In the grotesque wars that pit Mexican armed forces and drug cartels against each other and civilians who get in their way, the Zetas cartel plays a fearsome role.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. In this episode: CC Editor Jeremiah Vandermeer discusses the latest Drug War news including the Vancouver Insite Supreme Court decision, worsening violence in Mexico, and the Canadian Conservatives' dangerous new crime bill.
Thousands of people have disappeared without a trace amid the ongoing drug war in Mexico. Their families are now demanding action from the Mexican government.
The bodies of a man and a woman were found hanging from a pedestrian overpass in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo this week with notes threatening similar action against other “Internet snitches.” WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES
The US is the dominant force of the drug war -- and when our nation backs down from its eternal pipe dream, the rest of the world is certain to follow.
An inquiry into the death of a Drumheller, Alta., inmate who overdosed behind bars has left a judge, who wrote the report, to conclude the fight to eliminate illegal drug use simply "cannot be won."