America's Drug Story - The Forces Behind Our Drug Crises
Bernardo J. Rico| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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Murder in the Tropics: What the Drug Trade Leaves Behind
There’s not much happening on farms like Los Cocos in the steamy jungles of the Petén, 264 miles north of Guatemala City. Not today, or in 2011. Peasants work as day laborers on palm oil plantations or tend cattle ranches, carved out of the...
Drugs in Paradise
With The American High: The Drug Crises Reshaping a Nation now complete, I want to use this Substack to share some of the stories behind the book—not only passages that made the final manuscript, but also material I hated to cut along the w...
Does America Really Have a Marijuana Problem?
As the DEA’s marijuana rescheduling hearings get underway this week, the question is no longer whether cannabis has entered the American mainstream. It has. The question is whether the country understands what it has already normalized.
Th...
Is America’s Drug Crisis Really Over?
I’ve been quiet for a while because I decided to finish my book before returning to Substack. In the meantime, the story I’ve been writing keeps unfolding.
Many Americans today are breathing a sigh of relief. Overdose deaths fell signifi...
How a Lunch Break Changed My Life
Thank you, dear readers, for your patience last month while I prioritized working to finish my book over Substack. And a huge thanks to , acclaimed author & journalist on all things Mexican Drug Cartels, for recognizing my work in his newsl...
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Bernardo is a drug policy expert and former senior U.S. government official and banker. His work spans drug markets, governance, and Latin America. He is the author of the forthcoming book The American High: The Drug Crises Reshaping a Nation.
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