Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along
Imperialism and illicit drugs commonly go together. However, with Taliban opium eradication efforts in full effect, heroin is in short supply, and experts fear that a new fentanyl crisis could be brewing in the US.
$325M in royalty payments to NIH scientists included Chinese and Russian firms
National Institutes of Health scientists raked in more than $325 million in royalties from Chinese and Russian entities — as well as pharmaceutical companies — over more than a decade,...
The decay of social norms and status quo systems triggering an authoritarian tightening of the screws is a well-worn pattern throughout human history...