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The Rise and Fall of a Honduran Narco-Regime Is an American Story

James North / Truthdig Mar 11, 2024 Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Drug Trade Isn’t Just Killing People, but the Planet Itself

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 25, 2019 A gripping documentary details the surprising role drug cartels and illegal traffickers are playing in the extinction of a rare whale. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Pentagon Watchdog Calls Out Two Military Commands for Financial Malfeasance

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Feb 9, 2018 The U.S. Africa Command and Central Command squanders $500 million fighting a drug war in a scandal that catches the essence of what may be the true opioid crisis of 21st-century America. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Washington’s War on Terror in Afghanistan

Alfred W. McCoy / TomDispatch Nov 14, 2017 The White House has made it crystal clear: The U.S. is staying in Afghanistan to fight and—so it insists—win. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Sean Penn and Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán: Hollywood Came Calling, Then the Authorities Followed

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2016 In Sean Penn's star-powered, 10,000-word, gigante get for Rolling Stone about his clandestine huddle with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, we learn that, with startling predictability, Guzmán was yielding to Hollywood's siren call. And that receptivity didn't just consist of his willingness to be interviewed by actor and activist Penn, either. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Judge in Narco-Terror Case Questions Proof

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2015 A federal judge says the Drug Enforcement Administration relied on a known “fabricator” to make its case that an Afghan man was a narco-terrorist and throws out the conviction. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Perils of Problematic Prescribing: A Double Dose of Warnings

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2014 Two new reports from the CDC show the dangers of overprescribing narcotics and antibiotics. Is there a way for doctors and consumers to make better decisions? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Drugs Kill Babies

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons Aug 13, 2011 Dig deeper

War on Drugs

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Jun 13, 2011 Dig deeper

The U.S. Role in Mexico’s Drug War

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 Washington's role in Mexico's drug war, from the $400 million in annual military aid to the U.S. security contractors teaching torture techniques to Mexican police, is often ill-reported in the mainstream media. Canadian journalist Avi Lewis and the "Inside USA" television crew look critically into the conflict that has killed 1,800 people so far this year alone. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )