Obama Takes a Crack at Drug Reform Obama Takes a Crack at Drug Reform
A new law narrows the gap in cocaine sentencing and signals a shift in priorities.
Aug 26, 2010 / Feature / Ethan Nadelmann
Is This the End of the War on Crime? Is This the End of the War on Crime?
The era of "Lock 'em up and throw away the key" seems, slowly, to be drawing to a close.
Jun 16, 2010 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Los Angeles Law Shows US Trending Toward Drug Liberalization Los Angeles Law Shows US Trending Toward Drug Liberalization
The progressive trend towards comprehensive drug law reform continues.
May 7, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Caught in the Crossfire Caught in the Crossfire
For students in a small Texas border town, drug violence offers frequent lessons on the failure of the "war on drugs."
May 2, 2010 / Nathaniel Parish Flannery
Marijuana, Boom and Bust Marijuana, Boom and Bust
As laws and DEA enforcement strategies change, so, too, do the fortunes of Northern California's Humboldt County.
Mar 31, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The War Against the ‘War on Drugs’ The War Against the ‘War on Drugs’
Economic necessity and shifting mores are changing the nation's approach to incarceration.
Jun 17, 2009 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
The Dark Side of Plan Colombia The Dark Side of Plan Colombia
Is Plan Colombia subsidizing narco-traffickers to cultivate biofuels on stolen lands?
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Teo Ballvé
The Border Violence Myth The Border Violence Myth
The national media have invented a drug-related crime wave that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Gabriel Arana
Blowback at the Border Blowback at the Border
Drug prohibition and unregulated guns gave us the Mexican drug wars.
Apr 15, 2009 / Feature / Peter Schrag
‘Drop the Rock’: Repeal Unfair Drug Laws ‘Drop the Rock’: Repeal Unfair Drug Laws
The change in leadership at the New York state level seems poised to make a dramatic change to the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws.
Mar 30, 2009 / Brett Story