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The War on Drugs

U.S. Coast Guardsmen stand aboard the Cutter Boutwell with piles of confiscated cocaine, seized during 18 different interdictions off the coast of Central and South America, on October 6, 2014 in San Diego, California.

Study: US Cocaine Interdiction Efforts Just Spread More Cocaine Around

The drug war was bad from the beginning, and Donald Trump has found a way to make it worse.
By Chris Roberts
President Donald Trump speaks with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila on November 12, 2017.

Trump Gets Chummy With Filipino Strongman

Duterte is infamous for murdering innocents in his brutal crackdown on drugs.
By Les Neuhaus
Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks while Sen. Chuck Grassley sits nearby during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

Congress Proposes Outlawing Drugs Before Knowing What They Are

Draconian bill fails to recognize that prohibition will worsen crisis.
By Dylan Moore
Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Jeff Sessions Draws New Battle Lines for War on Drugs

By Joseph Mulkerin
Surrendered handguns in a bin in Los Angeles.

The Uncomfortable Link Between the War on Drugs and Violent Crime

By Julian Adorney
Meg Duffy holdin' flowers like an hourglass

Hand Habits Channels Her Abstract Vulnerabilities Through an L.A. Lens

By Justin Joffe
Congressman Charles Rangel.

Harlem’s Lion in Winter—A Requiem for Rangel

By Will Bredderman

Governors Ball Music Festival 2015: Our Top (11) Picks

By Eli Zeger
Adam Granduciel of The War On Drugs performs on stage at O2 ABC on November 8, 2014 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. (Photo: Ross Gilmore/Redferns via Getty Images)

Fair Week Tunes: Get Your Groove on With The War on Drugs’ ‘Lost in the Dream’

By Alanna Martinez
OxyContin pills. (Photo: Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

City to Arm Staten Island Police With Anti-Overdose Drugs

By Jill Colvin
Mayor Michael Bloomberg.(Photo: Getty)

Bloomberg Shocked and Boggled by City’s Inability to Fire ‘Heroin Teacher’

By Ross Barkan

Exclusive Excerpt: Alphaville, the Blistering New Memoir by Ex-NYPD Detective Michael Codella

By Michael Codella and Bruce Bennett
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