War on Drugs
Chronicling changes to US drug policy, from marijuana legalization efforts to the fight against the opioid crisis.
Gun lovers may soon have the right to bear bongs.
Do stoners have a right to bear arms?
The US shut down a major city’s airport, and nobody is quite sure why.
“Fog of war” is the least of it.
As the US considers strikes on Venezuela, another Latin American country has caught the president’s attention.
Venezuela and the new war on terror, explained.
Airstrikes, bounties, a military build-up: This could be about drugs — or it could be the start of regime change.
Why Trump is claiming drug cartels are attacking the US.
What will come next in the Trump administration’s war on “narcoterrorism”?
The record drop in drug overdose deaths, briefly explained.
How America’s opioid crisis became a foreign policy issue.
Journalist and author Nick Bilton explains the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road marketplace.
Here are three possible explanations.
Pricey, legal weed is great news — for the black market.
Land of the free, home of the blazed.
The end of psychedelic prohibition will have to wait a little while longer.
A new report outlines policy options for who gets to sell psychedelics, and who gets to buy them.
El Salvador has touted its tough-on-crime policies (and kept quiet on human rights issues). Now everyone wants to try.
A potential policy change could have big benefits for marijuana businesses.
Four years ago, the state decriminalized all drugs. Now it’s trying to course-correct — and might make a mistake in the process.
Ecuador was known for peace, but it has become one of the most violent countries in South America.
As access grows, we need better research and education on bad trips.
The big divide on premature death isn’t between college grads and non-grads. It’s between high school dropouts and everyone else.
Harsh state policies imply it’s not — but what do the studies say?
What we lose when psychedelics are medicalized.
Did El Chapo have a double agent in the Mexican government?
Forecasting what’s shaping up to be another bumpy year.
States are generally following the same model for marijuana legalization. They don’t have to.
There are real, evidence-based solutions to the drug overdose crisis.
Michael Pollan on America’s broken — but improving — relationship with drugs.
Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension over marijuana is a callback to an era Americans are moving away from.
Marijuana legalization is sweeping states from Connecticut to New Mexico. The writing is on the wall.
As his own party moves ahead on the issue, the president remains opposed to legalization.
It’s the 17th state to legalize marijuana.
It’s now the first state in the South to legalize cannabis.
New York is the 15th state to legalize marijuana.
Exploring the promise — and blind spots — of Carl Hart’s “Drug Use for Grown-Ups.”
American policymakers should look beyond defeating the coronavirus.