Speaking Out on Heroin Plague Addiction Claimed Their Son, Took Toll on Family

Speaking out on heroin plague Addiction claimed their son, took toll on family
Years later, they learned that was the year he had discovered cocaine and oxycodone, a powerful opioid prescription painkiller. … When she was home, he would ask for rides and money, but she would refuse, knowing he wanted help getting heroin. “I … Read more on Eagle-Tribune

US Indicts Son of Suriname's President for DrugTrafficking
NEW YORK — Panamanian authorities arrested Dino Delano Bouterse, the son of the president of Suriname, and turned him over to U.S. authorities to face charges that he conspired to import cocaine into the United States, according to Preet Bharara, the … Read more on Latin American Herald Tribune

Guinea-Bissau and the South Atlantic Cocaine Trade
The counternarcotics programs are valuable, helping authorities intercept drug traffickers associated with the Shining Path terrorist group—a Peruvian Maoist insurgency now deeply entangled in the cocaine trade—eradicate coca crops, and improve … Read more on Center For American Progress