USA/Afghanistan. Trump’s Bombing Campaign Against Taliban Heroin Labs Quietly Fizzles A year-long bombing campaign that pitted some of America’s most high-tech Air Force fighter jets against primitive Taliban “heroin labs” has quietly ended ...

Has the decade-old war on drugs in Asia succeeded? Data shows that brutal anti-drug policies have failed to curb drug trade and use across Asia. (Al Jazeera, 23.02.2019) https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/war-drugs-asia-succeeded-19021816...

Philippinen. Rodrigo Duterte: Philippines president suggests deadly war on drug dealers will get even ‘bloodier’ Controversial leader pledges harsher crackdown to eradicate drugs. (The Independent, UK, 20.02.2019) https://www.independent.co.uk/n...

Myanmar/Burma. Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Myanmar hooked  KUTKAI, Myanmar: Mobs of stick-wielding church-goers in Myanmar's northeast would previously attack dealers and addicts in a desperate effort to save their communities fr...

Brasilien. 'It was execution': 13 dead in Brazil as state pushes new gang policy  Recent raid suggests police are implementing ‘shoot-to-kill’ tactics that Rio’s new governor campaigned on. (The Guardian, UK, 14.02.2019) https://www.theguar...

Mexiko. Mexico to try new tactics in search for those missing in drug war MEXICO CITY. Mexican officials on Monday presented a new plan to search for the tens of thousands of people who have disappeared during the country’s drug war, creating a n...