Nation Conversations: National Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske on the Possibility of Reform under Obama Nation Conversations: National Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske on the Possibility of Reform under Obama
The Nation's Sasha Abramsky and Obama's Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, speak at length about the administration's drug reform agenda.
Dec 9, 2010 / The Nation
Slide Show: From Prohibition to Prop 19 Slide Show: From Prohibition to Prop 19
You can read all of the pieces in The Nation’s special issue on drug policy here.
Dec 9, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Questions for the Drug Czar Questions for the Drug Czar
On October 1, just one month before Californians voted on Proposition 19, Sasha Abramsky spoke by phone with Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Poli...
Dec 9, 2010 / Sasha Abramsky
Rebalancing Drug Policy Rebalancing Drug Policy
A special Nation forum, with contributions from Ethan Nadelmann, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, Tracy Velázquez, David Cole and Laura Carlsen.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Various Contributors
Breaking the Taboo Breaking the Taboo
The prospects for reforming drug policy have never been so good.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Ethan Nadelmann
Beyond the Fair Sentencing Act Beyond the Fair Sentencing Act
Congress's vote to scale back mandatory sentences for federal crack cocaine offenses was a watershed in the long campaign for better drug policy.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Marc Mauer
Decriminalizing Poverty Decriminalizing Poverty
America doesn't have a drug problem. It has a poverty problem.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Bruce Western
The Verdict on Drug Courts The Verdict on Drug Courts
Drug courts have helped some addicts recover. But they may be delaying expansion of treatment programs that will best reduce harms from addiction.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Tracy Velázquez
Restoring Lost Liberties Restoring Lost Liberties
The drug war has been waged not only on traffickers and users but on liberty and equality.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / David Cole
A New Model for Mexico A New Model for Mexico
The problem with the drug war in Mexico is not that it's unfunded. It's unwinnable.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Laura Carlsen