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Drug Wars

crime June 8, 2021

FBI Snooped on Criminals Using Encrypted Messaging AppThe operation, which the FBI and Australian Federal Police have been running for nearly three years, led to hundreds of arrests across 18 countries.

By Paola Rosa-Aquino
drug wars Dec. 4, 2020

House Votes to Decriminalize WeedIt was a symbolic vote mostly support by Democrats, but there’s no question the momentum is in favor of legal cannabis in Congress and in the states.

By Ed Kilgore
Jan. 19, 2017

El Chapo Is Extradited to the United StatesThe drug kingpin is headed to New York, but not through a tunnel.

By Jen Kirby
marijuana June 8, 2011

Pot-Possession Consequences Take a HitConnecticut decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana.

By Noreen Malone
drug wars Oct. 19, 2010

Drug Cartels’ Get-Out-of-Jail Strategy: Wrapping Pot in Images of Homer Simpson¡Ay, caramba!

By Nitasha Tiku
international intrigue Sept. 9, 2010

Hillary Clinton Calls Mexican Drug Cartels an InsurgencyThe Obama administration is suddenly singing a different tune about the drug wars.

By Nitasha Tiku