According to The New York Times, America’s war on drugs has entered a new phase: It’s so successful that the CIA is planning to send retired military personnel and private contractors to Mexico to bring the battle to the doorstep of the organized crime cartels. Well, that’s not quite the …
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Afghanistan, Drug Enforcement Administration, Mexico, War on Drugs | Category: Illicit Drug Regulation |
 One commentEverybody who cares about illicit drug regulation knows that, this November, Californians will get a chance to vote on a ballot proposition legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. What nobody knows for sure is how legalization would affect the price and rate of use of the stuff. … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: marijuana, Rand Corporation | Category: Illicit Drug Regulation, Quick Takes |
2 commentsYou may have read our views on this subject before: Supply-side anti-drug policies, based on interdiction at the border, can only work by raising the price of the illicit drugs in question. And since the demand for drugs is inelastic, this approach virtually guarantees that the drug trade … Good news! The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a natural blight has reduced Afghanistan’s poppy crop this year by between 30 and 50 percent! Afghanistan, you may not know if you’ve been living in a cave for the last five years, produces 90 percent of the world’s commercial … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Afghanistan, opium, prohibition, Taliban, UN, War on Drugs | Category: Illicit Drug Regulation |
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