SWnewsherald has recently published an online column by Jacob G. Hornberger on the war on drugs rejecting the notion that it is a winnable war.
From the article:
Of course, we’ve heard this type of “positive” drug-war nonsense for the past several decades, at least since Richard Nixon declared war on drugs back in the [...]

A law that would decriminalize (not legalize) the possession of under 1 oz. of marijuana has been accepted by the Massachusetts state legislature.
Possession of less than an ounce of marijuana would no longer be a criminal offense under a bill that won the backing of a legislative committee yesterday. The bill, approved [...]

From The Agitator:
It looks as if this guy was indeed pretty substantially into the meth trade. But two passages from the article stand out. First:

Asked how the officers gained entry to the house, and if officers’ clothing identified them as law enforcement, DEA spokesman Jeffrey Eig said, “We’re not going to be able to comment [...]

A campaign to legalize marijuana in the state of Nevada has just begun. Of course, federal law will overule the state law, much like in the Denver case, but we’ll take symbolic victories.
A campaign to legalize marijuana in Nevada begins Tuesday. The Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana wants to make it legal for [...]

In Leredo, Mexico, drug warriors have found and confiscated two improvised explosive devices as well as dozens of weapons/weapon kits. AK47s, AR-15 Assault Rifles, hunting rifles and other weapons were found during a drug raid.
Two homemade bombs and supplies to make 33 more were found in Laredo in a series of narcotics and firearms [...]

A study done in the Netherlands claims a relationship between aggressive behavior and heavy marijuana usage. A simple examination of the article (Headline: Cannabis ‘can cause aggression in kids’) shows that no causal relationship has been proven in the study, which was not an experiment but rather a survey.
Let’s make this absolutely clear: [...]

A new series on Court TV about Texas SWAT teams seems to be dominated by “drug busts,” most of which hinge on no-knock raids.
Next bust: Female drug dealer.
About 20 officers, no knock, no yelling, flash grenade through the window, use of truck to rip open the front door. No shouts of “police” through [...]

I recommend that you all download and watch this excellent video by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).
We can’t make the drugs go away, so this War on Drugs really isn’t a good title. Makes us feel good. Gonna win the war… But it really doesn’t describe the policy. I’ve [...]

Evo Morales, newly elected president of Bolivia (who has just taken a 50% pay cut in order to fund more teachers and doctors) must walk a thin line in the Drug War, appeasing its warriors as well as the Bolivian public, for whom chewing coca leaves has been a part of their culture for millennia.
Morales [...]

From Drug War Rant:
Plan Colombia By The Numbers
Adam Isaacson’s got the data:
Total U.S. aid to Colombia over the seven years between 2000 and 2006: $4.72 billion
Square miles of Colombia sprayed with “Round-Up Ultra” herbicide, 2000-2005: 2,550
Land area of Delaware, square miles: 1,954
Square miles planted in Colombia with coca, the plant used to make cocaine, [...]