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Inside the deadly hunt for "blood jade" marred by heroin and violence
Myanmar’s Kachin State is believed to hold up to 90% of the world’s most valuable jade. Demand for …
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Adobe executive compared early termination fees to heroin for the company: court docs
Last month, US regulators sued Adobe, accusing the company of violating federal laws designed to pr…
Natalie Musumeci
How heroin trafficking actually works
David McMillan is a British Australian former drug smuggler. He was arrested several times between …
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States are banning an energy pill dubbed 'gas station heroin' after people suffer opioid-like withdrawals, paranoia, and hallucinations
Tianeptine, sold under names like Za Za Red, Tianna, and TD Red, will be illegal in Mississippi sta…
Alex Bitter
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A 7-year-old boy died of an asthma attack after his mother converted his inhaler to use as a crack pipe
Laura Heath, 40, was sentenced to 20 years in prison at Coventry Crown Court, England, for the mans…
Alia Shoaib
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I smoke weed every day. It keeps me from doing heroin.
After being sober for a decade, the author says that with the support of his sponsor and friends, h…
Jeff Leavell
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Top Japanese yakuza mobster arrested in New York over plot to sell drugs to buy surface-to-air missiles, says DoJ
Takeshi Ebisawa, 57, is accused of conspiring to sell methamphetamine and heroin in the US to purch…
Alia Shoaib
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The US totally failed to stop the drug trade in Afghanistan, but the Taliban found a better way to cash in
Opium is Afghanistan's largest cash crop, but drug trafficking isn't the only, or even the biggest,…
Christopher Woody
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The story of El Chapo's escape from prison in a laundry cart and his triumphant return to Sinaloa
In 2001, Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug trafficker better known as El Chapo, dec…
Noah Hurowitz
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I started using opioids when I was 8 and heroin by age 13. Becoming a mom helped me overcome my drug addiction.
By 13, Erin Khar was using heroin and was able to hide it until she was 23. She urges parents to ta…
Ronny Maye
9 mins read
Afghanistan is being overrun by crystal meth as US begins withdrawal
Ephedra sinica, which contains the key ingredient for making crystal meth, grows wild in Afghanista…
Ali Latifi
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'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' broke the rom-com mold by proving its heroine could find herself at home
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which turns 20 on April 19, presented an alternative to the narrative t…
Keyaira Boone
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The overwhelmed heroine of 'The Lost Daughter' walked out on her kids. These real-life mothers did, too.
In 'The Lost Daughter,' an exhausted mother crushed by responsibility leaves her family behind. Thr…
Heidi Borst
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Photos show homeless heroin addicts in Afghanistan rounded up and forced into grim rehab by the Taliban
Drug users detained in a Taliban raid wait to be taken to their room in the detoxification ward of …
Alia Shoaib
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Mexico's Sinaloa cartel built an empire on cocaine, but it's betting on another drug to feed US appetites
"If they want harder drugs, we will produce them and smuggle them ... You have to give the client w…
Luis Chaparro
4 mins read
Lily Allen says she decided to get sober after she considered taking heroin while on tour with Miley Cyrus
During an interview on "The Recovery," Lily Allen revealed she considered taking heroin while touri…
Lauren Edmonds
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The 'war on drugs' may be a bigger problem than the drugs themselves, experts say
Voters in seven states and DC voted on Tuesday to decriminalize or legalize a variety of drugs, end…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams says it's hard to tell the difference between a person 'hooked on cheese' and someone 'hooked on heroin'
Touting plant-based eating, Adams misleadingly said studies show "the same level of brain that enco…
Jake Lahut
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Medical examiner rules actor Michael K. Williams' death was accidental, from ingesting fentanyl-laced heroin and cocaine
Michael K. Williams, a revered actor, was found dead in his Brooklyn, New York, apartment on Septem…