Drug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentNoboa’s Re-Election Means No End To Ecuador’s Drug WarNarcosis.Apr 29, 2025A 16-year-old boy, alongside his 17-year-old accomplice, sped down the streets in Jipijapa, southern Ecuador, leaving behind a brutal crime…
Drug PolicyTwo Months In, A Deeper Look at The Thistle, Glasgow’s Drug Consumption RoomNarcosis.Mar 17, 2025Scotland has been making the news for the past year on several headlines. First, as the capital of drug-related deaths…
Drug TraffickingStimulantsAfter Assad; What Next for Syria’s Captagon?Narcosis.Jan 14, 2025As Bashar al-Assad flees for Russia, Syrian rebel groups – primarily the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – have…
Drug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentOther DrugsStimulantsNew Report Highlights Syrian Drug Use During Civil WarNarcosis.Nov 27, 2024Despite tough laws and cultural taboos, drug use is a reality across the Middle East. From captagon ravers in the…
Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingCan Petro’s ‘Total Peace’ Plan Protect Colombia’s Civilians?Narcosis.May 27, 2024Colombian president Gustavo Petro campaigned on a plan to end the war on drugs and bring peace to the country.…
Drug TraffickingFog of War: The Challenges of Reporting on Narco-Violence in MexicoNarcosis.Apr 10, 2024Beheadings. Hanging bodies. Torture. More torture. Shootouts. Shootout aftermath. Twitter. Telegram. Instagram. Facebook. Reddit. This is what it feels like…
Coca & CocaineDrug TraffickingShifting Geopolitics: How Cocaine Production is Moving into EuropeNarcosis.Jan 31, 2024Cocaine labs are typically hidden amidst the thick, humid jungles of the Andean mountain range, awash with mosquitos and the…
Drug TraffickingDrugs & Development“I Feel Like a God”: Drones in the Modern Drug WarNarcosis.Nov 28, 2023“Sometimes I feel like a God hurling thunderbolts from afar,” one US soldier commented, regarding the god-like power drone operators…
Coca & CocaineDrug Trafficking“Las Bestias” : The Armoured Vehicles of the Mexican Drug WarNarcosis.Sep 7, 2023In mid-June of this year, Mexican armed forces destroyed 14 armoured vehicles belonging to drug trafficking groups. These armoured vehicles,…