/tags/drug-war drug war en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:30:00 GMT /americas/2025-09-16/us-designates-colombia-as-failing-to-cooperate-in-the-drug-war-for-first-time-in-nearly-30-years The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly three decades. But the U.S. also issued a waiver blocking any major aid cut to the staunch ally. The move Monday reflects a decade-long boom in cocaine production in Colombia and a slowdown in coca eradication under President Gustavo Petro’s leftist administration. Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:30:00 GMT /americas/2025-09-16/us-designates-colombia-as-failing-to-cooperate-in-the-drug-war-for-first-time-in-nearly-30-years Joshua Goodman and Astris Suarez | Associated Press /americas/2025-09-14/venezuelan-gang-expert-u-s-risks-casualties-of-innocents-with-caribbean-military-anti-drug-mission As the U.S. military continues anti-narcotics operations in the Caribbean, those who follow Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang warn that non-criminals like migrants and sex-trafficking victims could get caught in the crossfire. Mon, 15 Sep 2025 01:46:57 GMT /americas/2025-09-14/venezuelan-gang-expert-u-s-risks-casualties-of-innocents-with-caribbean-military-anti-drug-mission Tim Padgett /commentary/2025-09-11/america-war-doctrine-drug-criminals COMMENTARY It's understandable to label violent drug cartels as terrorists — but that still doesn't make U.S. military attacks on them, like last week's in the Caribbean, justifiable under international law. Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2025-09-11/america-war-doctrine-drug-criminals Tim Padgett /commentary/2025-08-21/trump-mexico-military-drug-war-venezuela COMMENTARY President Trump is reviving a longstanding U.S. urge to have the military fight the hemisphere's drug cartels — but history suggests sending troops to take down traffickers usually ends badly. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2025-08-21/trump-mexico-military-drug-war-venezuela Tim Padgett /commentary/2023-09-14/biden-petro-can-turn-their-father-son-angst-into-a-drug-war-asset COMMENTARY The troubles of U.S. and Colombian presidential sons involve the scourges of drug supply and demand — and could be useful to new drug-war strategies. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /commentary/2023-09-14/biden-petro-can-turn-their-father-son-angst-into-a-drug-war-asset Tim Padgett /news/2021-07-15/drug-overdoses-killed-a-record-number-of-americans-in-2020-jumping-by-nearly-30 More than 93,000 people died of a drug overdose in the U.S. last year, according to new CDC data. Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids accounted primarily for the rise, which the pandemic exacerbated. Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:39:30 GMT /news/2021-07-15/drug-overdoses-killed-a-record-number-of-americans-in-2020-jumping-by-nearly-30 Bill Chappell /news/2021-06-19/overdose-deaths-rose-during-the-war-on-drugs-but-efforts-to-reduce-them-face-backlash Researchers know how to curb the risks of overdose and disease among drug users, but policymakers are reluctant to allow public health measures that include needle exchanges and access to safer drugs. Sat, 19 Jun 2021 11:58:49 GMT /news/2021-06-19/overdose-deaths-rose-during-the-war-on-drugs-but-efforts-to-reduce-them-face-backlash Brian Mann /culture/2021-06-18/how-tv-dramas-informed-and-misinformed-perceptions-of-the-war-on-drugs From Miami Vice, to The Wire, to Orange Is the New Black, scripted TV shows have had a serious and sometimes unrecognized impact on public attitudes about drugs in America. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:19:33 GMT /culture/2021-06-18/how-tv-dramas-informed-and-misinformed-perceptions-of-the-war-on-drugs Eric Deggans /news/2021-06-17/after-50-years-of-the-war-on-drugs-what-good-is-it-doing-for-us President Nixon called for an "all-out offensive" against drugs and addiction. The U.S. is now rethinking policies that led to mass incarceration and shattered families while drug deaths kept rising. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:44:52 GMT /news/2021-06-17/after-50-years-of-the-war-on-drugs-what-good-is-it-doing-for-us Brian Mann /show/sundial/2018-06-11/pbs-newshours-yamiche-alcindor-drug-lord-prosecutor-pulse-nightclub-documentary PBS NewsHour White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor returns to South Florida to co-moderate this year’s Gubernatorial Democratic Primary in the… Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:24:18 GMT /show/sundial/2018-06-11/pbs-newshours-yamiche-alcindor-drug-lord-prosecutor-pulse-nightclub-documentary