Questions for the Drug Czar Questions for the Drug Czar
On October 1, just one month before Californians voted on Proposition 19, Sasha Abramsky spoke by phone with Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Poli...
Dec 9, 2010 / Sasha Abramsky
First, They Came for WikiLeaks. Then… First, They Came for WikiLeaks. Then…
WikiLeaks has embraced the ethics that guide traditional news outlets' disclosure of secrets. It should be afforded the same protections.
Dec 9, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
Rebalancing Drug Policy Rebalancing Drug Policy
A special Nation forum, with contributions from Ethan Nadelmann, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, Tracy Velázquez, David Cole and Laura Carlsen.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Various Contributors
Breaking the Taboo Breaking the Taboo
The prospects for reforming drug policy have never been so good.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Ethan Nadelmann
Beyond the Fair Sentencing Act Beyond the Fair Sentencing Act
Congress's vote to scale back mandatory sentences for federal crack cocaine offenses was a watershed in the long campaign for better drug policy.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Marc Mauer
Decriminalizing Poverty Decriminalizing Poverty
America doesn't have a drug problem. It has a poverty problem.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Bruce Western
The Verdict on Drug Courts The Verdict on Drug Courts
Drug courts have helped some addicts recover. But they may be delaying expansion of treatment programs that will best reduce harms from addiction.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Tracy Velázquez
Restoring Lost Liberties Restoring Lost Liberties
The drug war has been waged not only on traffickers and users but on liberty and equality.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / David Cole
A New Model for Mexico A New Model for Mexico
The problem with the drug war in Mexico is not that it's unfunded. It's unwinnable.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Laura Carlsen
Altered State: California’s Pot Economy Altered State: California’s Pot Economy
Despite the defeat of Proposition 19, growers in California are expanding a profitable system for cultivating pot.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky