Colombia’s New, Legal Drug Barons Focus on Medical Marijuana
Like many drug barons in Colombia, Federico Cock-Correa wants to sell his product globally.
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Cannabis Starting to Replace Coca Leaf in Colombia’s Cultivation Zones
On Colombia’s eastern plains, the Llanos Orientes, campesinos are starting to abandon cultivation of coca leaf for cannabis, military commanders in the region say.
Montana can’t Decide Whether to Embrace or Reject Cannabis Initiatives
The cannabis world is on fire lately, with unprecedented support from all kinds of unexpected places.
Colombia to Legalize Medical Marijuana Under Presidential Decree
Colombia said on Friday it plans to legalize medical marijuana in a further shift in drug policy after suspending aerial fumigation of illicit crops.
Colombia Suspends Use of Carcinogenic Monsanto Aerial Herbicide
No more poison from out of the sky for the country's peasant coca farmers.
Rotten to the Core: The DEA Under Michele Leonhart
Michele Leonhart, the disgraced former head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, didn’t fall from grace—she jumped.
The DEA Prostitute Scandal Is a Window into Drug War Corruption and Impunity
DEA agents consorting with prostitutes provided by Colombian drug cartels is just a very ripe example of the moral rot at the heart of the drug war.
US Troops Fighting Drugs in Colombia Raped Dozens of Girls–And Got Away With It
American soldiers and military contractors in the Latin American country benefited from immunity clauses that gave them a get out of jail free card.
White House Admits Prison Won’t Solve The Drug Problem, But Drug War Grinds On
The Obama administration's drug czar admitted Wednesday that locking people up won't keep them from using drugs, but he stopped short of renouncing punitive policies that have made America's long war on drugs widely unpopular.
America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem
The head of the military's Southern Command wants more money to fight a losing battle.
