Battling a drug epidemic, particularly with opioids, is not a new thing for Yakima authorities. Long before issues with methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and prescription opioids, Yakima’s police and ...
Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium, Lucy Inglis, Pegasus Books, February 2019, 464 pages. Opioid drugs—including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioids—were responsible for nearly 50,000 ...
Despite the U.S. spending approximately $8.97 billion over the past two decades trying to eradicate Afghanistan’s illegal drug trade, it remains the world’s biggest supplier of illicit opium and the ...