Drug War and Drug Policy

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

On January 20, 1995, Bruno Jordan is gunned down in a parking lot in El Paso, Texas, in what appears to be a botched carjacking.

Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Baldwin

Brits and Drugs Brits and Drugs

"Tell me about the hash bars." "OK, what do you want to know?" "It's legal there, right?" "It's legal, but it ain't 100 percent legal."

Jul 31, 2002 / Feature / Stacey Butterfield

Central Asia’s Heroin Problem Central Asia’s Heroin Problem

From Afghan farms into the Tajik mountains, the drug trade cuts a wide swath.

Mar 7, 2002 / Feature / Aram Roston

Virtual Reality Virtual Reality

In my last column, I mentioned that most actual drug users are young white people, even though most of those "profiled" as drug users are people of color. Indeed, according to th...

Mar 7, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Thugs Make Unreliable Allies Thugs Make Unreliable Allies

Are we losing it? Have the recent acts of terrorism caused us to cut our moorings in a flood of outrage and frustration?

Oct 3, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Drug War on Trial Drug War on Trial

 'Following the Money' can prove devastating to critics of the illegal trade.

Sep 6, 2001 / Feature / Mark Schapiro

Plan Colombia Broadens Plan Colombia Broadens

These days, the buzz on Capitol Hill seems loudest about Gary Condit.

Jul 17, 2001 / Feature / Jason Vest

DynCorp’s Drug Problem DynCorp’s Drug Problem

Could the State Department's antidrug contractors in South America possibly be dabbling in narcotics trafficking?

Jul 3, 2001 / Feature / Jason Vest

State Outsources Secret War State Outsources Secret War

Best known as a place where the Air Force shoots satellites into orbit, the Eastern Space and Missile Center--just south of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida's Brevard County--w...

May 23, 2001 / Feature / Jason Vest

Bush’s Faustian Deal With the Taliban Bush’s Faustian Deal With the Taliban

Enslave your girls and women, harbor anti-US terrorists, destroy every vestige of civilization in your homeland, and the Bush Administration will embrace you. All that matters is...

May 22, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

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