention to ban khat, a herbal stimulant which is mainly produced in the Horn of Africa and is very popular amongst African communities across the world. The plant, ...
by Mauro Anastasio
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North America

How ‘Breaking Bad’ explains the universe of drugs – and its futile war against it

AMC’s Emmy Award-winning show Breaking Bad tonight runs its course after five successful seasons. Created by Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad follows the story of Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston), a gifted yet underachiev...
by Robert Valencia
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Europe
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Will Uruguay help fix the Dutch drug policy?

In an attempt to overcome the so-called ‘war on drugs’, Uruguay has decided to legalize marijuana. This makes the liberal South-American country, the first nation in the world to legalize the production, sale and co...
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Asia

Myanmar’s Poor, Young Glue Sniffers

Inhalant abuse through the use of cheap glue is a worsening problem among poor children in Myanmar. Yin Yin Hnoung, a medical student from the University of Medicine in Mandalay, interviewed some of these children and analysed...
by Chan Myae Khine
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Russia
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WATCH: Introducing the flesh eating “zombie” drug [WARNING: Graphic Footage]

Over the last year, two men in Duncan, Oklahoma have fallen victim to a kind of moonshine heroin called desomorphine, dubbed “krokodil” due to it’s horrific side-effects. It has also spread to other states, including Ariz...
by Ozlem Unat
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Africa

Guinea-Bissau: The Failed State You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

If popular online quiz website, Sporcle, is anything to go by, there is a chance you have never heard of Guinea-Bissau. Yet the West African state, situated between Senegal and Guinea, has been declared the continent’s first ...
by David Earnshaw
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Health
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Drugs, A More Moderate Outlook

This is a rather significant departure from my normal writings. Usually, I tap out a piece on US politics or international affairs, or terrorism. This is different. This is something that I have been deliberating a lot on recen...
by Simon Fraser
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Health

The future of the war on drugs

The war on drugs in the Americas conjures up a broad array of images: assassinations, gangs, executions, cartels and battles with the police and armed forces. The war on drugs also brings home the images of those who are affect...
by Simon Fraser
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