Book Review

Here's a twitchy, harrowing look at Colombia's cocaine industry.

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

The foodie author serves up a heaping platter of mind-bending science and history.

The power to commute prison sentences is rarely exercised at the state level. Anthony Papa's newest memoir makes an implicit case for it to be used much more often.

If you need a quick, yet thorough read to get up to speed on weed and where it's headed, we've got a book for you.

So you want to be a marijuana mogul? Or maybe you're just a cannabis novice. We've got the book for you.

Fed by poverty and social inequality and fueled by the drug war and the profits to be made, novel forms of criminality are emerging in Latin America. Two reporters and a novelist try to understand.

Medical marijuana bills get filed not only in Iowa, but also Australia and Greece, a new poll shows enlightened drug policy attitudes among Maine voters, Republican US senators hold competing events for and against sentencing reform legislation, and more.

A self-described skeptic, Dr. David Casarett set out to find out the truth about medical marijuana. The result is his new book, "Stoned: A Doctor's Case for Medical Marijuana." It's a good and interesting read.

Journalist and Mexico resident has Robert Joe Stout has written a new book about the "landmines" facing Mexico, including the drug war and official corruption. It couldn't be more timely.