Tag: war on drugs

Ecuador says no to U.S. military expansion.

The measure, which Ecuadorian voters overwhelmingly rejected, was part of a constitutional reform proposed by President Daniel Noboa.

A short history of the long war on drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.

For decades, the Americas have been the most violent part of the world outside active war zones. Many factors contribute to this, but long-term solutions remain difficult to achieve.

Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.

A pre-Mother’s Day press conference featured mothers who have lost family members to overdose, who are asking lawmakers to change their approach.

These policies show that problem drug use is a public health challenge to be managed, not a war that can be won.

"Advocates are hopeful that real marijuana reform benefiting those most affected by the War on Drugs could be around the corner."

Projecting this experience into the future, it seems likely that harm-reduction measures will be adopted progressively at local and national levels around the globe, while various endless and unsuccessful wars on drugs are curtailed or abandoned.

"This is a historic step forward for the movement to end marijuana prohibition."