The U.S. and its allies have spilled blood and treasure to kill drug lords and defeat cartels, but the drugs keep coming and the new groups are more violent than ever.

The death of El Mencho decapitates one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels, but there’s a whole lot more sustaining the drug industry nowadays.

The constant insistence of the US discourse on the war on drugs seems to reflect a moral crusade by successive US administrations to rid their country of drug use. However, the truth is far removed ...

On October 27, 2025, the U.S. military launched a high-profile anti-narcotics operation off Colombia's Pacific coast, conducting airstrikes to destroy four vessels suspected of carrying illicit drugs.

Drug addicts in Managua, Nicaragua (Oswaldo Rivas/ Courtesy Reuters). On Thursday, the United Nations launched its annual World Drug Report. This year’s report comes four decades after President ...

Explore the ICC's investigation into Duterte's alleged use of the Davao Death Squad as a model for his nationwide anti-drug ...

The court’s deputy prosecutor said that the former Philippine leader was “at the very heart” of a plan to “neutralize alleged criminals, including through murder.” ...

THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS—Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday detailed the roles of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s co-perpetrators as well as a list of targets in his ...

The conversation around drugs has long been framed by cost. Policymakers calculate the billions lost every year to productivity gaps, hospitalizations, law enforcement and incarceration. The U.S.

In 2018, The War On Drugs hosted the first edition of A Drugcember To Remember, a series of benefit shows to help The Fund For The School District Of Philadelphia, a nonprofit that boosts Philly ...

What do conflict, climate change, pandemics and migration all have in common? Each is recognised as a driver for instability, economic disruption and geopolitical tension, and each now features ...