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In 2007, police seized $207 million from the Chinese-Mexican businessman Zhenli Ye Gon. Could he be the weirdest trafficker in the entire history of the War on Drugs?

This is the story of Chris “Dudus” Coke, the drug lord who became the secret “President” of Jamaica.

Corruption, institutional racism and ‘slave labour’ is a problem in many prisons around the world. An ex-convict in the UK tells us about his experiences.

Drugs journalist JS Rafaeli interviews author Michael Pollan about mind-altering plants and why some are illegal, and some aren’t.

In August 2019, Thailand became one of the first countries in Asia to legalize medical cannabis. But some patients in need of cannabis medication still turn away from this legal channel, and go underground for stronger doses to treat their condition.

Who are the Mexican drug cartels? How did they develop? How did the War on Drugs turn them into billion dollar empires, capable of paramilitary style violence?

The former head of a drugs gang reveals how he made millions by building up his reputation, evading authorities and, at times, using violence.

With cannabis legalisation sweeping across North America, we look at the issues of social justice and equality needed to get the process right and fair.

Cannabis investors are flocking to Lebanon to capitalize on the recent legalization of medicinal cannabis.

Vanessa Lavorato is in her home kitchen in San Francisco making THC infused cheese crackers.

The War on Drugs has failed, but legalisation is going to be a complex process. We explore what legal heroin, cocaine and ecstasy might actually look like.

From 'face-eating cannibals on monkey dust' to people on bath salts 'ripping out their scrotum' to 'crack babies', the tabloid press is full of made up drug stories. Why?