Overseas/Interdiction

War on Drugs

Recent Overdose Trends Underline the Folly of the War on Drugs

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris support supply-side tactics that are worse than ineffective.

Jacob Sullum | 9.25.2024 12:01 AM

Donald Trump

Trump's Anti-Crime Agenda Contradicts His Criticism of Biden's Legislative Record

Since he favors aggressive drug law enforcement, severe penalties, and impunity for abusive police officers, he may have trouble persuading black voters that he is on their side.

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2024 7:10 PM

Vivek Ramaswamy

Ban Teenagers From Social Media, Vivek Ramaswamy Says, Because Fentanyl

The Republican presidential candidate ignores the lethal impact of the drug policies he avidly supports.

Jacob Sullum | 9.28.2023 1:00 PM

Policy

The Drug War Graph Is Embarrassing. So Is Believing Obama's Promises of Reform.

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2013 4:41 PM

War on Drugs

Our Stalwart Iranian Allies in the War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 10.12.2012 10:45 AM

Policy

Cocaine Subs: More Government-Driven Innovation

Jacob Sullum | 9.10.2012 11:52 AM

Politics

Prohibition Is an Awful Flop; We Like It: The Mexican Edition

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 9:16 AM

Politics

Violence Is Not Victory

Mexico's election results are the latest sign of Latin American dissent from the drug war.

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Mexico's President-Elect Wants a 'Broad Debate' About Drug Policy

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2012 3:09 AM

Politics

Mexican Voters Don't See Drug War Violence As a Sign of Success

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2012 3:26 AM

Policy

We Had to Kill the Villagers to Save Americans From the Cocaine They Want

Jacob Sullum | 5.18.2012 11:33 AM

Policy

Stratfor on the Futility of the War on Meth

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 6:16 PM

Policy

Biden Opens His Government Aperture and Says Something Puzzling About Drug Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 3.6.2012 3:21 PM

Policy

Drug Warriors Encourage Mexican Meth Makers to Sharpen Their Chemistry Skills

Jacob Sullum | 2.24.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

15 Tons and What Do You Get?

Jacob Sullum | 2.10.2012 11:58 AM

Policy

Colombia's President: 'I Would Talk About Legalizing…More Than Just Marijuana'

Jacob Sullum | 11.15.2011 5:24 PM

Policy

The Best Way to Fight Mexico's Drug Cartels

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2011 3:49 PM

Policy

Cato Conference: Ending the Global War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 11.9.2011 6:48 PM

Policy

Colombia's President Wants to Give Pot Peace a Chance

Jacob Sullum | 10.27.2011 11:29 AM

Policy

Six Months for Letting Grandma Do His Laundry

Jacob Sullum | 9.16.2011 3:33 PM

Policy

Against the Drug War, but Not Ready to Give Peace a Chance

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 12:41 PM

Policy

We Can't Legalize Drugs Because There Is Just Too Much Violence In It

Jacob Sullum | 3.4.2011 11:36 AM

Policy

Drug Warriors Take 103 Percent

Jacob Sullum | 2.18.2011 4:04 PM

Policy

Hillary Clinton: We Can't Legalize Drugs Because 'There Is Just Too Much Money in It'

Jacob Sullum | 2.7.2011 11:48 AM

World

Mary O'Grady on Mexico and Drug War Violence

Radley Balko | 3.22.2010 5:03 PM

Policy

Death in Juarez

The bloody consequences of America's pharmacological intolerance

Jacob Sullum | 3.17.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

NPR on the "House of Death"

Radley Balko | 3.16.2010 11:05 AM

Policy

Drug Warriors Fear Their Efforts Could Become Incoherent and Ineffective

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2010 5:42 PM

Policy

Drug Warriors Cross Their Fingers and Hope for Bad Weather in Afghanistan

Jacob Sullum | 2.12.2010 3:41 PM

Policy

If We Make Sure We're Not Killing Innocent People, We Might Not Get to Kill Anyone at All

Jacob Sullum | 2.5.2010 12:35 PM

Policy

How Many Drug War Victories Can Mexico Take?

Jacob Sullum | 12.18.2009 4:32 PM

Policy

The Mexican Army's Unsystemic Human Rights Violations

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2009 3:25 PM

Policy

Social Science in the Drug War Zone

Texas sociologist Howard Campbell on drug war failures at the Juarez/El Paso border

Brian Doherty | 11.6.2009 3:00 PM

Policy

Never Trust a Man in a Cape

Jacob Sullum | 11.4.2009 2:28 PM

World

The Long, Authoritarian Arm of American Drug Law

Matt Welch | 9.29.2009 5:06 PM

Policy

The Main Problem With Mexican-Style Decriminalization: It Doesn't Go Far Enough

Jacob Sullum | 9.14.2009 5:07 PM

Policy

Is the Drop in Afghan Opium Production a Sign of Success?

Jacob Sullum | 9.2.2009 4:25 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Fire in California, Fraud in Afghanistan, Freedom in Argentina

Jesse Walker | 8.31.2009 7:44 AM

Policy

Is Acapulco the New Amsterdam?

Jacob Sullum | 8.27.2009 11:35 AM

Policy

Marijuana Possession Decriminalized in Argentina

Jacob Sullum | 8.26.2009 4:31 PM

Policy

Drug Decriminalization Takes Effect in Mexico

Jacob Sullum | 8.21.2009 3:31 PM

Policy

Do Drugs. Be Happy. Or Both.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.19.2009 1:36 PM

Policy

The Opium Standard

Jesse Walker | 8.4.2009 11:28 PM

Policy

The Drug Czar's High Math

How phony statistics about cocaine prices hide the truth about the war on drugs

Ryan Grim | 7.22.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: A Subsidy for Banks, a Surge in Afghanistan, and a Suit Against George Bush

Jesse Walker | 7.20.2009 8:28 AM

World

Government-Sponsored Torture, Illegal Raids, Disappearances

Radley Balko | 7.17.2009 1:40 PM

World

Copping to the Poppy Crop Flop

Can the farmers and the drug warriors be friends?

Jacob Sullum | 7.8.2009 7:00 AM