

On Fentanyl and the Border
Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.
Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.
A brief foray into looking at Alabama state policy on fighting addiction.
Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.
In a first of its kind move, voters in Denver have voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms.
Trump declares he will end aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
William Barr, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, has been selected to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.
On Tuesday, Michigan joined the ranks of the states where marijuana is legal and several other states legalized it for medical purposes.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a populist from the left, rode a wave of populism and public disdain for the outgoing President to a landslide win in Mexico
The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.
President Trump is not being bold on drugs. Instead, he is just recycling old, failed idea.
A decision from Mexico’s Supreme Court has opened the door to legalization of marijuana south of the border, but it’s likely to proceed much slower than in the United States or Canada.
Senator Bernie Sanders wants to let states decide how to regulate marijuana, or to not regulate it at all if they choose. Intellectually honest conservatives should support his effort.
Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,
Not surprisingly, a law passed in the wake of the September 11th attacks has been used mostly for things that have nothing to do with terrorism.
The Grey Lady sees the light on a major part of the War On Drugs.
A victory for Federalism and sanity in the War On Drugs.
Only a tiny percentage of those in American prisons ever got a trial.
The latest news on the marijuana legalization front has led David Brooks and others to go into a completely pathetic panic.
Discussion of privacy really ought to be focused on the legal regime, not technical capabilities.
Prism ain’t got nothin’ on the Hemisphere Project.
In fact, yes: the demand for drugs does come largely from the US.
Stony Brook finance prof Noah Smith writes, “The Single Best Anti-Gun-Death Policy? Ending the Drug War.”
Our War On Drugs is having a disastrous impact on our neighbors to the south, and they’re starting to notice.
America’s Drug War has caused more problems for Mexico than Fast & Furious ever will.
Fast and furious, or a lot of sound and fury signifying not too much?
Since Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón began an all-out assault on drug cartels in 2006, more than 50,000 people have lost their lives across the country in a nearly-continuous string of shootouts, bombings, and ever-bloodier murders.
The Libertarian Party has chosen another former Republican politician as their Presidential nominee.