Tag: Drug trafficking
Philly hospitals test new strategy for ‘tranq dope’ withdrawal – and...
Kory London, Thomas Jefferson University
Unimaginable pain and restlessness. Vomiting so frequent and forceful that it can perforate the...
What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains how it increases overdose...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about...
El Chapo trial shows why a wall won’t stop drugs from...
Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong
The trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera has exposed just how powerful Mexico’s cartels really...
In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war
Robert Muggah, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
The expression “evangelical drug trafficker” may sound incongruous, but in Rio de Janeiro, it’s...
The other opioid crisis — people in poor countries can’t get...
Luke Messac, University of Pennsylvania
There are two opioid crises in the world today. One is the epidemic of abuse and misuse, present in many...
EXPLORING NATURE
How Europe’s deforestation law could change the global coffee trade
Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
If your morning can’t begin without coffee, you’re in good company. The...
