Nation Topics - Drug War and Drug Policy | The Nation

Cablegate revealed just how far the US goes to drive Mexico’s counternarcotics operations.

The “most dangerous show on television” highlights our shredded social contract.

America sells pain to our southern neighbor and buys numbness in return.

Mexican poet and activist Javier Sicilia lost his son to a drug cartel. Now he’s part of a movement to end the drug wars.

The administration promised a sensible approach to drug policy. So why are the feds attacking the medical marijuana industry?

In the name of fighting drugs, the Obama administration has allied itself with a corrupt coup regime.

After four decades of a spectacularly unsuccessful and costly global war on drugs, it's time to say enough is enough.

The drug war in Mexico has hit affluent, formerly stable cities that were once protected from the violence. The US's role in this? Supplying the weapons and demanding the drugs.

When organized crime and drug violence came to Monterrey, the city turned to the military for help. It was a choice many would come to regret.