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Drug Policy

The headquarters of the UNODC in Vienna, Austria
Posted inNews Drug Policy

Cocaine Surge Fuels Violence as Opium Falls: UN Drug Report 2024

by Christopher Newton 28 Jun 202428 Jun 2024
Containers on ships
Posted inNews Cocaine

Drug Traffickers Producing More Cocaine in Europe: EU Report

by Douwe den Held 17 Jun 202417 Jun 2024
Posted inNews Drug Policy

US Drug Overdose Deaths Are Dropping, and Here’s Why

by Parker Asmann 13 Jun 202427 Jun 2024
Colombia peasants carry loads-of-harvested-coca-leaves-cocaine-erradication-
Posted inNews Coca

State Inertia and Organized Crime Limit Colombia’s Coca Substitution Program

by Alicia Florez and Sara Garcia 6 Jun 20246 Jun 2024
Posted inInvestigations Drug Policy

In Battle to Slow Precursor Chemicals in Mexico, Public-Private Partnerships Are a Path Not Taken

by Annie Pforzheimer 31 May 20246 Jun 2024
Posted inNews Security Policy

How Do Mexico’s Presidential Candidates Plan to Tackle Organized Crime?

by Victoria Dittmar 30 May 202430 May 2024
Security forces guard a burned drug plane in Colón, Honduras
Posted inNews Cocaine

Central America Drug Flights Fall as Traffickers Shift Methods

by Sam Woolston and Alex Papadovassilakis 29 May 202429 May 2024
A bag of fentanyl in pill form. Una bolsa de fentanil en forma de pastilla.
Posted inNews Synthetic Drugs

DEA’s Emphasis on Defeating Cartels Oversimplifies Fentanyl Industry

by Marley Markham 14 May 202427 May 2024
Posted inNews Mexico

InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up

by Christopher Newton and Juliana Manjarrés 20 Mar 20247 May 2024
Posted inInvestigations Methamphetamine

Beyond China: How Other Countries Provide Precursor Chemicals to Mexico

by Sara Garcia 28 Feb 202428 Feb 2024
Posted inNews Elites and Crime

How Haiti’s ‘Aid State’ Has Fueled Organized Crime

by Mike LaSusa 27 Feb 202427 Feb 2024
Soldiers inspect a cocaine laboratory in Zulia, Venezuela Soldados inspeccionan un laboratorio de cocaína en Zulia, Venezuela
Posted inNews Cocaine

ELN, Ex-FARC Mafia Drive Rising Cocaine Production in Zulia, Venezuela

by Venezuela Investigation Unit 15 Feb 202415 Feb 2024

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