Other lucrative plants like coffee and chocolate are grown in multiple locations.
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Angel Marcloid of Fire-Toolz on the voyages of a digital native
Current musical obsessions of Resonance Series cocurator Ben Baker Billington, Angel Marcloid of Fire-Toolz, and the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti
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Is state’s attorney Anita Alvarez protecting public safety—or an obstacle to justice?
The race to be Cook County’s top prosecutor gets under way with questions about fairness and incarceration.
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Cook County state’s attorney: Time to lay off the pot prosecutions
State’s attorney Anita Alvarez says her office will try to send people caught with small amounts of cannabis and hard drugs into treatment instead of jail.
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UPDATE: Drug trafficking Flores twins sentenced to 14 years
The most prolific traffickers in Chicago’s history receive relatively light sentences.
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Did Rahm live up to his campaign promises on public safety?
By blaming legislators for weak gun laws, Mayor Emanuel has ducked questions about his policing strategies.
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Alleged Sinaloa cartel leader gets 22 years for bringing cocaine into Chicago
Judge Ruben Castillo says the sentence for Alfredo Vazquez-Hernandez, an alleged cartel coordinator, should be seen as a “message.”
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Struggling businessman or lieutenant for Chapo Guzman and the Sinaloa cartel?
Alfredo Vasquez-Hernandez, accused of being a coordinator for the cartel, is set to be sentenced in federal court in Chicago.
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A fix from Mayor Emanuel for the state’s drug laws
A political ploy is also a sensible drug reform.
Posted inCity Life
What lies at the bottom of the Playpen, Chicago’s floating daytime clubland
What lies at the bottom of the Playpen, Chicago’s floating daytime clubland
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Marijuana legalization needs to be a gateway to broader drug reform
A new stance on pot can lead the nation’s retreat from its misguided drug war.
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The drug warrior
Chicago DEA special agent in charge Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming.
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When news of El Chapo Guzmán’s capture reached a federal prison
The capture of the Sinaloa cartel leader won’t stop the flow of drugs, says a west-sider locked up for selling heroin
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A look at how Chicago’s heroin trade has adapted and thrived for more than a century
Drug dealing hasn’t always been done in the open—but it has been going on for generations.
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Heroin, LLC
The open-air drug market on the west side thrives in the same way that legal businesses do.