Thornton on Drug War in the New York Times

Thornton on Drug War in the New York Times

Assistant Professor Christy Thornton published an op-ed in today’s New York Times arguing that the Biden administration’s domestic changes in drug policy won’t work in the absence of changes to the international drug control regime, as well. “Ultimately, more than four decades of the U.S.-led war on drugs abroad has not only failed to reduce the supply of illicit substances — it has actually made them more dangerous,” Thornton writes. Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/opinion/colombia-drug-war-us.html