Police-Community Tensions

A parallel event to the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development takes on the future of the Philippines drug war now that Duterte is gone.

With 2021 now receding in the rear view mirror, we look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly in the arena of drug policy around the world.

The Global Commission on Drug Policy has released a new report on how to most effectively target organized crime, and that includes moving toward legal, regulated drug markets.

In which we review two recent journalist efforts to understand the world of drug prohibition and drug culture.

The city by the bay has been a hotbed of illegal race-based policing. This is just the latest example.

If past experience is any guide, don't hold your breath waiting for justice.

Macho posturing to look tough on drugs probably isn't going to end well.

The FBI's latest Uniform Crime Report shows an increase in drug arrests last year, there's conflict in the coca fields in Colombia, British Columbia gets set to figure out how it's going to handle legal weed, and more.

The cop who killed Philando Castile was especially frightened because Castile smoked marijuana.