FPIF Issues: Drug Control

The Drug War's Invisible Victims

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:45:00 -0500

Women bear the burden of the violence that is convulsing Mexico.

The Iranian Dilemma: Israel (Part 1)

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:00:00 -0500

The alleged assassination plot and the recent IAEA report are greasing the skids for war against Iran.

A Way Out of Mexico's Morass

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:00:00 -0400

A Mexican politician is taking his call for a more balanced U.S.-Mexican relationship straight to Washington.

Is Iran's Alleged Cash-for-Assassinations Plot Too Implausible to Be True?

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:44:18 -0400

The United States alleges an Iranian plot to trade money and drugs with a Mexican cartel in exchange for assassinating Saudi and Israeli diplomats.

Drug War: Faster and More Furious

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:55:00 -0400

High-profile fiascos like Operation "Fast and Furious" are a drop in the bucket of the War on Drugs debacle.

Migrants Demand End to the Violence

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:37:30 -0400

The caravan of drug war victims led by Mexican poet Javier Sicilia arrived at the Mexico-Guatemala border in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, on Sept. 14, where they asked for forgiveness from the migrants who risk their lives to cross Mexico to reach the United States.

Drug War Madness

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:00:00 -0400

Forty years after the war on drugs began the fallout from bad policy has had dire consequences both home and abroad.

Washington Needs a Progressive Drug Policy

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:03:08 -0400

The disastrous failure of the drug war shows the necessity of a revamped U.S. policy approach.

U.S. and Mexican Governments Continue to Brush Aside Perspectives of Drug War Victims

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:04:05 -0400

If the U.S. and Latin American governments don't respond to outraged reactions to the Drug War, they may have another war on their hands -- with their own enraged citizens.

Re-emergence of Shining Path as Drug Syndicate Paints New Peruvian President Humala Into a Corner

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:23:57 -0400

If new Peruvian President Ollanta Humala institutes aggressive policies that threaten coca production and leave behind piles of bodies, his political future will be in doubt.