The president goes to the UN to try to push global drug policy backward. (Creative Commons/Gage Skidmore)
Trump's Terrible, No Good Plan to Gin Up Worldwide Drug War [FEATURE]
Heâs at the UN to call for a more regressive global drug policy.
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Colombia peasand farmer in his coca field. (DEA)
Chronicle AM: Coalition to Fight House "Drug War" Provision, Colombia Coca Crop at Record High, More... (9/20/18)
A provision in the House opioid bill that would let the attorney general set sentences for synthetic drug offenses generates opposition, Colombia's coca production was at record levels last year, the DEA has okayed the import of Canadian marijuana for research purposes, and more.
Trump wants more drug war. (Creative Commons/Wikimedia)
Chronicle AM: Trump Vows to Win Drug War, Sessions Rejects Marijuana Legalization, More... (3/1/17)
The Trump administration's posture toward drug and marijuana reform is becoming evident, Philippines President Duterte is reenlisting the National Police in his drug war, the Colombian government and the FARC are working together on coca crop substitution, and more.
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California's Six Largest Cash Crops: Marijuana is a Monster [FEATURE]
California's legal marijuana market is the biggest in the country, but that doesn't come close to accounting for all the weed it produces.
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Myths, Moralism, and Hypocrisy Drive the International Drug Control System
Julia Buxton is Associate Dean and Professor of Comparative Politics at the School
harvesting the coca crop in Colombia (dea.gov)
As Peace Negotiations Advance, Colombia Revamps Drug Policy [FEATURE]
Colombian President Santos is opening a new chapter in that country's struggle to come to grips with coca and cocaine production. It is happening at the same time that peace negotiations with the long-running FARC insurgency have reached a breakthrough too.
no more spraying Roundup on Colombia's coca fields (wikipedia.org)
Chronicle AM: CA Cops Raid Indian Reservation Grow, Colombia Announces New Drug Strategy, More (9/23/15)
The era of aerial herbicide spraying of Colombia's coca crops is at an end, California cops raid an Indian reservation marijuana operation, medical marijuana bills are moving in Michigan, and more.
No more of this. (wikipedia.org)
Afghan poppy fields (unodc.org)
New Report Shows How Western-Imposed Prohibition Policies Hurt Poor Countries [FEATURE]
We insist that poor, drug-producing countries save us from ourselves, but at what cost to them?