Prison sentences for drug offences in Fiji sometimes surpass those for rape and murder and are out of line with penalties in Australia and New Zealand.
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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 world’s largest warship is now patrolling the Caribbean north of Venezuela. It carries 4,000 US sailors and 75 fighter jets. We’ve been tracking it for the past week.
Legal drugs mimic popular substances. But when one is banned, another quickly takes its place.
Pink cocaine, an unpredictable and dangerous synthetic drug, is rapidly gaining traction on Europe’s party scene.
Alleged Sinaloa cartel leader duped into flying to the US, where arrest awaited him.
Latin America’s spike in violence is the result of systemic problems that have long gone unaddressed.
Drug seizures are on the rise, but so too are production, consumption, trafficking and violence. The current drug control regime is showing its limits, yet the changes needed require consensus.
People in Nigeria are creating new drugs either because they can’t afford more traditional narcotics, because they’re not controlled or because they’re strong.
As the Taliban, warlords and corrupt public officials vie for drug profits and power, it will fuel even more instability in the country.
With its tales of bloody violence, corruption, international trade and entrepreneurial innovation, Guzmán’s trial offers a telenovela-style explainer on Mexican cartels and their American clients.
The toll of the opioid epidemic is often derived from toxicology reports. These rely on drug tests. A medical historian explains these tests and how they fall short of capturing why people are dying.
Opioids kill 100 people each day in the US, more than vehicular accidents. Those addicted are often left without treatment. An addiction researcher offers six steps to address the epidemic.
UK must now respond to arrival of fentanyl, which has for years been a major drug problem in the US and Canada.
Complaints about the ban of kratom, often used by recovering opiate addicts, have been vociferous, but not always backed by facts.
Despite the evident weakness of state institutions and accountability of elites, Guinea-Bissau is still a country that ‘works’.
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