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Afghanistans Taliban rulers have clamped down on the decades-old, lucrative trade in poppy tar - the psychoactive substance in heroin -since surging back to power two years ago.

The simon city royals. >> how far up in the organization did you get? >> i become a central mississippi regional captain. there wasnt any rank higher back then. >> as mississippi captain, benny was in charge of hundreds of royals, running a bustling meth trade throughout central mississippi. he had made it to the top. >> i had notoriety. i had respect and love from gang members, organization members, and they put me on a pedestal and made me feel greater than. you know what i mean? i had thought...

Then. >> as mississippi captain, benny was in charge of hundreds of royals, running a bustling meth trade throughout central mississippi. he had made it to the top. >> i had notoriety. i had respect and love from gang members, organization members, and they put me on a pedestal and made me feel greater than. you know what i mean? i had thought i had the highest stature that i could ever accomplish. it was a very proud feeling. >> what do the simon city royals mean to you? >> it was my life. i gu...

>> how far up in the organization did you get? >> i become a central mississippi regional captain. there want any rank higher back then. >> as mississippi captain, benny was in charge of hundreds of royals, running a bustling meth trade throughout central mississippi. he had made it to the top. >> i had notoriety. i had respect and love from gang members, organization members, and they put me on a pedestal and made me feel greater than. you know what i mean? i had thought i had the highest statu...

This incident is making headlines both sides of the border. convoy of 41 cops picking up a woman to testify as a victim of domestic violence were in a village when members of a drug cartel ambushed the cops, killing 13, injuring three. national guard is hunting for those responsible. deadly violence in mexico not new but the new president of mexico ran on a platform called hugs, not bullets. and promised to decriminalize many drug crimes as a way to end this seemingly drug war that takes more th...

>> i was. >> but you didnt have a license? >> no. >> okay. >> after a few minutes of interrogation, nash confesses to buying pseudoephedrine. >> i bought a box. >> where is it? >> where is it? >> yeah. what did you do with it? >> its gone. >> did you sell it? >> yeah. >> in the meth trade people like nash are called smurfs. their job to gather pills and sell them to broker and cooks. >> how about we talk in the ac away from everybodys eyes. you want to do that. >> book him hes ready to talk. im ...

>> i was. >> but you didnt have a license? >> no. >> okay. >> after a few minutes of interrogation, nash confesses to buying sudaphedrine. >> i bought a box. >> what? >> i bought a box. >> where is it? >> its gone. >> did you sell it? >> yeah. >> in the meth trade, people like insure are kuled s ee eed >> oim going to let the other two go.

Work with him again. >> one thing that fascinated me is the new yorker wrote a piece called the uncanally accurate depiction of the meth trade in "breaking bad." how did you get all those details just right? >> google has been a big help. >> xwoog l? >> come on. google. >> seriously. seriously. >> there you go. very interesting. >> search engines and what not. it is amazing what you can find out there. and the dea, since the show has gone on the air, has been a great help to us. they have an off...

On the face, the rotted out teeth. i grew up in the crack era. and this is different. meth is a whole new ball game from crack. >> whats the difference? >> to me, its more money, its cheaper to make, and people stay higher longer. >> they wont -- it wont last long. gangbangers wont let them sell meth? >> why? >> because it takes away from the crack deals. >> but theres one market where the meth trade is thriving, with no signs of letting up. the gay community. >> meth or -- >> no. all my boys th...

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