Nation Topics - Drug War and Drug Policy | The Nation

Obama’s attorney general promised a new approach to criminal justice—but prosecutors can still block meaningful change.

All wars have their bards, and Mexico’s ongoing narco wars are no exception.

The school-to-prison pipeline has emerged quickly, but the corrosive effect of criminalizing children will be felt for generations to come.

After election day victories in Colorado and Washington, marijuana legalization activists are gearing up for more.

Cases like that of Weldon Angelos, who was given a fifty-five-year sentence for selling marijuana, cry out for mercy. But calls for clemency have fallen on deaf ears.

The unwinnable war transforms a freedom-loving republic into a freedom-fearing national security state.

Along with marijuana decriminalization in other states, the success of Proposition 36 in California is a ray of hope for those trapped in the abyss of the War on Drugs.

Along with marijuana decriminalization in other states, the success of Proposition 36 in California is a ray of hope for those trapped in the abyss of the War on Drugs.

Turnout for a popular ballot measure that would fully legalize marijuana could determine whether Obama or Romney wins this important swing state.

More than 100 activists are traveling from the Mexican border to Washington, DC, to push the US to reconsider failed drug policies.