drug war
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US President Donald Trump has designated the synthetic drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, putting the drug on par with nuclear bombs and weaponized biological agents, and further propelling the war on drugs to the forefront of his national security agenda… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The world has been watching for weeks to see if the United States will escalate its militarized anti-drug mission in the Caribbean into a direct intervention aimed at toppling the regime of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, prompting intense debate about the wisdom and potential impacts of such an action… Read this piece in its entirety
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The United States has significantly escalated its policy of treating organized crime groups as terrorists with a lethal missile strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The United States put out a “Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem” ahead of the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting, but several countries, including some prominent allies, declined to sign on, suggesting the role of the US as a global leader on drug policy is in decline… Read this piece in
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A US court handed down an 11-year sentence to a former “cocaine cowboy” whose brother is currently fighting deportation from the United States. Both men worked alongside the US government at the time of their drug trafficking activities, lending a certain irony to their current legal predicaments… This piece was co-authored with Parker Asmann. Read
Mike LaSusa 