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The Politics of Turkey’s Coke Connection

Of Cocaine and Corruption

Why has Turkey’s cocaine trade exploded, and what has led drug kingpins to take up residence in the country? There are several possible answers, and suspicions have been rising that corruption is playing a part.

Heartland America Struggles for Hope Amid the Opioid Epidemic

Living With the Opioid Crisis

Along with many other small towns across America, Sedalia, Missouri, has been battling substance abuse on a vast scale, with opioid overdoses a leading cause of death. Yet as the country gears up for the 2024 presidential election, the crisis seems to have fallen by the wayside.

Liberia Has a Drug Problem. One ‘General’ Is Trying To Fix It With Brutality

Liberia Has a Drug Problem. One ‘General’ Is Trying To Fix It With Brutality

Liberia is struggling to contain its population’s addiction to a cheap synthetic form of marijuana called kush. One powerful former military leader has taken a brutal approach at a rehab facility the state claims to know nothing about.