The US opioid crisis has come to Britain
Towards the end of last year, I began to see what looked to me like addict behavior on the streets of London
Cartels
Tuesday
How Ecuador became a narco state
The war on drugs isn’t working — and the country’s people are paying a heavy price
Friday
Why America’s cannabis experiment failed
Illegal weed still outsells legal weed — and legitimate cannabis companies are struggling
Thursday
Sacrificing to the false god of gold
Deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest sits a desolate zone, stretching for miles and pockmarked with chemical-tainted water that glistens orange and blue. This was the centre of the country’s illegal gold-mining operations, where tens of thousands of desperate people dug into the soil in search of a precious mineral that could make the difference between destitution and wealth. For every ounce found in the crime-infested badlands, nine tonnes of toxic waste are thought to be left behind in an environmental catastrophe that will contaminate the region for decades. No wonder Pope Francis, on a visit to the impoverished area, called gold ‘a false god’ when so much wreckage is left
