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Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

The Conversation

Study finds 11% of patients in cardiac intensive care have taken recreational drugs

Researchers conclude there is ‘potential value’ in testing heart patients’ urine for substances such as marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine

The Guardian - UK

‘You have to sacrifice your life’: the drug runners of Colombia’s rainforests

With few job prospects, young men in the jungle borderlands with Brazil risk everything in a marijuana trade that ultimately bankrolls dissident armed groups

The Guardian - UK

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What next for Ecuador after Fernando Villavicencio assassination?

“If someone messes with the people, he is messing with my family.”

The Week

‘I’m not afraid’: Ecuador’s assassinated presidential candidate who fought the cartels

Killing of Fernando Villavicencio ahead of elections comes as country struggles with surge in drug-related violence

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on murder in Ecuador: a tide of violence reaches new heights

Editorial: The killing of a presidential candidate has highlighted soaring homicide levels, as the cocaine trade booms in Latin America

The Guardian - UK

Boyz N the Hood to Cocaine Bear: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

John Singleton’s era-defining gangster classic is still a triumph, while there’s loads of pulpy pleasure to be had in this stark warning about what happens when large mammals gets off their gourd on gak

The Guardian - UK

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Horse identity jailed for plotting to import 'party drug' from Peru

The woman untangled herself from the conspiracy but only after she realised no big payday was coming.

Newcastle Herald

Dutch customs officials make record cocaine seizure worth 600 million euros

Customs authorities in Rotterdam have confiscated more than 8,000 kilograms (17,600 pounds) of cocaine, the largest seizure of the drug in the Netherlands

The Independent UK

How drugs can warp your sense of time

Imagine a world where you could control your sense of time. Where trips to the dentist flew by in a second and holidays felt like they lasted forever. Time altering pills may sound like science fiction but the time warping effects of psychoactive drugs suggest that deliberate time manipulation may…

The Conversation

Tampa mayor goes fishing and reels in 70-pound package of cocaine

Jane Castor is a former police chief who spent eight years working the narcotics beat. She just hauled in another $1.1 million catch.

Fortune

Tampa mayor catches $1.1m worth of cocaine on fishing trip

Jane Castor made discovery as she fished in Florida Keys with family

The Independent UK

7 best new horror movies to watch this month on Prime Video, Hulu and more

Escape the summer heat with these chilling horror movies coming to streaming in August, including Skinamarink, Saw and more.

Tom’s Guide

Tampa mayor catches $1.1m worth of cocaine on fishing trip

Jane Castor made discovery as she fished in Florida Keys with family

The Independent UK

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"I’d be thinking, Behind this cocaine, either someone is dead, or someone is going to be killed": That time a Los Angeles drug dealer asked former Deep Purple vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes to look after five kilos of coke

"You’d trip over cocaine in my house there was so much of it”: for Glenn Hughes, the late '80s were a dark time

Metal Hammer

"I could certainly see death in the rear view mirror." From being a "class clown" to beating cancer, the incredible life and career of Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson

Singer, pilot, fencer, beer brewer, businessman...there seemingly isn't anything Bruce Dickinson won't turn his hand to. This is his life story, in his own words

The Guardian - AU

Daylight shootings and a vast ‘labour force of organised crime’: the challenge of ending Sydney’s gangland war

A series of killings and gun violence have rocked a city with an already bloody criminal history

The Independent UK

Three arrested after cocaine worth 4.2 million euro seized in Cork

Two men in their 20s and one man in his 30s are being held at Cork Garda stations.

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Evening Standard

Dennis Quaid says religion helped him get through years of cocaine addiction

The 69-year-old ‘spiritual journey’ is detailed in his new gospel album

Evening Standard

OPINION - Cocaine busts in London record high: The Leader podcast

An Evening Standard investigation has revealed how cocaine seizures in London have soared over 1,500 per cent in the past decade.

Evening Standard

London taxi driver arrested near St Pancras on suspicion of supplying cocaine from his black cab

A black cab driver has been arrested near St Pancras station in London on suspicion of supplying cocaine from his taxi.

Evening Standard

OPINION - ‘Cocaine is a dangerous drug that’s become a dinner party standing dish’

Nobody has a single line of cocaine, writes Dr David McLaughlan

Evening Standard

Cocaine Capital: record London seizures by police but number of arrests tumbles

‘Teenagers are being stabbed to death in turf wars for someone’s weekend cocaine treat,’ said one social worker

The Conversation

Opioids and cocaine are a deadly combination – and 'polydrug' deaths are rising

Drug deaths in the US involving both opioids and cocaine have increased dramatically in the past decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Reason

Congressman Talks Smack About Bitcoin Creator 'Saratoshi Nagamoto'

If you're getting Satoshi's name wrong, you might not know what you're talking about.

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