Staff / TruthdigDec 4, 2011
To what length should governments enable crime in order to catch criminals? That’s the ethical issue raised by a New York Times article that reports DEA agents have laundered millions of dollars in drug proceeds to battle Mexican cartels. More than 40,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since 2006. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 24, 2011
Texas Gov. Rick Perry points to his hyper pro-business policies to explain the fact that 37 percent of the nation's new jobs created over the last two years were in his state. New York magazine has another suggestion though: the region's multibillion-dollar drug trade. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigFeb 19, 2010
We've so idealized cowboy-style rebellion in matters of war and law enforcement that the DEA can refuse to follow explicit orders from the president and attorney general and get away with it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJul 20, 2009
U.S. government officials are conducting a new kind of "surge." The DEA has started dispatching agents to Afghanistan to target opium trafficking networks that are believed to be funding the Taliban insurgency, a change from the Bush-era policy of poppy crop destruction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigNov 20, 2008
Evo Morales knows about "change you can believe in." He also knows what happens when a powerful elite is forced to make changes it doesn't want. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 2, 2008
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday made another move to signal his administration's displeasure with the United States, announcing that he is "indefinitely" halting all activities of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency within his country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 3, 2006
The Observer's online edition says it has obtained documents that show U.S. officials allowed a drug informant to continue a campaign of murder in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, so as to preserve his ability to share information. At least 12 people were killed, with knowledge of the murderer allegedly extending into the upper echelons of American power. Thanks to Cynthia Marler-Wills for the tip. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 28, 2006
California legislators have sent a bill to Gov. Schwarzenegger that would legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp, setting up a direct confrontation with federal drug authorities. The plant, which contains none of the hallucinogenic properties of marijuana, is considered a kind of miracle crop by farmers and entrepreneurs who seek to exploit its fast growth and myriad uses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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