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March 19, 2024
The Hill (Online)

Why a Military Incursion into Mexico Targeting Drug Labs Would Do More Harm than Good
… organizations as “Mexican drug cartels” or to even think of them as being rooted in Mexico. Our 50‐plus‐year war on drugs has elevated these groups into transnational drug trafficking organizations. These criminal organizations infiltrate governments, from local police …
By Jeffrey A. Singer and Daniel Raisbeck
December 19, 2023
KevinMD

The DEA’s War on Addiction Doctors
Law enforcement agents have raided thousands of doctors and prosecuted them for easing the suffering of their patients.
By A.J. Reid Finlayson, Jeffrey A. Singer, and Peter R. Martin
April 3, 2023
The Daily Beast

We Shouldn’t Use the Military to Fight Mexico’s Drug Cartels
… have put forth a flurry of proposals to have the U.S. military launch a full‐scale war against Mexican drug cartels to stem the fentanyl crisis. “I’ve got legislation I’ll introduce soon to make drug cartels foreign …
By Ted Galen Carpenter and Jeffrey A. Singer
October 17, 2022
The New York Sun

Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are Baby Steps, Falling Far Short of Real Reform of America’s Drug Laws
Despite the substantial resources devoted to enforcement, moreover, prohibition appears to reduce use only modestly.
By Jeffrey Miron
May 6, 2022
19FortyFive

Dangerous: Why Did Donald Trump Want to Attack Drug Labs in Mexico?
… with a tweet contending that “this is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR (sic) on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth. We merely await a call …
By Ted Galen Carpenter
January 20, 2022
19FortyFive

How Joe Biden Can Avoid a War with Russia over Ukraine
… for other tasks to justify its existence. Although the alliance dismissed ludicrous proposals to promote student exchanges and fight the drug war, it latched onto out‐of‐area activities and democracy promotion via expansion. Having rediscovered the importance of its …
By Doug Bandow
August 16, 2021
Philadelphia Inquirer

Pain Patients Are the Casualties of the War on Drugs
Policymakers refuse to reassess their assumption that the overdose crisis was caused by doctors overprescribing opioids.
By Jeffrey A. Singer and Josh Bloom
May 6, 2021
Responsible Statecraft

Bloodbath in Mexico: Another Gift of US Drug and Drone Wars
Washington’s failed approaches to foreign policy and counterinsurgency is playing out today in our own backyard.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
March 5, 2021
Ricochet

Court Strikes down Ban on Inadvertent Drug Possession. And Next?
Punishing acts that lack wrongful intent is something modern government does every day, with results that can endanger pretty much anyone around the country.
By Walter Olson
February 3, 2021
Reason

What the War on Drugs Can Teach Us about Fighting COVID-19
We can’t eliminate the virus, but we can reduce its harm to our lives and livelihoods.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
January 28, 2021
Antiwar.com

Ugly Yankee: Washington Continues to Bully Mexico on the Drug War
The tone-deaf quality of the Trump administration’s conduct toward Mexico on the drug issue was striking.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
October 16, 2020
Salem Statesman-Journal

This November, Oregon Can Spark a Withdrawal From the War on Drugs
If voters approve it, Measure 110 — the Drug Decriminalization and Addiction Treatment Initiative — will reduce possession of all Schedule I through IV controlled substances to Class E violations, punished by a $100 fine.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
June 17, 2020
Orange County Register

The War on Opioids: Digital Dystopia Edition
If all of this sounds somewhat terrifying, that’s because it is.
By Jeffrey A. Singer and Patrick G. Eddington
October 28, 2019
The American Conservative

How the Sinaloa Drug Cartel Clobbered the Mexican Army
By Ted Galen Carpenter
March 19, 2019
American Consequences

The Hidden Costs of Drug Prohibition
Many of the costs of drug prohibition are well known, but some of the most insidious and invidious costs are under-discussed.
By Trevor Burrus