Tag: drug war
Poppy Growing Shifts to Pakistan After Taliban’s Crackdown in Afghanistan
Afghanistan used to have the distinction of producing the opium for 95 per cent ...
Trump Brags of Lethal US Drug-War Strikes to the United Nations
On September 23, United States President Donald Trump delivered an unhinged diatribe at the ...
“Murder on the High Seas”—Trump’s Drug-War Strike Crosses New Line
The history of the global drug war is rife with murder and mayhem caused ...
Trump’s Deadly Drug War Is Also Waged Through Funding Cuts
On September 2, the United States military struck a small boat speeding through the ...
Just a Reminder That Drug Users Aren’t Zombies
The White House is promoting a new fentanyl awareness ad campaign. “Make America Fentanyl ...
“They’re Here to Pick Fights”—DC Crackdown Clogs Federal Courts
On August 18, DEA agents and other federal officers, deployed to Washington, DC, by ...
Trump Begins Deploying US Military to Fight the Drug War
On August 19, United States warships set course for Venezuela. They’ve been deployed there ...
Confirmation of Trump’s DEA Pick Will Bring More of the Same, or Worse
On July 22, the Senate confirmed Terrance Cole as the new administrator of the ...
Trump Signs HALT Fentanyl Act Into Law
On June 16, President Donald Trump signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) ...
VA Creates New Fentanyl Homicide Charge, With Limited Exemptions
Virginia will begin punishing fentanyl distribution convictions as involuntary manslaughter, in cases that can ...
