Previous DEA heads suggest US sue California if Prop 19 passes

There is real fear out there on the part of the prohibitionists. They see Prop 19 as the thread that could start to unravel the entire prohibition regime. If Prop 19 passes and the world doesn’t end/sky doesn’t fall/streets don’t erupt with violence/population doesn’t suddenly become mindless zombies, then why will the public support their [...]

What happens if Mexico settles with the cartels?

Calderon is already saying it openly. Maybe it’s time to legalize drugs.

The Economist: Legalize drugs

Prohibition has failed; legalisation is the least bad solution

Far from reducing crime, prohibition has fostered gangsterism on a scale that the world has never seen before.

It would end the huge profits that the Mexican drug traffic and Afghan heroin trade produces. Those who squawk the loudest about the horrors of legalization might [...]