Tag: Drugs

Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador acknowledges his supporters as he arrives to Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, Sunday, July 1, 2018. Lopez Obrador has claimed victory in Mexico's presidential election, calling for reconciliation.

Beltway Confidential

How the Mexican cartels must laugh at their president

Tom Rogan · August 3, 2020 8:06 pm

In this image from video, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020.

AOC: ‘Embarrassing’ for marijuana legalization to be excluded from DNC platform

Zach Halaschak · July 31, 2020 2:53 pm

Beltway Confidential

Five ways lockdowns could be killing people

Timothy P. Carney · July 30, 2020 9:33 pm

Florida’s import drug plan gets nod from Trump in orders addressing prescription costs

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2020 5:30 pm

Kids protest climate change.

Magazine - Business

The danger of loneliness caused by the coronavirus lockdowns

Stephen Moore · July 24, 2020 3:00 am

In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 photo, pedestrians pass St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh, N.Y. The hospital adopted the Hudson Valley Interlink Analytic System earlier this year, which tracks drug overdoses in New York. The system is among a number of surveillance systems being adopted around the country by police, government agencies and community groups.

Beltway Confidential

Isolation is deadly: Stay-at-home orders are causing a spike in overdoses

Timothy P. Carney · July 2, 2020 4:32 pm

In this Jan. 18, 2018 photo, used needles sit in a container inside the Baltimore City Health Department's Needle Exchange Team van in Baltimore.

Data shows drug overdoses soaring following virus lockdowns: Up 18% in March, 29% in April, 42% in May

Andrew Mark Miller · July 2, 2020 2:04 pm

This image taken from a video shows customs police officers inspecting boxes full of amphetamines pills that were seized at the Salerno harbor, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Italian police have seized 14 tons of amphetamines, allegedly produced in Syria by Islamic State group to fund terrorist activities and destined for the European illegal drug market.

ISIS may be behind one of largest drug busts after more than $1B in drugs seized: Italian police

Zach Halaschak · July 1, 2020 8:36 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. AP Photo

Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden trade jabs on drug bill slowdown

David Hogberg · June 29, 2020 9:04 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Keep nature illegal

Eric Felten · June 26, 2020 3:00 am

D. J. Meek, a 40-year-old homeless drug addict, smokes crystal meth Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles.

Pandemic to heighten global drug use already up 30% over past decade: UN

Anna Giaritelli · June 25, 2020 11:00 am

US offers $10M bounty for capture of two former Colombian FARC rebels

Zach Halaschak · June 18, 2020 8:03 pm