There is only one way to eradicate Mexico’s drug cartels and the massive violence that has come with them. That one way is drug legalization — that is, the end of the drug war by legalizing the possession, ingestion, and distribution of all drugs. There is no other...
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Will Trump Invade or Bomb Mexico to Win the Drug War?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | May 14, 2025 | Featured Articles
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Iván Archivaldo Guzmán recently evaded capture by Mexican police by using escape tactics that he learned from his father Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. The Journal described Iván as “Mexico’s Most...
Gang Deportations Are a Fool’s Errand; Instead, End the Drug War
by Jonathan Hofer | Apr 25, 2025 | Featured Articles
As part of its border strategy, the administration deported Venezuelan migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador, claiming the deportees were Tren de Aragua gang members. Because of the nature of gang documentation, the claim that they are all violent...
The Big Fall in the US Government’s Marijuana Arrests since States Started Legalizing
by Adam Dick | Mar 28, 2025 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Marijuana is still illegal under United States law, as it was before the waves through states to first legalize marijuana for medical use and then adopt, starting in 2012, “recreational marijuana” legalization. Faced with this expanding of respect for free choice, the...
DEA Agent Kiki Camarena Died for Nothing
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Mar 8, 2025 | Featured Articles
In a desperate attempt to placate President Trump in the hope of averting his imposition of a 25 percent tariff on her nation, Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum recently sent a Mexican citizen named Rafael Caro Quintero to Trump. Caro Quintero is alleged to have...
One Agency That Trump Shouldn’t Nominate Anyone To Lead
by Laurence M. Vance | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured Articles
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has withdrawn. This is one agency that Trump shouldn’t nominate anyone to lead. The selection of Florida Hillsborough County sheriff Chad Chronister was opposed...
Don’t Just Reform the US Government’s War on Drugs. End It.
by Adam Dick | Dec 11, 2024 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is bad enough that the United States government year after year spends enormous sums and violates rights in abandon to continue fighting in America its war on drugs — a war it has been losing and will continue to lose. Unfortunately, the US government keeps...
Cowboy Cartels and Drug-War Inanity
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Dec 11, 2024 | Featured Articles
Having watched the great drug-war Netflix documentaries Narcos and Narcos Mexico and the excellent drug-war drama La Reina del Sur, I wasn’t too interested in watching another drug-war-related series. But when I realized that the Apple...
We Still Need Marijuana Freedom
by Laurence M. Vance | Nov 18, 2024 | Featured Articles
Although all eyes during the recent election were primarily on the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and secondarily on the contests between the blue team and the red team for control of the U.S. House and Senate, ballots in many states also contained...
Why Conservative Christians Oppose Marijuana Ballot Initiatives
by Laurence M. Vance | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured Articles
Conservative, evangelical, and fundamentalist churches in Florida are rejoicing and thanking God that Amendment 3 on the Florida ballot to legalize the recreational use of marijuana was rejected by Florida voters. Although a majority of people in Florida did vote in...
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