In a country where over eight million people earn less than $2 per day, the president in a profligate spending...
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On border, Mexican cartels run like corporate businesses
When a regional manager for the Mexican Gulf cartel moved his operation to a more lucrative territory on the border,...
Ireland: Average monthly income of the top gangsters is in the millions
Up to 20 large criminal gangs operate in Ireland and there are scores of other smaller mobs further down the...
Transnational organized crime in Central America and the Caribbean: A threat assessment
A new study, Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean: A Threat Assessment (English, Spanish), examines the impact...
Drug use in England and Wales
Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2011/12 Crime Survey for England and Wales
Why legalizing marijuana is a bad idea
What is the purpose for the push to legalize marijuana? Is it because there are those waiting in the wings...
Montana Cannabis ordered to forfeit $1.7M
A jury has ordered a defunct Montana medical marijuana business to forfeit $1.7 million now that all four of the...
Only fools swallow Nutt’s gibberish
The much-touted Channel 4 programme on ecstasy turned out to be rather pathetic. Professor David Nutt, the noted propagandist for...
UK: Channel Four plumbed new depths this week
Kathy Gyngell: More sophistry than science – and terrible telly to boot: that’s my verdict on Channel Four’s dire Drugs...
Netherlands: Government says it will press on with cannabis card plans
The Dutch cabinet plans to continue with the introduction of a cannabis pass for registered users nationwide, junior justice minister...