The CIA is already operating Reaper drones like this one over Mexico. (Air Force)
Trump Declares the Cartels "Terrorists" [FEATURE]
The move could pave the way for US military action inside Mexico, as well as other nasty consequences.
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A Sri Lankan beach. There is trouble in paradise. (Creative Commons)
Sri Lanka Drug War Sees Tens of Thousands Arrested in Weeks [FEATURE]
A nasty drug war is brewing in this island nation off the coast of India.
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Chronicle Book Review: The Dope [FEATURE]
Do you want to know how Mexico's infamous drug cartels came to be. Start here.
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Biden's Drug Policy Priorities Are a Small Step in the Right Direction, But Old Attitudes Linger [FEATURE]
The White House has released its drug policy priorities for its first year. It's a mixed bag.
George Floyd's death at hands of white Minneapolis police officers (Wikipedia)
House Progressives File Resolution Condemning Police Brutality, Racial Bias, War on Drugs [FEATURE]
The clamor for fundamental reform of American policing, including the prosecution of the war on drugs, is growing.
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Bad News from Brazil: The Right Populist President-Elect Will Be Absolutely Horrid on Drug Policy [FEATURE]
Brazilians elected Jair Bolsonaro, "the Trump of Brazil," as their next president on Sunday. He has promised to murder drug suspects as Duterte does.
AMLO in front of picture of his favorite Mexican president, Benito Juarez (Creative Commons)
Mexico's President-Elect Looks for Ways to End the Drug Wars [FEATURE]
Enough is enough, he says.
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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
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Chronicle AM: ME Legalizers Unite, OR Issues Rules for Marijuana Industry, More (10/26/15)
Two competing Maine legalization initiative campaigns will now work together, North Dakota will try again to get a medical marijuana initiative passed, the GAO has questions about National Guard drug war spending, and more.
Pots busts jumped last year. Why?
Chronicle AM: The Pope on Dope, Marijuana Arrests Jump, NYC Safe Injection Site Campaign, More (9/28/15)
The pope criticized the drug war at the UN, the president addresses overdoses and addiction in his weekly address, marijuana arrests jumped last year, a campaign to bring safe injection sites to New York City is launching, and more.