In the hardscrabble neighborhoods of Oakland, police are hunting for an elusive RB—a vehicle whispered to be in the possession of a prominent figure in the city’s drug trade.

Those caught in the grip of addiction, those who peddle it, and the officers tasked with policing it all describe Baltimore’s descent into what many now call “America’s heroin capital.”

Across the boundary to the south, those involved in the illicit drug trade employ any method imaginable to smuggle large quantities of marijuana into the United States.

With Memorial Day weekend drawing near in Chicago, police are working to remove firearms from circulation as illicit drug vendors anticipate a surge in customers.