At first, Luis F. Alarid seemed well on his way to becoming a customs agency success story. He had risen from a childhood of poverty and foster homes, some of them abusive, earned praise and commendations while serving in the Army and the...

These days, it seems like everyone is talking in earnest about marijuana legalization, once dismissed as little more than a Cheech and Chong pipe dream. Indeed, a new poll reveals that 53 percent of Americans now support ending...

This year and the preceding marked the worst financial crisis in American history. Some countries, like Britain, actually saw a bank run. Trillions has been lost and hundreds of billions spent to bailout bankrupt financial institutions for which...

MONTERREY, Mexico — At least 13 people were killed Friday in shootouts in northern Mexico between Mexican troops and gunmen, authorities said. An army official who spoke on condition of anonymity because is not authorized to speak to the media...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that cartels are seeking to control territory by sinking drug money into political campaigns and buying off officials before they are even elected. Calderon suggested reforms are needed to make...

At most colleges, marijuana is very much an extracurricular matter. But at Med Grow Cannabis College, marijuana is the curriculum: the history, the horticulture and the legal how-to’s of Michigan’s new medical marijuana...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview that crime gangs and drug cartels were “taking over Mexico” before he launched his offensive against them, and said the crackdown had achieved uneven results. Calderon’s...

For Yemenis, the mild narcotic qat is as much a part of life as an after-dinner drink in the West and, as with brandies, connoisseurs want the best varieties. But the trees that produce the most sought-after leaves are in a war zone. Mohammed...

Jesus Zambada Reyes, the young man at the tender age of 22, was recently found dead in a house in Mexico City. It was mentioned Zambada Reyes had, on numerous occassions, expressed his desire to die. After an official investigation the cause...

Opening a parliamentary conference on maternal and newborn health in Kampala yesterday, President Yoweri Museveni said rampant drug theft in Uganda was partly responsible for the high maternal and child mortality rates. “In Uganda, we have...