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Looming Dutch Khat Ban Draws Criticism, Complaints

The Dutch government appears to be moving toward banning khat, which is used almost exclusively by the country's Somali immigrant community, but the move is being increasingly criticized.

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Review Essay: The Border and Mexico's Drug Wars

The literature of the Mexican drug war and the border continues to expand. Here, we look at four recent titles.

High-Ranking RI Lawmaker Faces Drug Charge

State Rep. Robert Watson (R-East Greenwich), the House Minority Leader, who criticized the Legislature by invoking the image of pot-smoking immigrants is facing drug charges in Connecticut.

230,000 Displaced by Mexico Drug Prohibition War, Half May Have Come to the United States

A new study by the Swiss-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Center that at least 230,000 people have been displaced in Mexico because of drug prohibition violence and that about half of them may have taken refuge in the United States.

Bryan Gonzalez (r) graduates from the Border Patrol Academy (Image courtesy Bryan Gonzalez via ACLU-NM)

Agent Fired for Legalization Views Sues Border Patrol

Can the Border Patrol fire an agent for saying he supports drug legalization? The federal courts will decide.

Mexico Massacre: How the Drug War is Pushing Cartels Into Human Trafficking

Drug traffickers are increasingly diversifying their illicit activities and targeting more than just rival criminal gangs.

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Drug Offenses 1/3 of US Criminal Deportations, DHS Says

The leading cause of deportation under the US government's criminal alien removal program is drug offenses, the Department of Homeland Security reports. Anything from being a cocaine kingpin to smoking a joint can get you deported.

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Mexico Drug War Update

The discovery of the bodies of 72 people, probably Central American immigrants, on a farm not far from the US border, is the latest gruesome "top that" moment in Mexico's unending prohibition-related violence.

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Congress Approves $600 Million for More Cops, Drones on Mexico Border [UPDATED]

Congress has just okayed spending $600 million for more drones, more ICE, more Border Patrol, more FBI, more DEA, more BATF, and more to "secure the border."

Court bars deportation over drugs

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