War on drugs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVZ3LT_XdIM&feature=youtu.be The latest front on the War on Drugs involves the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, which has left a wake of death and destruction as it has spread through urban America.…
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By Thomas J. Eckert With the horrific shooting that recently took place in Las Vegas, debates over gun control have been given center stage in our media and politics once again. And while every pundit seems to have their own…
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By Brittany Hunter This week, Donald Trump focused all his energy on addressing the opiate crisis. Calling for enhanced “law and order” tactics, Trump promised to use the very same methods that have already proven themselves to be…
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Mexican druglord Shorty "El Chapo" Guzman plans to sue Netflix and Univision due to the production of a series that bears the name of the Mexican mafioso, as reported by his lawyer in Mexico, José Refugio Rodríguez. The reason for…
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EspañolThe United States Drug Enforcement Agency is facing a scandal following an investigation that revealed officials misrepresented their role in a failed counter-narcotics operation in Honduras, which resulted in four civilian …
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Español Eight members of the Mexican Army were sentenced to 26 years in prison after they were found guilty by the First Military Court of collaborating with the Los Zetas cartel. Among those sentenced are: lieutenants Edgar…
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By Abigail R. Hall For more than 100 years the United States has looked to prohibition to curtail the use of drugs. Proponents argue that by making substances like marijuana, cocaine and heroin illegal, government can significantly…
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Español Argentine President Mauricio Macri's law and order approach has produced some encouraging results in his first year of government, but the experiences of other countries in the region highlight some disadvantages of his…
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EspañolA decade of war against drugs has had a high cost for Mexico, not only in human lives, but in its economy as well. Through 2016, over US $50 billion has been allocated to trying to guarantee the security of citizens in the…
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EspañolBolivia and Ecuador have signed an agreement to export legal coca products through the Ecuadorian market. The agreement was signed in La Paz by the countries' respective foreign ministers, David Choquehuanca of Bolivia and…
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EspañolShipments of cocaine out of Colombia as well as the raw materials needed for cocaine have increased according to an AFP interview with Brigadier General Adolfo Enrique Martínez, who is in charge of the war on drugs on the…
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By Álvaro Salas EspañolA couple of months ago, in the US state of Washington, Democracy Labs presented the findings of publicly funded research regarding American public health and marijuana. The discussion has being going on in…
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