Cocaine Replaces Ideology as Driver of Colombian War
Colombia's decades-long struggle between left-wing rebels and right-wing paramilitaries and the government has devolved into a fight primarily motivated by drug money.
Violent Crime Up in U.S.; Meth Gets Some Blame
The U.S. violent-crime rate continued to climb in the first half of 2006, and federal officials placed some of the blame on rising use of methamphetamine.
Biggest U.S. Cash Crop: Marijuana
The annual marijuana crop harvested in the U.S. is now the nation's most valuable, worth more than cultivation of corn and wheat combined, according to an analysis by the former head of the legalization group NORML.
