Yama Bariz and Mamoon Durrani from the BBC's Afghan service discuss the effectiveness of the Taliban's poppy eradication ...

During the War on Drugs, the Brownsville neighborhood in New York City saw some of the highest rates of incarceration in the U.S., as Black and Hispanic men were sent to prison for lengthy prison ...

When Democrats talk about the 'failed war on drugs,' they're revising history. The war succeeded because it locked up Black and brown people.

To some extent, Nixon’s hand was forced: One of his big concerns at the time was heroin addiction among Vietnam War soldiers, of whom 15 to 20 percent had drug problems. “A big driver of this ...

Critics of the drug war argue that enforcement hasn't stopped drug use. "After decades of the war on drugs, it is clear that purely punitive approaches to drug crime are counterproductive.

The war on drugs became a thing under Nixon in 1971. Reagan passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 while his wife championed the "Just Say No" campaign. Under Clinton, incarcerations rose to ...

Nixon's war on drugs has failed for half a century. It’s time to end it: Alexander Soros Harsh policies have disproportionately hurt minorities for 50 years.

The War on Drugs is more of a problem to the United States than drugs are. In this article: Drugs, War on Drugs (Sub)Culture (Sub)Culture News; More News.

Legalize marijuana and decriminalize other drugs, and tax and sue their producers. ... Why the war on drugs should take cues from our battle against smoking. December 29, 2015.

The ICC opened a preliminary investigation on Duterte’s drug war in 2018, following complaints filed by a lawyer and ...