Legalizing Cocaine Is the Only Way to End the Drug War

A Panamanian National Aeronaval Service officer guards 12 tons of cocaine divided into hundreds of packages at the Aeronaval headquarters in Panama City on November 11, 2025. Panama carried out one of the largest drug seizures in its history after intercepting about 12 tons of cocaine on a vessel in the Pacific that was bound for the United States, local authorities said on November 11, 2025. (Photo by Martin BERNETTI / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)

The war on drugs has failed, and Trump’s deadly boat strikes are only doubling down on decades of failed policy.

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