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Duterte’s bloody drug war was really a war on the poor

Duterte’s bloody drug war was really a war on the poor

The former Philippine president’s crimes have finally caught up with him. But his war was never about the drugs

22.03.2025 9

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Trump’s plan to wage war with cartels will backfire, experts say

Calling drug cartels “terrorists” is a failure to understand how the drug war really works

15.03.2025 40

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Indigenous groups demand coca leaves be legalized. Will the world listen?

Colombia's president says cocaine is "no worse" than whiskey as global efforts to "decolonize" the plant spread

09.03.2025 10

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

The gospel according to Amanita muscaria, the world’s most charismatic mushroom

This poisonous, psychedelic fungi is the latest wellness kick — and may have even inspired many major religions

21.02.2025 20

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Bihar, India banned alcohol nine years ago. It's failing just like American Prohibition

Banning booze in Bihar has empowered gangs and illicit markets in an echo of the 1920s. Here's what went wrong

02.02.2025 20

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

America rejected MDMA, but Australia didn’t. Here’s why psychedelics have been embraced Down Under

Australia recently became the first country to legalize both MDMA and psilocybin-assisted psychiatric therapy

28.01.2025 10

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Sudan’s gruesome civil war has a new driving force: the meth trade

In October, a member of the Reddit community r/meth, an online hub for methamphetamine enthusiasts, went viral for a series of posts purporting to...

20.12.2024 7

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Russia’s dark web markets prove the drug war can’t be won

Puff-Puff (or Khapochka, meaning a short drag from a joint or a cigarette) is a young, beautiful (insofar as I can tell behind her mask) woman in...

14.11.2024 4

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

As heroin in Afghanistan dries up, Europe could face an overdose crisis like the U.S.

For anyone living in America, the nightmarish shift in a contaminated drug supply is all too familiar. For roughly two decades, the United States...

19.10.2024 7

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Why Thailand legalized marijuana — and then almost banned it again

In sticky, sweaty Bangkok, there seemed to be more weed shops than there were Buddhist temples — and there were a lot of temples. Some shops were...

07.08.2024 10

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Runaway British Gangster Is Africa’s Least Likely Do-Gooder

“I’ve wasted 17 years of my life in prison since I was a kid. I used to sit there thinking: Is this all my life is, to be fucking resigned to jail?...

03.08.2024 2

The Daily Beast

Niko Vorobyov