Drugs

By Jonathan Goodhand and Jan Koehler | – In the frontier town of Zaranj on Afghanistan’s border with Iran, young men jostle one another as they cram into pickups that leave at regular intervals to be smuggled across the border. Human trafficking is one of the few sectors of the Afghan economy that is thriving. […]

Afghanistan

Afghanistan should be Last U.S. War of Empire, Corruption and Poverty

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

( Code Pink) – Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in their country – and then by an Islamic State suicide bombing and ensuing massacre by U.S. forces that together killed at least 170 people, including 13 U.S. troops. Even as […]

Drugs

Isolation and Opioids During the Pandemic

Tomdispatch

By Mattea Kramer | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – In our new era of nearly unparalleled upheaval, as a pandemic ravages the bodies of some and the minds of nearly everyone, as the associated economic damage disposes of the livelihoods of many, and as even the promise of democracy fades, the people whose lives were already […]

Drugs

Decriminalizing the Drug War: The Damage done by a Century of Drug Prohibition

Alfred W. McCoy

Medical professionals across Portugal adopted harm-reduction measures that would provide a striking record of proven success

Arms Sales

“Why Should we believe anything You Say?” How Ilhan Omar Nailed Elliot Abrams for Iran-Contra Lies

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ilhan Omar (D-MN) grilled Elliot Abrams yesterday, holding his feet to the fire about his having lied to Congress (to two counts of which which he pleaded guilty) and about his support for far right wing forces in Central America responsible for massacres (forces Abrams characterizes as “democratic,” confusing oppressive […]

Drugs

Not at the Border: The Real Nat’l Emergency is People Dying of Opioids

Rajan Menon

Since 1999, 400,000 Americans have died from overdoses of opioids, including legally prescribed ones

Afghanistan

Did the Pentagon’s War on Drugs Confound Counter-Terrorism?

contributors

By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – 2017 was a year of investigations for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). There was the investigation of the two-star commander of U.S. Army Africa who allegedly sent racy texts to an enlisted man’s wife. There was the investigation into the alleged killing of a Special Forces soldier by […]

Crime

Human Rights Win in Iran: Thousands of Death Sentences for Drugs Dropped

contributors

Centre for Human Rights in Iran | Trans. & Ed. Global Voices Online An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related crimes could have their death sentences revoked, following a judicial order based on the country’s newly amended drug trafficking law. The order, issued by Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani on January […]

Drugs

Opioid Superstorm: A Growing wealth Gap & deserted Neighborhoods

contributors

My experiences in Dayton tell me that Lack of public policy drives stagnant wages, abandoned homes and addiction