Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Wednesday his country could present a plan before year’s end to legalize the production of marijuana and opium poppies. His comments...
What a year in drug reform! 2013 saw a historic breakthrough on the international front, as well as evidence that powerful currents are shifting inexorably away from...
Afghanistan could collapse into a “full-fledged narco-state” as the looming withdrawal of US and NATO combat forces creates a gaping hole in the center of the country’s...
Illicit opium poppy production cultivation in Afghanistan is on the increase this year, the Afghan Ministry of Counternarcotics said Monday. The increase comes despite efforts to target...
Cannabis is consumed by an estimated 75 percent of all the world’s illicit drug users, making it the most widely-used illicit substance in the world, according to the United...
Opium: Reality’s Dark Dream, by Thomas Dormandy (2012, Yale University Press, 366 pp., $32.52 HC Amazon) Opium Fiend: A 21st Century Slave to a 19th Century Addiction, by Steven...
Breaking the Taboo, narrated by Morgan Freeman #BreakTheTaboo Breaking the Taboo is a must-see documentary arguing to end the failed War on Drugs (#BreakTheTaboo). Produced by Sam...
03:44pm Last Thursday, the White House released its annual determination of major drug trafficking or producing countries, singling out Bolivia, Burma, and Venezuela as countries that have...
