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United States Capitol Washington

Drug Reforms Fail Despite Republican Support in Congress

Give cannabis stores bank accounts. End sentencing disparities for cocaine.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 12, 2023January 12, 2023
Karl Lauterbach

Support for Legalizing Cannabis, Cocaine Grows

Germany is legalizing cannabis. Leaders in Colombia and Amsterdam would legalize cocaine.

Nick OttensNick OttensOctober 28, 2022December 17, 2022
Dilan Yeşilgöz

Dutch Government Wastes €900 Million on Drug War

An anti-drug team made zero arrests in five years.

Nick OttensNick OttensOctober 6, 2022October 6, 2022
Amsterdam Netherlands

Amsterdam Finds New Excuse to Ban Weed for Tourists

The mayor claims cannabis retailers are linked to organized crime.

Nick OttensNick OttensSeptember 29, 2022January 16, 2023
Rotterdam Netherlands port

Dutch Police Spend Too Much Time on Drugs

Three in four detectives are investigating 1.6 percent of all crimes.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 28, 2022October 28, 2022
Cannabis

How Politicians Keep Making Bad Drug Laws

Some just won’t accept the evidence on decriminalization.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 23, 2022November 2, 2022
Amsterdam Netherlands cannabis store

Amsterdam Won’t Keep Weed from Tourists

Banning the sale of cannabis could cause a surge in street crime.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 1, 2022January 16, 2023
Frau Antje

Germany Has Bigger Drug Problem Than Netherlands

Der Spiegel should take a look in the mirror.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 4, 2021April 20, 2022
Donald Trump

Trump’s Drug Policy Is Destroying Lives

A sudden crackdown on opioids is leaving Americans without care.

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 29, 2018December 2, 2021

Good, Bad and Ugly in Trump’s Drug Plan, Corbyn Parrots Russian Talking Points

The president proposes common-sense drug reforms — and the death penalty for drug dealers.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 16, 2018November 27, 2021
Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Instincts on Drugs Are All Wrong

The president’s tough-on-drugs mindset is a throwback to the 1980s and 90s.

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 26, 2018December 2, 2021

Repression Is the Wrong Approach to America’s Opioid Epidemic

Donald Trump promises a “tough law-and-order approach” to the drug crisis. That is the wrong approach.

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 9, 2017November 13, 2022

America Relaunches Drug War Based on an Assumption

Jeff Sessions suspects — but doesn’t know — that a softer approach to drugs has led to higher crime.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 21, 2017August 21, 2020

Indecisive Drug Policy Symptom of Humala’s Evasiveness

Peru’s antidrug policy wavers from crop substitution to eradication, reflecting its president’s flipflops.

Avatar photoChristian FitzHughJuly 1, 2014January 1, 2020

Consumers, Not Government, Should Set Cannabis Prices

The whole point of decriminalizing drugs is to get government out of regulating their consumption.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 4, 2014November 13, 2022

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