Established drugs – such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine – continue to demand attention. Here’s what else the latest drug trends tell us.
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Ecuador’s ports, trade and strategic location connect South American cocaine production with consumers in Europe and North America.
Drugs and their byproducts can end up in wild fish – and strange behaviour results.
Wholesale and street prices for meth have dropped sharply over seven years, but it’s as potent as ever. Are new global supply routes to blame?
In Colombia’s coca-cultivating Catatumbo region on the border with Venezuela, community care and survival efforts amid escalating violence are in a state of emergency.
The disappearance of 500-euro notes and the creation of bitcoin have led money laundering networks to pay drug traffickers in cryptocurrencies and ship cash to Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
There is no evidence that US intervention in Venezuela will lead to a meaningful reduction in drugs flowing into the United States.
Legal drugs mimic popular substances. But when one is banned, another quickly takes its place.
A direct confrontation between the US military and Latin America’s drug cartels is edging closer.
Adulterated drugs and a shortage of pill testing services is making it hard for people who use drugs to stay safe. But they’re taking matters into their own hands.
Not even during the darkest days of Pablo Escobar’s infamous empire did Colombia produce as much cocaine as it does today.
In recent years, the majority of stimulant-related overdose deaths have also involved fentanyl or other synthetic opioids.
Accidentally taking heroin when you thought it was cocaine or methamphetamine can be deadly, new research confirms. Here’s what to watch out for.
Donald Trump’s claims of an alliance between Mexico’s government and the cartels misses the bigger picture.
As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?
Cannabis for religious purposes, cocaine in wine and heroin for coughs. These are just some of the ways illicit drugs have been used throughout history.
Deaths from cocaine use have risen by almost 31%, according to ONS figures that also show stark regional differences in drug-related deaths.
Cocaine and other illicit drugs have been found to be contain nitazenes, a dangerous class of synthetic opioids.
The AFL has had several cocaine-centred controversies recently, but why is the drug considered performance enhancing?
Washington looked the other way as coup leaders and drugs cartels conspired to turn Honduras into a center of the cocaine trade.
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