rohibition - America's notoriously "failed social experiment" to rid the country of alcohol - took center stage this week as PBS broadcast Ken Burns' highly acclaimed series on the subject. And ...

The United States government first launched a War on Drugs on June 17, 1971, when President Richard Nixon declared: "America's public enemy number one…is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat this ...

The United States government first launched a War on Drugs on June 17, 1971, when President Richard Nixon declared: ...

Once upon a time, a real estate developer named Donald Trump understood the folly of the war on drugs. “We’re losing badly the war on drugs,” he said at a luncheon held by the Miami Herald in April ...

During the year ending last August, according to preliminary estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of drug-related deaths in the United States was about 22 ...

Jacob Sullum, a senior editor at Reason magazine, is the author of "Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives" (Prometheus Books). Follow him on ...

(CNN) — Turn on a television show or open a magazine in the United States today and you’re bound to see someone with a drink in hand — something unthinkable nearly a century ago. Advocates of ...

Dr. Herzberg is a professor of history and director of the drugs, health and society program at the University at Buffalo. Nov. 15, 2025 It’s one of President Trump’s favorite stories: The Democrats ...

Prohibition also fosters violence by creating a black market where there is no peaceful way to resolve disputes. Although the resulting bloodshed is often described as "drug-related," that is true ...