Drug Trade

Gunmen Open Fire On AA Meeting In Mexico, Killing 1

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home


MEXICO CITY -- Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wo...

Jason Linkins

WaPo Covered For CIA In Iran-Contra Crack Scandal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media


Over at The Root, you can read an excerpt of my colleague, Ryan Grim's book This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History Of Getting High In Ameri...

World Cocaine Market 'In Retreat'

BBC News | Mark Easton | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


The international cocaine market is "in retreat" after a year of successful operations around the world, the Serious Organised Crime Agency claims....

Washington Post Launches Series On Mexico's Drug War

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.03.2009 | World


The Washington Post has launched a year-long series -- "Mexico at War" -- that will take a closer look into the Mexican drug war and offer snapshots o...

International Narcotics Control Board Reaffirms its Shameful Commitment to Politics over Science

Ethan Nadelmann | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics


Ethan Nadelmann

The INCB boldly reaffirmed its shameful commitment to politics over science as well as its shocking indifference to the failures and harmful consequences of the global drug prohibition regime.