Mexico opened a memorial Friday honoring tens of thousands of victims of a brutal drug war, but the garden of towering steel walls has been rejected by some relatives of the dead and missing.
Jo Tuckman, The Guardian
Dec 18 2012
Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto talks of end to military crackdown against drug cartels that has left up to 100,000 dead
Kevin Cirilli, Politico
Dec 7 2012
Former President Bill Clinton says in a new documentary that his administration’s attempts to limit drug trafficking from Colombia “hasn’t worked.”
Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Oct 3 2012
Judging from recent history, any young person who aspires to be president should be aware that certain attributes seem to be cri
CNN Wire Staff
Sep 4 2012
Mexican President Felipe Calderon defended his government's approach to combating crime and drugs Monday during his final state of the nation address.
Eric Sabo, Bloomberg Businessweek
Jul 3 2012
Incoming Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will inherit a drug war that has cost more than 47,000 lives since 2006. He’s betting that the Colombian general who helped take down kingpin Pablo Escobar will help him win.
David Borden, Stop the Drug War
May 17 2012
France's new president, François Hollande, has vowed to continue France's expensive addiction to repressive drug policies. Tom Blickman reports for the Transnational Institute:
My 54th birthday on Monday, February 13th was spent being sick, my first real malaise since last June or July (I've been in grea
Choosing the next President of the United States begins in Iowa in mere weeks. For the cannabis culture, 25 million people in the United States, there is only one option: Ron Paul.
Robin Yapp, The Telegraph
Oct 28 2011
Juan Manuel Santos, the Colombian president, has called for the global legalisation of marijuana to help combat the trafficking of harder drugs and related violence.
