New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie recently admitted that the war on drugs has been a “failure” in a speech at The Brooking Institution. From Huffington Post: “The war on drugs, while well-intentioned, has been a failure,” Christie said Monday during a speech at The Brookings Institution. “We’re warehousing addicted people everyday in state prisons in New [...]

Since late 2006 the Mexican government has pursued an aggressive militarized war on drugs in their country.  Violence has spiked from attempts to control the drug trade, driven by huge profits that result from prohibition.  Roughly 50,000 people have been killed. Yet despite a huge amount of government spending to fight drugs as a military [...]

In defiance of all evidence Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is claiming that the incredibly deadly war on drugs in Mexico has not been a failure. From CNN: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Monday that the war on drugs in Mexico “is not a failure.” At a press conference in Mexico [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised the United State will spend roughly an additional $40 million to help fight the drug war in Central America. From the BBC: Mrs Clinton told a regional security conference in Guatemala that the US would increase its aid by more than 10% to nearly $300m (£187m). [...] Mrs Clinton [...]

Tell AG Holder:Keep Obama’s Promise,Respect State Medical Marijuana Laws Sign our letter telling AG Holder to honor his 2009 memo and respect state medical marijuana laws. » Read the whole letter Attorney General Eric Holder is set to “clarify” his department’s stance on state medical marijuana laws in light of an increasing number of raids [...]