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A farmer cleans a coca crop in Cauca, Colombia, on Jan. 27, 2017.
Economics
UN reaches a deal to help rid Colombia of cocaine
Recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers at the hangar belonging to the office of the Attorney General in Mexico City
Justice
Mexico just extradited drug lord ‘El Chapo’ to the US
Ali Nasri Shamas holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle outside his hashish factory in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Shamas says the region's hash growers are ready to turn their weapons against any Islamic militants crossing the border from Syria.
Conflict
Lebanon’s drug lords say they’re ready to join the fight against ISIS
Conflict & Justice
Uruguay becomes the first nation to oversee a fully legal marijuana market
Men playing in a band carrying weapons in the desert
Arts, Culture & Media
Drug lords pay this Mexican-American singer to write their ballads
Crystal methamphetamine
Conflict & Justice
So when did North Korea become a player in the blue meth trade?