War on Drugs
Inside a Drug Tourism Economy
We talked to a Costa Rican drug dealer about selling to North American scum.
A Meth Dealer Talks About Dodging Death in the Philippines
"Everyone around here is selling; it's just more hush-hush since the new president. We have to be more careful about who we offer it to."
Is the Drug Trade Really Bank-Rolling Terrorism?
We often hear about "Jihadists flooding the west with heroin", or "ISIS making billions through drug trafficking" – but we rarely see much actual evidence.
How Your Menstrual Cycle Can Affect Your Reaction to MDMA
If you're a woman, you're more at risk from ecstasy – so why is no one talking about it?
The War on Drugs Isn't Even Working in Prison
Frequent urine tests, controversial scanners, and false positives make for a dark scene.
A Prosecutor’s Regret: How I Sentenced Someone to Life in Prison for Selling Drugs
We caught him selling a small amount of crack: only 57 grams.
This Drug Smuggler and 'Hippie Mafia' Leader Is a Weed Legalisation Movement Veteran
In the 1960s, Richard Stratton distributed thousands of pounds of weed and worked for 'High Times'. His memoir tells his story of straddling the criminal and literary worlds.
How Governments Have Used the War on Drugs to Oppress Their Enemies
Last week it was revealed Richard Nixon had launched his war on drugs to target people he didn't like – but he's not the only one to use narcotics as a hammer to beat his enemies with.
A Former Nixon Aide Admitted the 'War on Drugs' Was Designed to Screw Over Blacks and Hippies
"Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."
Drug Dealers Explain How They Keep Their Hustles Secret from Their Families
'Breaking Bad' is probably the best known pop-culture example of a drug merchant's life getting turned inside-out, but it happens to ordinary people the world over. We interviewed several about how dealing complicated their lives and relationships.
Three Concepts You Need to Grasp if You Want to Know Whether to Legalize Drugs (Yes, Even Heroin)
Prohibition creates a vast investment bank for crimes like kidnapping.
Here Are All the Ridiculous Reasons People Are Scared of Canada Legalizing Weed
There may be lots of good reasons to keep weed criminalized, but so far, opponents to the Liberal Party's plan don't seem to have any.