All posts tagged "Cartels"

Economics

Oregon’s Illicit Cannabis Market is Booming

Industrial-scale illicit cannabis grow operations keep being raided by police in Oregon. So, why does the...

Politics

Drug War Dystopia Continues as Mexico Waits to Legalize Cannabis

Mexican lawmakers are predicting legal cannabis by the month’s end, and portraying it as a key...

Economics

Corporate vs. Campesino Cannabis on Eve of Legalization in Mexico

There is a discomforting sense that Mexico is perpetually on the eve of cannabis legalization, as...

Politics

El Chapo Found Guilty, But Prohibition-Fueled Violence Rages On

Notorious narco-lord "El Chapo" Guzmán was just convicted by a federal jury in New York. But Guzmán...

Politics

Study Says: Don’t Build a Border Wall, Legalize Cannabis Instead

A new report suggests that cannabis legalization has actually done more than security measures to reduce...

Culture

Netflix Hosts a ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Rooftop Party With Fake Cannabis

Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” includes one of television’s largest depictions of a cannabis farm, so the streaming...

Politics

Mexico Considers Legal Cannabis As Solution to Narco Crisis

Mexico's new president, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (known by his initials as AMLO), is pledging a...

Economics

The Greatest Billboard is a Legalization Billboard

Pot is patriotic. A red, white, and blue billboard is greeting drivers in Tempe, Arizona, with...

Politics

Zetas Leader Captured in Mexico

The Dallas Morning News reports that Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the head of the violent and...