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Men place their hands over their heads as they are rounded up during a continuing "war on drugs" police campaign of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila, Philippines, Oct. 7, 2016. 
Conflict & Justice
A rare murder conviction in the Philippines reveals a ‘broken’ justice system
authorities standing in a circle
Conflict & Justice
Could Colombia’s incoming president legalize cocaine?
Protesters shout and wear a colorful boat on their heads with the words "oust Duterte" painted on it.
Critical State
Federalism in violence: Part I
A man and a woman fill out forms with Mexican passports in the frame
Immigration
Nixon and Reagan tried closing the border to pressure Mexico — here’s what happened
Close up of cannabis plants seen in a greenhouse at the headquarters of AGES agency in Vienna, Austria.
Health & Medicine
Thailand approves medical pot in small step away from US-backed drug war
coca leaves in a man's hands in Colombia
Business, Economics and Jobs
A push to legalize coca leaf production in Colombia
A portrait of inmate Carmela Rodriguez Reyes in Mexico.
Conflict
Women filling Mexico’s prisons are the ‘lowest rungs of the drug trade’
Remy Fernandez
Conflict
The Catholic Church defies Philippine President Duterte
There are close to 1,100 patients at Manila's Bicutan Rehabilitation Center, double its maximum capacity.
Justice
How to rehabilitate addicts in the Philippines’ vicious drug war?
Thai meth
Justice
Thailand is moving closer to decriminalizing meth
Jennelyn Olayres hold her husband’s dead body, Michael Siaron, an alleged drug pusher killed by unidentified gunman in Pasay City south of Manila.
Conflict
The war on drugs in the Philippines is leaving hundreds dead in the streets
Jennelyn Olayres hold her husband’s dead body, Michael Siaron, an alleged drug pusher killed by unidentified gunman in Pasay City south of Manila.
Conflict
The war on drugs in the Philippines is leaving hundreds dead in the streets
The entrance of a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, is seen in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 12, 2015.
Conflict
Two guys risk their lives to get an interview with ‘El Chapo’
Global Politics
Holder, citing prison overcrowding, overrides some mandatory minimum sentences
Global Politics
Researcher urges U.S. officials to rethink drug policy
Quietly shifting the war on drugs
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Obama Visits Mexico, With Focus on Trade and Immigration, Not Drugs
Conflict & Justice
‘Outlandish’ Stories from Mexico’s Drug War
Conflict & Justice
Mexicans Lament Omission of Drug War in US Presidential Debate
Don’t Mention It: The War On Drugs with Eugene Jarecki
Global Politics
Cuba and Drugs to Dominate Summit of the Americas
DEA Agents Launder Mexican Drug Money as Part of the War on Drugs
Ioan Grillo on Mexico’s Violent Drug Industry
Why We’re Losing the War on Drugs (And How to Win It)
Business, Economics and Jobs
Global Drug Panel Says War on Drugs a Failure
Conflict & Justice
US, Mexico to meet on drug war strategy
Conflict & Justice
Smuggling drugs in submarines
Anti-Cocaine Herbicides Impact Colombian’s Health
Mexico Drug Gangs Attack Rehab Clinics
Global Politics
Obama’s Drug Czar on Fighting Illegal and Legal Drugs
Ending the War on Drugs
Conflict & Justice
Race, drugs and the changing face of the prison population
Global Politics
The Merida Initiative: The United States takes the War on Drugs to Mexico
Conflict & Justice
Shootout in Mexico’s drug war
Conflict & Justice
Mexico’s drug war
Thailand’s second war on drugs
The World – Episode 20071119 – US plan to help Mexico’s drug war