Nation Topics - Drug War and Drug Policy | The Nation

The national media have invented a drug-related crime wave that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.

Drug prohibition and unregulated guns gave us the Mexican drug wars.

The change in leadership at the New York state level seems poised to make a dramatic change to the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws.

The escalating war near America's southern border is driving embattled Mexicans to seek safety in the United States. What if the tide of violence follows them?

A look at President Obama's nominee for 'drug czar' with the Bruce Mirken from the Marijuana Policy Project.

Dope smokers take heart at Obama's stance on medical marijuana.

New York activists who oppose the state's repressive drug laws are optimistic about the new political landscape but unsure of whether politicians will embrace the necessary radical reforms.

Drug-related violence tearing Mexican society apart. Is America next?

Casting himself as tough on school crime as election day nears, Kentucky
Republican Representative Geoff Davis is pushing a measure that puts the
constitutional right of students at risk.

The drug war is the heir to Jim Crow: a form of widespread, legalized
discrimination.