Prohibition laws—which criminalise the production, supply, possession, and use of some drugs for non-medical purposes—cost at least $100bn annually but have failed to curb either supply or demand, reduce addiction, or minimise harm. The…

(telesurtv.net, 11.01.2017) http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Colombia-Restarts-Controversial-Glyphosate-Fumigation-of-Coca-20170111-0030.html

Despite constitutional limits, Philippine president considering martial law if drug problem turns 'virulent'. (Al Jazeera, 15.01.2017) http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/duterte-stop-declaring-martial-law-170115034431700.html

(panampost.com, 10.01.2017) https://panampost.com/julian-villabona/2017/01/10/coca-cultivation-increases-colombia-amid-lack-new-strategies/

(panampost.com, 16.12.2016) https://panampost.com/julian-villabona/2016/12/16/five-farc-leaders-abandon-peace-deal-start-talks-with-colombian-drug-gang/

Rapper Jay Z erklärt den seit 50 Jahren andauernden Krieg gegen die Drogen für gescheitert. Das Vorgehen der Ermittler nannte er rassistisch. (spiegel.de, 16.09.2016) http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/jay-z-rapper-bezeichnet-war-on-dru…