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The Failed War on Drugs (Video from Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Freedom Watch FoxNews.com) (October 2009)
Economics and the Drug War (July 2009)
by Bart Frazier
Ending the Drug War Would End the Violence (April 2009)
by Sheldon Richman
Drug-War Idiocy in Federal Court (March 2009)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Why Does America Still Have a Drug War? (November 2008)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Common Sense and the Drug Problem (February 2008)
by Hank Sames
Ending America’s Domestic Quagmire (December 2007)
by Paul Armentano
The Lies of the Drug War (November 2007)
by Paul Armentano
Will a Drug Warrior Be Hanged? (October 2007)
by James Bovard
End the Other War, Too (February 2007)
by Sheldon Richman
End the Other War Too (December 2006)
by Sheldon Richman
Lies and Myths about Opiates (October 2006)
by Randal Cousines
The Drug War’s Immorality and Abject Failure (July 2006)
by Anthony Gregory
DEA Snake Oil (August 2006)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Free Cory Maye (May 2006)
by Sheldon Richman
The Price of Empire (April 2006)
by Sheldon Richman
The Most Absurdities Per Kilo (February 2006)
by James Bovard
Conservative Nonsense in the War on Drugs (February 2006)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
More Drug-War Victims (December 2005)
by Sheldon Richman
Treating Sniffles with a Jail Term (November 2005)
by Doug Bandow
Only One Way to Eliminate Drug-War Violence
(September 2005)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Muddle at the Supreme Court over Medical Marijuana (June 2005)
by Sheldon Richman
Ashcroft vs. Raich: Whither Federalism and Civil Disobedience
(March 2005)
by George C. Leef
Medical Marijuana Is Not a Libertarian Case (March 2005)
by Sheldon Richman
A Letter to My Friend Who Supports the Drug War (February 2005)
by James R. Muhm
Gun Control and the War on Drugs (February 2005)
by Anthony Gregory
The War on Pain Sufferers (February 2005)
by Sheldon Richman
The Longest-Running War (December 2004)
by Doug Bandow
States Should End the Drug War (December 2004)
by Sheldon Richman
Book Review: Drug War Heresies (April 2004)
by Paul Armentano
The Drug War and Terrorism (January 2004)
by Scott McPherson
The Government’s War on Children (November 2003)
by Sheldon Richman
The Inalienable Right to Self-Medication (November 2003)
by Sheldon Richman
The Drug-and-Terror Ad Campaign (October 2003)
by Paul Armentano
Tandy’s New Drug-War Strategy Is Old News (August 2003)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Drug War Helps Terrorists (July 2003)
by Scott McPherson
Axing the Drug-Terrorism Ad Campaign (July 2003)
by Paul Armentano
“There Was a Report on Guns and Drugs” (June 2003)
by Scott McPherson
Leave Bill Bennett Alone (May 2003)
by Scott McPherson
Bush’s Opium Boom (April 2003)
by James Bovard
The Drug War Helps Terrorists (March 2003)
by Scott McPherson
Air Force: Fly High (January 2003)
by Scott McPherson
Sex, Drugs, and Consenting Adults (January 2003)
by Scott McPherson
Drug-War Justice for the Rich and Powerful (December 2002)
by James Bovard
Conservatives, Guns, and Drugs [long] (September 2002)
by Sheldon Richman
What Dionne Warwick Reveals about the Drug War (September 2002)
by Sheldon Richman
Bill O’Reilly and the Conservative War on Drugs (June 2002)
by Thomas L. Johnson
A Positive Development in the War on Terrorism (June 2002)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Bush Administration’s “Drugs = Terrorism” Fraud (April 2002)
by James Bovard
The Wars on Drugs and Terrorism Meet in Afghanistan (April 2002)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Do Americans Really Want Freedom? (March 2002)
by Sheldon Richman
The Drug War and Terrorism (January 2002)
by Sheldon Richman
The Hopped-Up DEA Chief (December 2001)
by James Bovard
Terrorism and the Drug War (November 2001)
by Sheldon Richman
The War on Drugs and Police Funding (November 2001)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Conservatives, Guns, and Drugs [short] (September 2001)
by Sheldon Richman
The Most Dangerous Substance of All (September 2001)
by Sheldon Richman
A Modest Proposal for the Next Drug-War Shootdown (August 2001)
by James Bovard
Update on the Drug War (August 2001)
by Sheldon Richman
The Drug War is Doomed (July 2001)
by Sheldon Richman
Drug-War Killings in Peru (June 2001)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Another Drug War Lesson in Peru (April 2001)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Drug War’s Assault on Liberty (March 2001)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Fox Should Lead the Way on Drug Legalization (March 2001)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Fox Should End Drug War (February 2001)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
A Nation of Children (February 2001)
by Sheldon Richman
Let’s Retire the Drug War [long] (January 2001)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Let’s Retire the Drug War [short] (October 2000)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Hypocritical Opponents of Racial Profiling (October 2000)
by Sheldon Richman
Crime Creation (August 2000)
by Richard Ol Rowland
The War on Drugs Rots America (July 2000)
by Sheldon Richman
Clinton’s Coming Colombia Catastrophe (May 2000)
by James Bovard
Crack Down in the War on Drugs ... or End it? (February 2000)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Drugs and Politicians (December 1999)
by Sheldon Richman
Drug-Courier Profiles: Or, Why We Are All Guilty (November 1999)
by James Bovard
Time to Rethink the War on Drugs (October 1999)
by David Boaz
Time to Curb SWAT Rampages (September 1999)
by James Bovard
Drugs and George W. Bush (August 1999)
by Sheldon Richman
It’s Time to End the War on Drugs (August 1999)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Should the State Punish Drug Offenders? (August 1999)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Surrender of Choice (July 1999)
by Sheldon Richman
Booze Busting: The New Prohibition (December 1998)
by James Bovard
Policy Overdose (December 1998)
by Sheldon Richman
The Bipartisan Drug War (February 1998)
by Sheldon Richman
The Drug War vs. Public Health and Safety (June 1997)
by James Bovard
Destroying Families for the Glory of the Drug War
by James Bovard
Part 1 (February 1997)
Part 2 (March 1997)
The Big Lie (November 1996)
by Vin Suprynowicz
Drug War Dementia (November 1996)
by James Bovard
The Relegalization of Drugs
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Part 1 (November 1996)
Part 2 (December 1996)
Part 3 (January 1997)
The Clinton Administration’s War on Privacy (July 1996)
by Sheldon Richman
Just Say No to the War on Drugs (July 1995)
by Karen Selick
The Criminalization of Drug Use Is Criminal (May 1994)
by David A. Nichols
Freedom, Virtue, and Responsibility
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Part 1 (April 1994)
Part 2 (May 1994)
Part 3 (June 1994)
America’s Wars and the Los Angeles Riots
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Part 1 (December 1992)
Part 2 (January 1993)
Crime in America (January 1992)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Drug War Hits Home (January 1992)
by David Boaz
The Compromise of Silence (April 1990)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Economics of the Drug War (April 1990)
by Richard M. Ebleing
The Morality of Drug Controls (April 1990)
by Thomas Szasz
An Open Letter to Bill Bennett (April 1990)
by Milton Friedman
The U.S. Government — Guilty As Charged! (April 1990)
by Jacob G. Hornberger