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Poison and Petroleum: Cartels Hijack Mexico’s Oil Industry to Power Crime Across Borders
Cartels are no longer just trafficking drugs—they’re tapping pipelines, terrorizing truckers and selling stolen crude to US refiners in a billion-dollar criminal enterprise.
DRUGS
Drug-Addicted Newborns Surge in Washington as Reporting Rules Loosen
The incidence of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Washington has quadrupled since 2000, with Spokane County reporting rates more than triple the national average.
DRUGS
Sinaloa-Linked Traffickers Arrested in Largest Fentanyl Pill Seizure in US History
The DEA’s largest-ever fentanyl operation exposed cartel delivery networks mimicking Amazon—flooding American streets with pills disguised as prescription drugs.
DRUGS
Deadly Synthetic Opioid Three Times Stronger than Fentanyl Sparks Multiple Fatalities in Australia
The rapid growth of lethal synthetic opioids like protonitazene, mostly imported from China, is fueling a deadly epidemic amid plummeting heroin production.
DRUGS
The High Stakes and Hidden Dangers of America’s Cannabis Boom
With near-daily use now the norm for millions, the cannabis boom is fast revealing its human cost—and it’s hitting youth the hardest.
DRUGS
Drug Ring that Used Jersey Children as Mules Dismantled in Major Police Operation
More than 40 kids as young as 12 were used to smuggle drugs in a network whose ringleaders were sent to jail.
DRUGS
Experts Sound Alarm on “Legal Morphine” Flooding US Gas Stations
Experts warn that synthetic 7-OH is up to 30 times stronger than morphine, yet remains unregulated in most states.
DRUGS
Generation K: The Hidden Crisis of Ketamine Addiction Among UK Youth
As ketamine use among young Britons triples, so do the devastating consequences: bladder loss, chronic pain and suicide.
DRUGS
First Nations Bear Brunt of British Columbia’s Deadly Opioid Epidemic
As officials enable addiction, overdose deaths in British Columbia remain staggering. First Nations communities bear the brunt of the crisis—at seven times the provincial rate.
DRUGS
“Rhino Tranq” Hits US Streets as Drug Traffickers Up the Ante
A fentanyl adulterant 10 to 20 times stronger than xylazine is sweeping the US. As medetomidine surges, users face unseen dangers with every hit.
DRUGS
$28 Billion and 68 Dead: The Real Cost of Vaping
Despite glossy ads and social media hype, vaping is fueling a new health crisis among youth—marked by cancer, coma and addiction.
DRUGS
Ecstasy Deaths Surge as Child-Friendly Pills Target Teens
From emojis to “LEGO” logos, Ecstasy tablets are designed to lure children. As deaths mount, experts call for urgent action.
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DRUGS
The Opioid Dossier
“The Opioid Dossier” chronicles a yearlong investigation by Associate Editor Michael Brennan into a deadly drug epidemic—spawned by America’s pharmaceutical industry. His in-depth report follows.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Almost Heaven, Almost Hell
In West Virginia’s natural paradise pain pills paved a road to perdition.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Lawyer
A Southern lawyer tells how we got here, and how he hopes to use a forgotten state law to rescue the country from the opioid epidemic.
