How the Drug Trade Drives Violence

Nick describes turf wars, gang violence, and how drug markets fuel homicides and organized crime in US cities.

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If a foreign organization kills more Americans every year than every war since Vietnam combined, is it terrorism? And if it’s terrorism, why isn’t the US treating it that way?

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