Homemade Submarines Up The Drug Smuggling Ante
Military checkpoints line the long and winding road from the airport in Cali, Colombia, to the coastal city of Buenaventura.
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Web Opens Up Fresh Drug Market in Europe
A new front is opening in the war on drugs, with the internet emerging as an option to buy a plethora of hallucinogenics and synthetic drugs, according to the EU's drugs watchdog, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).
No Cannabis App For Canadian iPhones
A application for the Apple iPhone that locates medical marijuana dispensaries won't be available in Canada, where med-pot laws are absurd and obstructive.
Device Offers a Roadside Dope Test
The system uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect traces of cocaine, heroin, cannabis, and methamphetamine.
Stone Me: An iPhone App to Find Marijuana
New location-based software allows users to find legal medical suppliers in the US.
Drones Join the War Against Drugs
The US military's army of robotic drones is 7,000 units strong - and now being prepared for the drug war.
New Drug War Strategy Focuses on Weapons and Cash
The Obama administration plans to use a combination of new technology and old-fashioned police work to crack down on the extensive drug trade along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Airships To Be Used In Battle On Drugs
They were known as Zeppelins and “blimps”, they were used as bombers in the first World War and for several decades later, they provided first-class air travel until the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. Now the application of the airship design to monitor offshore drug-smuggling and for remote sensing is being discussed at a European conference in Galway.
$2-Million Texas Surveillance System Nets 500 Lbs of Pot
Expensive new 'citizen surveillance system' on Mexican border makes internet viewers 'virtual deputies'
Net Cast Over Drug Growers
Police are increasingly relying on Google Earth to identify cannabis crops
