War on Drugs
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Why does Donald Trump want to free the founder of an online black market?
Today's Big Question Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison for creating the Silk Road market
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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'Any word that runs counter to the group can lead to a violent penalty'
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By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Biden poised to ease marijuana restrictions
Speed Read The move will reclassify it as a less dangerous drug
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Why did Oregon recriminalize drug possession?
Talking Points Arrests resume in the Beaver State, along with a new treatment effort
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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How New York's legal cannabis rollout ended up in the weeds
in depth And many of the state's promises to social equity applicants went up in smoke
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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How the idyllic Galapagos Islands became staging post in world drug trade
Under the radar Ecuador's crackdown on gang violence forces drug traffickers into Pacific routes to meet cocaine demand
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Does decriminalising drugs really work?
Today's Big Question Oregon experiment labelled a 'disaster' but advocates say time is needed to embed reforms after 50 years of the war on drugs
By The Week UK Published
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How the global drugs trade is changing
feature ‘Increasingly agile trafficking networks’ are behind 23% rise in global drug users, UN report finds
By The Week Staff Published
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‘Short’ jibes boost male demand for leg-lengthening surgery
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Tranq dope: the new horror drug on US streets
feature A dangerous mixture of animal sedative and fentanyl has flooded Philadelphia and beyond
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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Overdose prevention centres: do they work?
feature Despite rising drug deaths, UK has been unwilling to introduce places where people can take illegally purchased drugs in a supervised environment
By The Week Staff Published
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How did Scotland become Europe’s drug deaths capital?
feature Poverty and mismanagement blamed as new data is revealed
By The Week Staff Published
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‘Empire of pain’: the rise and fall of the Sackler family
Under the Radar Bankrupt former makers of OxyContin ‘close’ to agreeing settlement over US opioid epidemic
By The Week Staff Published
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‘Fiercer punishment is no solution to drug use’
Instant Opinion Your digest of analysis from the British and international press
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