http://www.latimes.com…
Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, who helped supervise the Brookings Institution study, says Washington needs to focus on consumption in addition to targeting traffickers.
By Tracy Wilkinson
November 27, 2008
Reporting from Mexico City — The United States’ war on drugs has failed and will continue to do so as long as it emphasizes law enforcement and [...]

http://www.globalresearch.ca/…
by John Pilger
Global Research, April 24, 2008
New Statesman
John Pilger argues that an unreported war is being waged by the US to restore power to the privileged classes at the expense of the poor

http://www.time.com/…
By Tim Padgett
Plan Colombia is one of the most brazen foreign aid sleights of hand ever perpetrated by Washington. Since its launch in 2000, the more than $5 billion crusade was meant to help violence-torn Colombia eradicate drug cultivation and trafficking — an effort that is largely regarded a failure. Instead, the billions have [...]