In many countries, full jails, stretched budgets and a general weariness with the war on drugs have made prohibition harder to enforce

An apparent fall in cocaine production conceals the remarkable resilience of an illegal industry.
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The U.S. Justice Department pronounced the Mexican drug cartels a national security threat, even as American gun dealers were busily arming…

Eradication of Afghanistan s poppy crop is not just ineffective, but also helps the Taliban.

To understand why the war in Afghanistan, now in its eighth year, is not going well for the United States and its NATO allies, take a look at two statistics.

The ordinary Afghan people don’t trust their own government. But there’s still hope for a change. A key role will be played by the new American president-elected: Barack Obama