Drug Market

Drugs Displace Maize on Mexico’s Small Farms

By Emilio Godoy
As the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passes its 20-year milestone, Mexico is seeing the displacement of traditional crops like maize by marihuana and opium poppy as a result of falling prices for the country’s most important agricultural product.

Unregulated Drug Market Has Deadly Impact in Pakistan

By Zofeen Ebrahim
When 26-year-old Muhammad Qasim, a rickshaw driver from Lahore’s low-income Shahadra settlement, died last month, his family was shocked to learn that the cause of death was an overdose – of cough syrup.


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