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Drug War Identification of a problem does not mean that the government should undertake to solve it, and the fact that a problem occurs in more than one state does not mean that it is a proper subject for federal …
March 19, 2025
Blog

The Cognitive Shift: How the Terrorist Label May Lead to Another Forever War
… legal tools. It will, however, impede its diplomatic initiatives and create the cognitive space for the further militarization of the drug war. On a recent appearance on Fox News, President Trump’s national security advisor, Mike Waltz, said of Mexico …
By Brandan P. Buck
March 19, 2025
Blog

The Deadly Cost of Drug Busts: How Law Enforcement Fuels the Overdose Crisis
How many more lives must be lost before we abandon enforcement-based approaches that fuel the very crisis they claim to fight?
By Jeffrey A. Singer
March 10, 2025
Blog

The Drug War Is Failing, So Let’s Try… Tariffs?
A distinguished economist like Kevin Hassett must realize how lame the explanation for President Trump’s tariffs is.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
February 6, 2025
News Releases

Trump Administration Shouldn’t Designate Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this year to create a process to designate some international criminal organizations and drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
November 27, 2024
Cato Daily Podcast

War with Mexico over Fentanyl Would Be Disastrous
Concerns over fentanyl imports are leading some in Congress to call for an actual invasion of Mexico with the US military. Brandan Buck explains why a fresh war with a next-door neighbor continues to be a terrible idea.
Featuring Brandan P. Buck and Caleb O. Brown
November 26, 2024
News Releases

Cato Expert Weighs in on Trump Tariffs and the Drug War
Singer points out that illicit drugs are primarily smuggled by U.S. citizens, stating that Trump “ignores the fact that illicit drugs are largely smuggled by US citizens through legal border crossings and sold to US citizens.
November 26, 2024
Blog

President-Elect Trump Plans an Endless Tax on American Consumers as an Added Feature of the War on Drugs
Donald Trump pledged to get the US out of endless wars. Instead, he will make Americans pay an endless tax.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
November 7, 2024
Blog

The Lesson from Oregon: Drug Decriminalization Is a Partial Solution, at Best
While state-by-state legalization is valuable, in part because it signals popular opposition to prohibition, state legalizations leave many issues in legal limbo.
By Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter
November 6, 2024
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 408
Drug Decriminalization, Fentanyl, and Fatal Overdoses in Oregon
Our research finds that the increase in Oregon’s fatal drug overdose rate should not be attributed to drug decriminalization.
By Michael J. Zoorob, Ju Nyeong Park, Brandon del Pozo, Alex H. Kral, & Barrot H. Lambdin
August 8, 2024
Blog

Does Capturing Drug Kingpins Reduce Violence?
The United States recently arrested two Mexican drug kingpins. Will this reduce violence or generate other beneficial effects? According to a recent Cato Research Brief, just the opposite
By Jeffrey Miron
July 31, 2024
Blog

Milton Friedman: ‘Crack Would Never Have Existed If You Had Not Had Drug Prohibition’
Nobel laureate Milton Friedman was one of the most articulate and persuasive advocates for the legalization of drugs, arguing that the war on drugs would fail just like Prohibition failed.
By Michael Chapman
April 1, 2024
Blog

The War on Drugs Is Also a War on Pain Patients
When cops practice medicine, overdoses increase, drug cartels get richer, and patients suffer.
By Jeffrey A. Singer
March 19, 2024
The Hill (Online)

Why a Military Incursion into Mexico Targeting Drug Labs Would Do More Harm than Good
Military incursions will not only be futile but will make the crime organizations and the drugs they peddle grow ever stronger.
By Jeffrey A. Singer and Daniel Raisbeck
March 2, 2024
Blog

Oregon Lawmakers Roll back New Drug War Strategy and Revert to Decades-Old Approach Linked to Soaring Overdose Deaths
Oregon lawmakers had a chance to move the country toward a more rational and humane drug policy. Sadly, they flinched.
By Jeffrey A. Singer