All of Colombia's Marijuana Is 'Creepy,' Until It Isn't
COLOMBIA
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13 FEB 2023
Seizures of creepy marijuana from Colombia are popping around Latin America. But is the situation as creepy as it looks?…
All About Marijuana
NEWS
MARIJUANA
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13 DEC 2022
The legalization of marijuana at the state level in the US has forced organized crime groups in Mexico to adapt and look for new markets.
CHAPITOS
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6 DEC 2022
In response to changes in the international marijuana trade, Mexico-based drug trafficking groups have shifted their strategies.
MARIJUANA
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6 DEC 2022
The shift from plant-based to synthetic drugs has upended the relationship between small farmers and crime groups in Mexico’s Golden Triangle.
CHAPITOS
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6 DEC 2022
Local drug sales in Sinaloa’s capital city are controlled by one of the most notorious and powerful organized crime families in Mexico.
MARIJUANA
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6 DEC 2022
Today, most of the marijuana consumed in the United States is produced domestically, changing the game in the international drug market.
BRAZIL
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8 SEP 2022
Brazil's largest gang, the PCC, could be trying to take over the marijuana business in neighboring Paraguay.
BRAZIL
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1 AUG 2022
Brazil’s cocaine and marijuana markets were affected very differently by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ARGENTINA
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5 JUL 2022
Why did drug trafficking enjoy such a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic…
COCAINE
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7 JUN 2022
A Mexican drug trafficking ring with connections to cartels operated marijuana plantations and cocaine processing labs in Spain, displaying how Mexican crime groups continue to embed themselves in Europe's booming…
ELITES AND CRIME
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20 MAY 2022
Political assassinations, record drug seizures, gang wars – an avalanche of criminal concerns in Paraguay are coalescing around the city of Pedro Juan Caballero on the border with Brazil.
CHILE
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30 MAR 2022
The most recent bust occurred in the province of Choapa, outside the coastal city of Coquimbo. Authorities seized 8,600 marijuana plants, valued at more than 46 billion Chilean pesos. Just…
ARGENTINA
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18 FEB 2022
A colossal seizure of more than 10,000 cannabis plants in the western provinces of Salta and Jujuy in Argentina provides evidence that marijuana growers are trying to spread the illicit…
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