USA. The war on drugs was always a war on people — that’s why it doesn’t work  

Last month, the U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bipartisan resolution recently that would have prevented the Trump administration from launching military strikes in Venezuela without congressional approval.  

The 49–51 vote effectively green-lit the White House’s use of force, emboldening the administration to deploy an expanding fleet of warships off the Venezuelan coast, declare Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, and expand military activities from bases in Puerto Rico in a marked escalation. 

While Congress was debating war powers, U.S. military strikes were already underway, targeting small boats off the Venezuelan coast purportedly trafficking drugs bound for the U.S. Meanwhile, no one has provided the public any evidence that those aboard posed a threat to the U.S. — or even that drugs were present on the vessels.  

These escalating operations have laid bare a deeper truth: Half a century after Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” U.S. policymakers are still fighting people, not drugs. (The Hill, USA, 03.12.2025)

https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5629882-militarization-drug-control-failure