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War On Drugs

  1. just asking questions
    Sam Quinones on the 1 Million American Dead From OpioidsThe best-selling journalist on other epidemic’s new milestone and what got us there.
    By James D. Walsh
  2. obits
    RIP Mark Kleiman, a Wonk Whose Work MatteredWe’ve lost one of our greatest thinkers on drug and crime policy, just when we need his counsel most.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. war on drugs
    No, Fentanyl Isn’t a Weapon of Mass DestructionThe Trump administration is considering classifying fentanyl as a WMD – a move that has nothing to do with science and everything to do with politics.
    By Sarah Jones
  4. 2020 elections
    Biden’s Baggage Could Be a Heavy Lift in 2020Problems with Biden’s record go far beyond the 1994 crime bill and Anita Hill. His longevity in politics is a treasure trove for his foes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. attorney general
    Bush AG William Barr, a Law-and-Order Conservative, Favorite to Succeed SessionsBarr seems to share a number of Trump perspectives related to the Mueller investigation, but he’s best known as a big fan of mass incarceration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. bipartisanship
    Republicans and Democrats Can Agree. Mass Incarceration Is Proof.Trump is being hailed for unifying Republicans and Democrats around criminal justice. But the parties have rarely been that divided on this issue.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. Trump’s Anti-Drug PSAs Inspired by ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’The White House is set to warn kids against opioid use with the same scare tactics that were tried in the ’80s.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  8. Can Kushner’s Patchy Prison-Reform Bill Survive the Senate?A House-passed bill backed by the Trump administration at the behest of Jared Kushner could succumb to bipartisan crossfire in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Trump Opioids Plan to Include Good Ideas — Also, Executing Drug DealersThe president’s long-awaited plan (reportedly) includes evidence-based reforms — and the death penalty for drug dealers.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. war on drugs
    Trump’s Plan to Solve the Opioid Crisis Might Involve Executing Drug DealersHe praises brutal policies in Singapore and the Philippines, and would reportedly love to replicate them — but he’ll settle for harsher sentences.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. the opioid epidemic
    Americans Invented Modern Life. Now We’re Using Opioids to Escape It.The scale and darkness of this epidemic is a sign of a civilization in a more acute crisis than we knew.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  12. war on drugs
    Trump Had a 24-Year-Old Former Campaign Staffer Serving As Deputy Drug CzarHe held one of the most important spots at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is coordinating the response to the opioid epidemic.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. Jeff Sessions Wants to Go After Medical MarijuanaDespite a Trump pledge to respect state decisions, the attorney general wants to restart the War on Drugs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Sessions Takes First Big Step Toward Bringing Back the War on DrugsHaving fought criminal-justice reform for years, the attorney general is now demanding maximum sentences for low-level drug offenders.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. California Is Wondering If Trump and Sessions Will Relaunch the War on DrugsAn anti-drug administration in D.C. may soon collide with a huge constituency for legal cannabis. Something’s gotta give.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Obama Says Marijuana Should Be Treated Like AlcoholBut he is resigned to letting the federal government keep treating it like heroin.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. Will the Trump Administration Launch a Civil War Over Legal Weed?Trump’s pick for attorney general is America’s leading opponent of legal pot. Will Jeff Sessions enforce federal prohibition or honor states’ rights?
    By Eric Levitz
  18. Americans Are Smoking a Lot More Weed, But It’s Totally ChillThe number of Americans who use marijuana is going up — but the number who abuse the drug is going down.
    By Eric Levitz