Tag: war on drugs

• Anatomy of a ‘caliphate’: The rise and fall of ISIL

  March 23, 2019

  Samer recalls the gruesome shock of seeing his friend’s headless corpse strung up above Raqqa’s main square. It’s this memory, from a hot summer day in 2015, that defines his… more ›

• The Dirty Secret of El Chapo’s Downfall

  February 5, 2019

  It’s the trial of the century, right? The satisfying third act in the dramatic rise-and-fall story of a celebrated Mob boss who became one of the world’s richest men, a… more ›

• FDA’s opioids adviser accuses agency of having ‘direct’ link to crisis

  January 24, 2019

  The Food and Drug Administration is sacrificing American lives by continuing to approve new high-strength opioid painkillers, and manipulating the process in favor of big pharma, according to the chair… more ›

• Psilocybin

  November 13, 2018

  Psilocybin News, videos, ideas, and obsessions from the new global economy https://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsession/1460107/ more ›

• The Brutal Rise of El Mencho

  July 21, 2017

  The Brutal Rise of El Mencho » On a hot, humid night last August, two wealthy Mexican brothers went out to party in Puerto Vallarta. Ivan, 35, and Jesus Alfredo… more ›

• How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico

  June 13, 2017

  How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico » This story was co-published with National Geographic. Leer en Español. more ›

• Narcoterrorism and the KKK Model: Inside the Rise…

  June 10, 2017

  Narcoterrorism and the KKK Model: Inside the Rise of Latin America’s ‘Gangster Warlords’ » Cartels are getting their swagger back in Colombia, drug-war violence is skyrocketing in Mexico, Central American… more ›

• ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

  December 7, 2016

  ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’ » You hear a murder scene before you see it: The desperate cries of a new widow. The piercing sirens of approaching police cars.… more ›

• El Chapo and the Secret History of the Heroin…

  August 11, 2016

  El Chapo and the Secret History of the Heroin Crisis » If you wonder why America is in the grips of a heroin epidemic that kills two hundred people a… more ›