drug-war

The recent capture of Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo, is but the latest episode in the absurd, unending, and media-driven spectacle of the drug war.

Residents of this town in northern Burma’s opium country became their own drug investigators out of frustration with authorities’ failure to keep heroin and methamphetamine addiction from consuming their villages.

Ever heard of drug war capitalism? Mexico is a case in point—both in everyday life and the novels of the American writer Don Winslow.

The new threats are a frightening concept for the Mexican police, who are not trained in military tactics and typically don’t expect to go head-to-head against cartel foot soldiers.

The TV show creator discusses why the aggressive policing of low-level drug crimes actually led to more violent crimes that endangered public safety.