narcotics
Cops try to solve Chicago's murder problem by rounding up gang suspects
With bodies continuing to pile up in Chicago, police targeted 15 different gang factions in a series of raids that led to more than 100 arrests.
Can You Reverse the Long-Term Effects of Drugs by Being Healthy?
We went through a few of the world's favorite substances—booze, weed, coke, MDMA, NOS, and ketamine—to examine how you can mitigate the damage they cause to your body.
The police can't track your cellphone without a warrant, judge rules
DEA agents located a suspect's apartment using StingRay, a cell phone surveillance device, then they found narcotics. Now a judge says the evidence shouldn't be permissible in court.
UN Report Urges Solutions to Dark Web Drug Trade
The agency has called for more legislative and technological methods for clamping down on the dark web's narcotics marketplace.
Why Do the British Love Ketamine So Much?
Most American recreational drug users turn up their noses at the drug known as special k, but in the UK, it's become fully integrated into the country's party scene.
The Islamic State May Have Gotten Caught Smuggling a Huge Shipment of Opiates to Libya
After receiving a tip from the US Drug Enforcement Agency, Greek authorities busted a shipment of 26 million tablets containing Tramadol, a prescription painkiller. The pills had originated in New Delhi, and were headed to Libya.
Top US International Drug Official Signals Green Light for Countries to Decriminalize
Ahead of the UN General Assembly's special session on drugs in April, the US assistant secretary of state for international narcotics indicated openness to the "pragmatic reform" of drug policy.
What McDonald's and Walmart Can Teach Drug Cartels
Writer Tom Wainwright's latest book Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel looks at the drug trade as if it were a legal business, finding common ground between the underworld and legitimate corporations.
Did Australia Just Legalize Marijuana to Avoid Embarrassment?
After pushing out PSAs warning people about the dangers of smoking marijuana, legalizing weed is a bit like buying a leather jacket.
Carrots, Coke, and Kinder Eggs: Today's Weird Drug Smuggling News
Police have found cocaine in Kinder Eggs and weed in carrots.
The People Displaced by the Hunt for El Chapo Tell of Helicopter Attacks
Escaped Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán narrowly avoided recapture in a mountain raid in October, and also left the navy facing accusations that its efforts to hunt him down included targeting the civilian population.
A Brief History of Meth
How an experimental asthma remedy became one of the world's most feared drugs.