Dutch Police Spend Too Much Time on Drugs
Three in four detectives are investigating 1.6 percent of all crimes.
Drugs
How Politicians Keep Making Bad Drug Laws
Some just won’t accept the evidence on decriminalization.
Amsterdam Won’t Keep Weed from Tourists
Banning the sale of cannabis could lead to a surge in street crime.
Germany Has Bigger Drug Problem Than Netherlands
Der Spiegel should take a look in the mirror.
Trump’s Drug Policy Is Destroying Lives
A sudden crackdown on opioids is leaving Americans without care.
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.
Donald Trump’s Instincts on Drugs Are All Wrong
The president’s tough-on-drugs mindset is a throwback to the 1980s and 90s.
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.
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.
Indecisive Drug Policy Symptom of Humala’s Evasiveness
Peru’s antidrug policy wavers from crop substitution to eradication, reflecting its president’s flipflops.
Consumers, Not Government, Should Set Cannabis Prices
The whole point of decriminalizing drugs is to get government out of regulating their consumption.
Drug Decriminalization Worked in Portugal
The small European country proves opponents of a liberal drug policy wrong.
The War on Drugs Has Failed
The drug war has failed, says a recent report, “with devastating consequences .”
America’s Futile War on Drugs
Strict drug laws cause more harm than the drugs.
Cesspool of Corruption?
Bill O’Reilly makes Amsterdam out to be the worst place on Earth.