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War on Drugs
November 7, 2016
Better Call Brenda
Why did "Queen of the South" kill its best character?
September 9, 2016
What Narcos Still Gets Wrong About the War on Drugs
The Netflix series prides itself on telling hard truths. But it really doesn't have a clue.
September 1, 2016
Will Anyone Stop Rodrigo Duterte?
The new president of the Philippines is behind an anti-drug campaign that has claimed nearly 2,500 lives. And he's just getting started.
July 22, 2016
There is still no end in sight for Barack Obama’s other, other war.
February 9, 2016
Paul LePage wants to clarify that, yes, by “D-Money” and “Smoothie” he meant black people.
February 9, 2016
The Clintons’ War on Drugs: When Black Lives Didn’t Matter
February 2, 2016
The war on drugs keeps getting softer.
December 20, 2015
The Democrats have not been debating drugs, but that will likely change tonight.
December 2, 2015
For years, white supremacists in the Dothan, Alabama, police department allegedly planted drugs and guns on black people.
November 23, 2015
The Mexican government knew exactly what Chapo Guzmán was doing in prison, right up until he tunneled his way out.
November 18, 2015
The U.S. ambassador to Colombia loves everyone's favorite drug war drama.
November 6, 2015
Mexico's Drug War Goes Much Deeper Than Drugs
Why the legalization of marijuana won't change the forces underlying the country's bloody conflict
October 30, 2015
What 'Narcos' Gets Wrong About the War on Drugs
The Netflix show distorts history and misrepresents the conflict
May 7, 2013
Subu Must Die
How a nation of junkies went cold turkey
October 2, 1989
This Journalist Smoked Crack So He Could Write This Article

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