How much rainforest does it take for one celebrity to snort another one under the table? Nick Kettles investigates the devastating environmental impact of cocaine use.
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Revellers at Glastonbury are peeing so much MDMA and cocaine into the river it is endangering wildlife.
… at Glastonbury are peeing so much MDMA and cocaine into the river it is endangering … that during the festival, levels of MDMA and cocaine in the water were so high it could be … from the site. They also discovered that cocaine concentrations rose to levels known to …
New documentary on indigenous rights and the future of the Amazon launches online.
… and has links to illegal gold mining, cocaine trafficking and modern day slavery. … is there a plan to protect the community from cocaine traffickers and illegal loggers? The … and has links to illegal gold mining, cocaine trafficking and modern day slavery. …
The explosive growth of Afghanistan's heroin production after the Taliban brought the trade to a halt should be no surprise, writes Mike Whitney. It's all part of a lucrative plan whose real objective is to create global instability, disrupt social movements, facilitate resource colonialism, and justify the US's perpetual military presence in far flung corners of the world.
… ... "Many people are vaguely aware that cocaine production and trafficking took off in … in the 1980s, what caused the Latin American cocaine trade to explode was the CIA's … themselves became heavily involved in the cocaine trade, as did the various right-wing …
The exuberance of childhood celebrated in books such as Just William is now frowned upon as inappropriate behaviour, resulting in more and more children being prescribed behavioural drugs. Rachel Ragg investigates
… as the street drugs amphetamine (‘speed’) and cocaine. Because Ritalin is swallowed in … form, it works over a much longer period than cocaine – so while it doesn’t have the sudden ‘hit’ of cocaine, its effects are the same. Never mind …
Colombia is the world’s most biodiverse country by area, but its rich forested ecosystems are facing existential threats.
… up funding itself mostly through the illicit cocaine and gold trades, with some … gold mining. Coca - the base ingredient of cocaine and a sacred medicinal plant for many … generating more money than the notorious cocaine trade for the FARC, ELN, and certain …
We were sitting chatting outside our home when two small planes flew over very low. We went down to our fields to see what was happening. My husband said, “Look, they’re dropping poison on our land.”
… eradicate coca, the raw material from which cocaine is extracted. Thousands of peasant … It all goes to show that, while demand for cocaine remains high on the streets of New … coca, produces leaves with a higher cocaine content, and, most important of all, …
A global policy around prohibiting plants - such as cannabis, coca and opium - undermines work to reduce their environmental impacts.
… of drought. New transhipment routes for cocaine trafficking from the Andean region in … have been extraordinary ineffective as global cocaine production and consumption have only …
As plans go ahead for the UK’s first new nuclear plant in twenty years, Edgar Vaid reviews a film that takes a look at the issues surrounding the use of nuclear power by our neighbours across the Channel ...
… the most pervasive drug in France nowadays? Cocaine? Heroin? Crystal Meth? Using a …
A unique, all female anti-poaching unit has transformed the conservation picture in South Africa's Kruger National Park, writes Anneka Svenska. In just three years the Black Mambas have cut poaching by more than 75%, removed over 1,000 snares, and become role models for local youth. And this weekend they arrive in the UK to collect Helping Rhinos' 'Innovation in Conservation' Award.
… its horn, carrying a street value higher than cocaine? Seems strange that this inept …
The trade ban on rhino horn is not working, writes Keith Somerville. But non-lethally and sustainably harvested rhino horn can earn income to encourage breeders, pay rangers and anti-poaching teams, provide surveillance and supply wider benefits that will gain the support of people around parks, reserves and ranches.
… and is worth more by weight than diamonds or cocaine. Over the past nine years 5,940 …
Too fat, too thin, too sad, too happy... Whatever the problem Biotech is developing a vaccine or a pill to cure us. Mark White examines the consequences of a world where all our worries can be medicated away.
… toilet left in the land without a residue of cocaine smeared across the nearest flat … of an upsurge in love. Rats exposed to cocaine will keep on self-administering the …
A controversial new road is tearing through the most biodiverse place in Peru’s Amazon rainforest, bringing conflict and destruction. For one indigenous group, desperate for change, it also brings hope.
… The road will also bring an increase in cocaine trafficking, deepening the …
The 'war on drugs' is presented as a necessary battle against social evils, writes Benjamin Ramm. But from the Andes to the Caribbean, prohibition has criminalised both religious and cultural expression. And it's a war that is strictly for the global poor: people in Colorado can grow pot - so why not Colombians?
… is classed as a narcotic drug on a par with cocaine. In 2016, the EU still refuses to …
Colombia is now closer than ever to finding a peaceful resolution to generations of violence. With so much to gain in a post-conflict world - as much for the Colombian people as for their environment - the sudden prospect of losing it all will make for tense months ahead writes FOREST RAY
… is one of the planet's greatest sources of cocaine, which is derived from the coca leaf. …
Christmas has become a festival of consumerism, rather than giving and family. So how do we fulfil the social expectation to find perfect, novel presents without sending more plastic to landfill. BRENDAN MONTAGUE and LAURA BRIGGS try and find some nice stuff that might just be a little more sustainable.
… initiative encouraging growers to abandon cocaine as a crop and grow cocoa instead. … It also shows new farmers, switching from cocaine , the basics…They also run a school …
WHO's official recognition of the health damage caused by glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide, is having ramifications around the world, writes Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji. National governments are moving to restrict the chemical, campaigns to ban it are intensifying, and now 'Roundup Ready' GMO crops are coming under the regulatory spotlight.
… has been ineffective in eradicating illegal cocaine production, but has instead caused …
Although arguably reductive in its initial analysis, Fleeing Vesuvius is a refreshingly uncompromising critique on almost every aspect of current global trends
… detrimental choices like heroin and crack-cocaine as opposed caffeine) to the …