Plan Colombia Plan Colombia
Wrong issue, wrong enemy, wrong country.
Mar 1, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper
The Reel Drug War The Reel Drug War
Steven Soderbergh's Traffic—for all its flaws—illustrates how the United States' is deluding itself in its crusade against drugs.
Jan 18, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Michael Massing
This Is Your Country on Drugs This Is Your Country on Drugs
Our drug laws, like those concerning voting, reveal bias and backward thinking.
Dec 14, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Measures That Mattered Measures That Mattered
As the media obsessed over the seesaw presidential poll, voters across the country quietly made their choices on more than 200 disparate ballot measures and initiatives. For prog...
Nov 10, 2000 / Marc Cooper
Taking the Initiatives Taking the Initiatives
In Michigan, it's a battle over school vouchers. In Alaska the fight is over medical marijuana. Nebraskans are being asked to outlaw civil unions. In Colorado, Amendment 25 would...
Oct 26, 2000 / The Editors
Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol
What if First Daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush had been caught lighting up a joint? Would the respectable media play down that story the way they have the Bush children's illegal...
Jun 5, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Marijuana Made Easy Marijuana Made Easy
For more than half a century, the US government has maintained a hard line on marijuana, denying that the plant has any medical value at all.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Cynthia Cotts
The Road to Reform The Road to Reform
Nearly everyone seems to agree that the war on drugs has been a disaster, but little progress in ending it has been made.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Carol A. Bergman
Beyond the Drug War Beyond the Drug War
Most of the media regard the coy refusal of George W.
Sep 2, 1999 / The Editors
The Rest of Them Are Clean The Rest of Them Are Clean
Elizabeth Dole won't break the law.
McCain has scored no coke.
The thought of Hatch with smack or crack
Is palpably baroque.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin