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War On Drugs

Best Article Crime

A Heist on Time and a Half: Inside the Most Corrupt Squad in the Nation

“If you could put your own crew together and rob the biggest drug dealer you know, who would that drug dealer be?”

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Excerpted from I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Corrupt Police Squad.

Baynard Woods, Brandon Soderberg Crimereads Jul 2020 25min Permalink

Arts Crime

Unfinished Business

Isaiah Wall wants to get his life on track. But first, he’s gotta buy drugs for the police.

Mitch Ryals The Inlander Nov 2016 20min Permalink

Arts Crime History Music

The Hunting of Billie Holiday

How the singer became the target of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics’ early, racially-motivated war on drugs. </br></br>

Excerpted from Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.

Johann Hari Politico Magazine Jan 2015 20min Permalink

Born Illegal

The godfather of experimental psychedelics and his many occasionally imprisoned followers.

Charles Shaw Alternet Oct 2010 Permalink