This is an incredible article by Mike Caesar in the Christian Science Monitor: New coca spat leaves Colombia flying solo. It really paints a picture of how much we’ve screwed up things in Latin America.

A decision by Colombia’s conservative President �lvaro Uribe to restart the country’s aerial fumigation of coca leaf plantations near [...]

Further information on the “conversion.” Bob Barr, interviewed by Charles Goyette on KFNX (Phoenix), on the drug war:

There�s a lot of room to work on that issue. For example, on the issue of medical marijuana and the states� rights issues involving that. I�m very supportive of states� rights. I am also very supportive [...]

Have a nice Christmas thought for the poor drug warriors. They try to use the drug war to control other countries, but they’re not getting anything nice in their stockings for doing so. Maybe they should just take the rest of the year off. “bullet” Peru’s president recommends coca

Mr Garcia’s culinary suggestions did [...]

I’ve never really felt the need to explain the position that libertarians should have regarding the drug war. In fact, in my FAQ, all I say is:

Well, duh! If you need to ask, you’re probably not a libertarian.

One particular recent event, however, is muddying the waters… the conversion of Bob Barr to [...]

On one thing the drug czar’s office is right — parents should talk to their teens about drugs. However, the drug czar will tell you that you should lie to them, search their rooms and drug test them on a regular basis. That is the most messed-up kind of parenting out there. However, there [...]