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151. A 'dying' city protests; Mexico's murder capital

Subjects
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Gang violence -- Casualties -- Prevention, Drug abuse and crime, Presidents -- Social policy, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

It may have come late, but the president's emergency plan to save the country's fifth-biggest city from carnage and crime looks promising WHEN Arturo Valenzuela addressed Felipe Calderón at a [...]

Published
2010

152. Southwest border violence: issues in identifying and measuring spillover violence

Author

Lake, Jennifer E., Finklea, Kristin M., Eddy, Mark, Franco, Celinda, Haddal, Chad C., Krouse, William J., and Randol, Mark A.

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Border security -- Laws, regulations and rules, Violence -- Political aspects, Government regulation, Government
Abstract

Contents Introduction The Southwest Border Region and the Illicit Drug Trade Between the United States and Mexico Demand for Drugs in the United States Supply of Illegal Drugs from Mexico [...]

Published
2010

153. What history teaches us

Author

Lawn, John C.

Subjects
Legalization of narcotics -- Analysis, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Narcotics, Control of -- Analysis, Government, Law
Published
1990

155. Meth Wars [in Deer Country]

Author

Sullivan, Mark T.

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Forecasts and trends, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Laws, regulations and rules, Drug traffic -- Forecasts and trends, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Laws, regulations and rules, Methamphetamine -- History, Methamphetamine -- Social aspects, Methamphetamine -- Laws, regulations and rules, Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation
Abstract

Byline: MARK T. SULLIVAN As its cost in dollars and live mounts, the fight against methamphetamine now involves sportsmen to a degree no one predicted a handful of years ago. […]

Published
2006

156. THE MEAN STREETS OF NUEVO LAREDO; Drug trafficking wars are scaring American tourists away -- and eviscerating the economy

Author

Smith, Geri

Subjects
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico -- Economic aspects, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Company legal issue, Police administration -- Powers and duties, Police administration -- Ethical aspects, Gangs -- Behavior, Gang violence -- Economic aspects, Gang violence -- Investigations, Drug dealing -- Economic aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Investigations, Drug traffic -- Economic aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Investigations, Cities and towns -- Economic aspects, Cities and towns -- Laws, regulations and rules
Published
2005

157. Addicted to life.

Author

Zuckerman, M.B.

Subjects
DRUG traffic -- Social aspects
Abstract

Editorial. Comments that the war on drugs is ensuring the spread of AIDS. Argues that it is important to understand how this is happening and decide which is the lesser of the two evils, or they will both engulf us.

Published
1989

158. The bloody streets.

Subjects
DRUG traffic -- Social aspects
Abstract

Drugs are dangerous not only for those who indulge in them but also for the innocent members of communities that are the centers of drug traffic. This is a true story about a youth selling drugs and living on the streets of Oakland. Some youths are recruited to sell drugs at age 9 and few live to old age. He credits his mother for his escape from the world of drugs and believes that education is the key to changing this situation.

Published
1984

159. Shhh! We don't discuss the drug biz here.

Author

Cole, Wendy

Subjects
DRUG traffic -- Social aspects
Abstract

Focuses on criminologist John Hagedorn and his study on the inner-city drug trade. Contention that dealers should be regarded as innovative and entrepreneurial and that their work is driven by economics, not immorality; Reaction of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mayor John Norquist to the report.

Published
1998

160. Syrian Drug Sales Fuel Country's Civil War

Subjects
Captagon (Medication) -- International trade, Syrian Uprising, 2011- -- Social aspects -- Finance, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Narcotics, Control of -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Insurgency -- Finance -- Syria, Company financing
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=241667347 CORNISH: Drug money has fueled insurgencies all over the world, from Afghanistan to Central and South America. And now, the war in […]

Published
2013

161. The law of the jungle

Author

Kaplan, David E.

Subjects
Slums -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Drug dealers -- Behavior, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (City) -- Social aspects
Published
2002

162. Little Amsterdam; Drugs in Lambeth

Subjects
England -- Social policy, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Legalization of narcotics -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international, Social aspects, Social policy
Abstract

Cannabis isn't legal in Lambeth. Perhaps that's the problem NOT all Her Majesty's subjects were celebrating during her jubilee parade: a few industrious souls were at work. 'Skunk weed, man?', [...]

Published
2002

163. Union Savings and Loans donates GHC15,000 to rehab centre

Subjects
Savings and loan associations -- Donations -- Social aspects, Corporate social responsibility -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Banking, finance and accounting industries
Abstract

SME bank, Union Savings and Loans has made a donation worth GHC15,000 to the inmates of the Drug and Alcohol Free Awareness and Rehab Centre (DAFAREC) as part of its [...]

Published
2016

164. Cocaine Fuels Globalization

Subjects
Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Cocaine abuse -- Social aspects
Abstract

GERMANY -- Cocaine addiction is becoming epidemic in Germany, and police blame the US drug interdiction program for driving the drug trade into Europe. Germany sociologist Gunther Amendt, however, blames […]

Published
2001

165. Highlighting Human Security

Subjects
Organization of American States -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Human rights -- Political aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Quality of life -- Political aspects
Abstract

WHEN THE HEMISPHERE'S foreign ministers gather in Canada for the OAS General Assembly in June, one issue they will consider is how to make "human security" a more central part […]

Published
2000

166. Drug house being demolished in Pittsburgh's East Allegheny neighborhood

Author

Bauder, Bob

Subjects
Nuisance, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Bob Bauder Jan. 22--An East Allegheny resident said the neighborhood is resting a lot easier now that Pittsburgh has started to demolish a notorious drug house. Neighbors have complained [...]

Published
2015

167. Mexican Poet Condemns Violence As New Mass Graves Found

Subjects
Mexico -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Organized crime -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Mass graves -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=135603088 MICHEL MARTIN, host: I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, we are going to continue [...]

Published
2011

168. A Sane Drug Policy

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Narcotics, Control of -- Finance -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Political science, Company financing, Finance, Social aspects
Abstract

George W. Bush's little problem with putting to rest allegations of past cocaine use does not concern us much. But what does concern us a great deal is the destructiveness [...]

Published
1999

169. World View: How We Fight A Losing War : The time is right for Latin and North Americans to rethink a failed drug policy

Author

Castaneda, Jorge G.

Subjects
Latin America -- Social policy, United States -- Social policy, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Narcotics, Control of -- Evaluation -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Social aspects, Evaluation, Social policy
Abstract

In the central-western canyons of the Mexican border state of Chihuahua, where waterfalls and abandoned mines blend in with secret landing strips and vertical mountain plots, the few remaining peasants [...]

Published
1999

170. In Tampico, residents fear 'the walls have ears'

Author

Partlow, Joshua

Subjects
Tampico, Mexico -- Safety and security measures -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Organized crime -- Social aspects, Cartels -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Joshua Partlow TAMPICO, Mexico - Enrique, the bald Avis clerk at Tampico International Airport, was taking forever with our rental car. He kept looking from our licenses to Dominic, [...]

Published
2014

171. After drug lord's arrest, Mexico braces for fallout

Author

Partlow, Joshua and Miroff, Nick

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug dealers -- Cases, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Joshua Partlow and Nick Miroff MEXICO CITY - The Sinaloa drug cartel lost its leader, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, at the height of its power, when the organization had [...]

Published
2014

172. Mexican Family Flees To El Paso To Escape Violence

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Violence -- Social aspects, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127874285 DEBORAH AMOS, host: One particularly tense place is Ciudad Juarez. It's just across the border from El Paso and it's considered the [...]

Published
2010

173. Arizona Ranchers Caught Up In Mexican Drug Violence

Subjects
Border patrols -- Management -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Ranchers -- Death of -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Company business management, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125844450 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: And as we just heard from Senator Kyl, one incident that's fueling the debate over immigration is the shooting [...]

Published
2010

174. Sheriff To Texas Border Town: 'Arm Yourselves'

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Ranchers -- Crimes against, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Border security -- Management -- Social aspects, Company business management, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125737965 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: This is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. STEVE INSKEEP, host: And I'm Steve Inskeep. [...]

Published
2010

175. Some Say U.S. Support Might Not Be Enough To Curb Mexico Drug Violence

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Violence -- International aspects, Criminal justice, Administration of -- Management -- International aspects, Company business management, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125120458 ALLISON KEYES, host: I'm Allison Keyes, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Michel Martin is away. Just ahead, we'll [...]

Published
2010

176. U.S., Mexico In Drug War Talks

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Border security -- Management -- Social aspects, Company business management, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125072335 MELISSA BLOCK, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And I'm Robert Siegel. Secretary [...]

Published
2010

177. Loyal Ties Questioned Amid Mexico Drug War

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Emigration and immigration law -- Interpretation and construction, Illegal immigrants -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Gang violence -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124241663 LYNN NEARY, host: And now we look at the weakening of family ties between Mexican immigrants living in the U.S. and their [...]

Published
2010

178. Tijuana Tries To Rid Police Department Of Corruption

Subjects
Tijuana, Mexico -- Social aspects, Police administration -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121751974 JACKI LYDEN, host: And now we continue our conversation about the ongoing drug war in Mexico with Associate Press reporter, Elliot Spagat. [...]

Published
2009

179. Rehab Clinics Targeted In Mexico's Drug War

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug treatment centers -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112683862 ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm Melissa Block. In the [...]

Published
2009

180. In a Texas Town, a Film Premiere Hits Home

Subjects
American Violet (Motion picture) -- Appreciation, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Criminal suspects -- Portrayals -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Raids (Military science) -- Portrayals -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103056359 STEVE INSKEEP, host: When the movie 'American Violet' opens on Friday, it will seem familiar to many NPR listeners - because it's [...]

Published
2009

181. Border Efforts Increase Along with U.S. Concern

Subjects
Government regulation, Border security -- Laws, regulations and rules, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- International aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- International aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102468800 SCOTT SIMON, host: This week, the Obama administration laid out plans to deal with the drug violence that plagues Mexico. More than [...]

Published
2009

182. Mexican Drug Cartels Recruiting Young Men, Boys

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Child soldiers -- Social aspects -- Recruiting, Teenage boys -- Social aspects -- Recruiting, Cartels -- Recruiting -- Social aspects, Drug dealers -- Demographic aspects -- Recruiting, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Industry hiring, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102249839 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: The soldiers in Mexico's drug wars are getting younger and younger. In Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from [...]

Published
2009

183. Drug-Related Killings Skyrocket In Mexico

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Violence -- Control -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101166509 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. Last year, more than 5,000 people were killed in [...]

Published
2009

184. A gang war revival

Author

Tarrant, Rhona

Subjects
Veronica Guerin (Motion picture) -- Appreciation, Journalists -- Portrayals, Gang violence -- Portrayals -- Casualties, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

In the closing scene of the movie 'Veronica Guerin,' moviegoers learn how the film's eponymous journalist's work turned the tide in Ireland's drug war. Based on the true story of [...]

Published
2016

185. Drug Deaths, Violence Plague Border In Tijuana

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Gang violence -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97457815 STEVE INSKEEP, host: Changing conditions at the U.S.-Mexican border reflect changing relations between two nations. The United States is building hundreds of [...]

Published
2008

186. Violence Up As Mexico Battles Drug Cartels

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Cartels -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Violence -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96805510 ARI SHAPIRO, host: Mexico's government is waging an all-out war with organized drug cartels. Those cartels bring billions of dollars worth of [...]

Published
2008

187. Cocaine Coming Ashore in Cornwall

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Cocaine -- Social aspects -- Valuation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87792432 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. It's not uncommon for driftwood to wash up on the beaches of Cornwall in [...]

Published
2008

188. Release of Drug Offenders Strains Communities

Subjects
Company business management, Drug dealers -- Behavior, Drug dealers -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Risk factors, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Risk factors, Rehabilitation counseling -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9362100 MICHELE NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris. MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm Melissa Block. Throughout [...]

Published
2007

189. Mexican 'Ice' Replaces Home-Cooked Meth in U.S

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Illegal drugs -- Social aspects, Narcotics, Control of -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9193186 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: NPR this week is looking at the war on drugs. And today we consider a battle the nation seems [...]

Published
2007

191. Marijuana a Multi-Billion Dollar Crop in the U.S.?

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Marijuana -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6652248 STEVE INSKEEP, host: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Guess the name of the most valuable cash crop in America. It's not corn. [...]

Published
2006

192. 'I look at my passport and I think it's a burden'

Subjects
Syria -- International economic relations, Turkey -- Military aspects, Germany -- International economic relations, Movie directors -- Works -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Business, international
Abstract

A maze of dead ends The man behind the counter at the embassy told Hisham* he would have better a better chance of getting into Germany if he crossed the [...]

Published
2015

193. Narcotrafficking, migration, and modernity in rural Mexico

Author

Malkin, Victoria

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Mexico, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Rural development -- Economic aspects, Economics, Political science, Regional focus/area studies, Social sciences
Abstract

Issues concerning the role played by the production and trafficking of narcotics in the rural areas of Mexico in the social and economic development of the country are discussed. Particular attention is given to local contexts allowing the emergence of narcotics trafficking.

Published
2001

194. Naming the dead in Mexico

Author

Healy, Hazel

Subjects
Mexico -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Organized crime -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Murder -- Social aspects, Gang violence -- Social aspects, Social sciences
Abstract

A woman climbs onto a rudimentary stage in Durango, central Mexico. In her hand she holds a photograph of two young men. 'The soldiers said there was a mix-up,' she [...]

Published
2011

195. Priests and parishes threatened by drug cartels

Subjects
Mexico -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Organized crime -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Priests -- Crimes against -- Safety and security measures, Gang violence -- Casualties -- Social aspects, Parishes -- Crimes against -- Safety and security measures, Drug abuse and crime -- Casualties -- Social aspects, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

The Mexican bishops' conference acknowledged in a statement on April 14 that Mexican priests have suffered numerous threats of violence, kidnapping and extortion from the nation's narcotics-trafficking cartels. The conference [...]

Published
2010

196. Honoring Drug War Dead, And Spurring a Debate

Author

Archibold, Randal

Subjects
Mexico City, Mexico -- Social aspects, Victims of crimes -- Appreciation, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Sepulchral monuments, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Violence -- Casualties, Drug abuse and crime, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

MEXICO CITY -- Reeling from a drug war that has killed tens of thousands and a boom in violent crime in general, Mexico has built a memorial to victims of [...]

Published
2013

197. The forgotten problems of a forgotten people: Mel Frykberg reports from the Occupied Territories on the rising incidence of drug abuse among the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza

Author

Frykberg, Mel

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Palestinian Arabs -- Drug use -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Drug abuse -- Distribution -- Social aspects, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary, Social sciences, Company distribution practices, Distribution, Social aspects, Drug use
Abstract

ALTHOUGH DRUG ADDICTION is a taboo subject in Palestine's conservative society, the number of addicts is rising as political and social factors continue to tear apart the fabric of a [...]

Published
2009

198. On These Soccer Fields, a Brief Respite from the Killing Fields

Author

Cave, Damien

Subjects
Soccer -- Competitions -- Mexico, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Homeless persons -- Competitions -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Violence, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

MEXICO CITY -- When Ana Aguirre stepped onto the soccer field in the main plaza here, wearing her green Mexican uniform, and scored goals against teams from Brazil and the [...]

Published
2012

199. 'It's like we don't belong anywhere'

Author

Wingrove, Josh and Mackrael, Kim

Subjects
Fort McMurray, Alberta -- Social aspects, Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Black Canadians -- Death of -- Drug use, Immigrants -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: JOSH WINGROVE and KIM MACKRAEL CRIME They are called the ciyaal baraf, or the children of the snow. The kids of a generation who fled blood-stained Somalia two decades [...]

Published
2012

200. Not such a risky business after all

Author

Bailey, Ian

Subjects
Drug dealing -- Social aspects, Restaurants -- Social aspects, Drug traffic -- Social aspects, Restaurateurs -- Practice -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: IAN BAILEY DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE VANCOUVER -- What's a restaurateur to do when drug dealers are selling goods out front in full view of customers sitting in what he wryly [...]

Published
2012

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