Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001-5403
Phone (202) 842 0200
Fax (202) 842 3490
 Contact Us
Support Cato

Drug War

Opinion and Commentary


"Get Serious about Decriminalizing Drugs; Others Are," by Tim Lynch and Juan Carlos Hidalgo, San Jose Mercury News, September 29, 2009

"Chaos on the Border," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), September 11, 2009

"Shooting Up the Border," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), April 16, 2009

"I Smoke Pot, and I Like It," by Will Wilkinson, The Week, April 2, 2009

"Change and Hope on Drug Policy?," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, March 24, 2009

"Bad Neighbors," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), March 9, 2009

"Fight Drugs or Terrorists — But Not Both," by Ted Galen Carpenter and David Rittgers, Guardian, March 6, 2009

"Drug Gangs Winning the War for Mexico," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Houston Chronicle, February 7, 2009

"Arrest Michael Phelps Now!," by Doug Bandow, National Review (Online), February 6, 2009

"Obama's Legislative Funeral," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), January 15, 2009

"What Is the DEA Smoking?," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), December 17, 2008

"A Latin American Agenda for President Obama," by Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Cato.org, December 11, 2008

"What Should Liberals Liberalize?," by Daniel B. Klein, Cato.org, December 11, 2008

"Afghanistan's Drug Problem," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), December 5, 2008

"Mexico's Colombian Exchange," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), October 10, 2008

"Beacon Hill's Gift to the Black Market," by Patrick Fleenor, Cato.org, April 26, 2008

"Legacy of Prohibition Lives on in Maryland," by Brandon Arnold, Examiner.com, December 5, 2007

"Drug War Casualties Left Behind," by Radley Balko, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 6, 2006

"Wrong Door," by Radley Balko and Joel Berger, The Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2006

"Drug War Police Tactics Endanger Innocent Citizens," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), July 21, 2006

"Strung Out: Prohibition Stays Put South of the Border," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Review, May 4, 2006

"Railroaded Onto Death Row?," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), February 15, 2006

"Overkill: The Latest Trend in Policing," by Radley Balko, Cato.org, February 5, 2006

"Wishing Drug-Warrior Thinking," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Review (Online), December 1, 2005

"Sick," by Radley Balko, National Review (Online), October 24, 2005

"Treating Sniffles with a Jail Term," by Doug Bandow, Copley News Service, September 2, 2005

"Zero Tolerance Makes Zero Sense," by Radley Balko, Cato.org, August 9, 2005

"An Excess of Power," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), July 4, 2005

"Criminalization out of Control," by Gene Healy, The Baltimore Sun, June 17, 2005

"Restricting Cold Medicine Won't Curb Meth Use," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), June 16, 2005

"Another Victim of the Drug War," by Radley Balko, Freeman, April 1, 2005

"Drug Violence in Mexico," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato.org, March 18, 2005

"War on Drugs -- and the Bill of Rights," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), January 27, 2005

"Drug Prohibition Is a Terrorist's Best Friend," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Post, January 4, 2005

"The Drug-War Distraction:
Feds Have Better Things to Do than Take on the Role of National Vice Squad," by Gene Healy, Cato.org, December 16, 2004

"Busybodies on Steroids," by Doug Bandow, American Spectator, December 10, 2004

"For Afghanistan's freedom, back off on war on drugs," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Star Tribune, November 8, 2004

"Solving Afghanistan's Opium Problem," by Doug Bandow, Cato.org, October 20, 2004

"Bill Wilson and the Drug War," by Radley Balko, National Review (Online), May 17, 2004

"A DEA Crackdown That's Going to Hurt Those in Pain," by Patrick J. Michaels, Cato.org, February 29, 2004

"A Toast to the Holiday?," by Radley Balko, Washington Times, January 1, 2004

"Forget the War on Drugs Already," by Doug Bandow, National Review (Online), December 19, 2003

"Federalism Wins," by Randy Barnett, National Review (Online), December 19, 2003

"Thank You for Not Drinking . . . In the Bar," by Radley Balko, Chicago Sun-Times, December 5, 2003

"The International Drug War's Illusory Victories," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato.org, July 20, 2003

"Democrats and the Right to Choose -- What?," by David Boaz, Fox News (Online), January 28, 2003

"Follow the Money: Confusion at Treasury," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, January 23, 2003

"Just Say Yes," by Adam B. Schaeffer, National Review (Online), June 26, 2002

"Voters Set Trends In How To Grapple With Drugs," by Doug Bandow, USA Today, December 18, 2000

"The Robert Downey Jr. Problem," by Doug Bandow, Christian Science Monitor, December 11, 2000

"Population Bomb Behind Bars," by Tim Lynch, Cato.org, February 20, 2000

"A Clear Head on Drugs," by Tim Lynch, Washington Times, October 24, 1999

"Expansive Solutions," by David Boaz, Cato.org, September 27, 1995

"Let's Quit the Drug War," by David Boaz, The New York Times, March 17, 1988



Back



Printer Friendly Version