May 12 Watch 9:30 How will harsher sentences affect the flow of drugs in the U.S.? By PBS News Hour Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors across the country to revive some of the toughest practices of the decades-old "war on drugs," reversing Obama administration policies that aimed to lessen the federal prison population. Hari Sreenivasan talks to… Continue watching
Jan 15 What happens if kratom becomes illegal? By PBS News Hour The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has received thousands of comments on whether it should make kratom, a popular painkiller, illegal. Continue reading
Aug 07 Philippines president accuses judges, mayors of drug trade involvement By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte publicly accused more than 150 judges, lawmakers, mayors and police officers of involvement in illegal drug trafficking on Sunday during a nationally televised speech in Davao City. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 6:14 Crime novelist of ‘The Cartel’ calls for end to war on drugs By PBS News Hour The escape of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán felt to novelist Don Winslow like it came straight out of the pages of his new book, "The Cartel." Winslow has been writing about the drug wars for years, sharing… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 4:32 Colombia to end anti-drug crop dusting amid health concerns By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch Holder Calls for New Approach to Prosecuting Low-Level Drug Crimes Holder Calls for New Approach to Prosecuting Low-Level Drug Crimes… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch Obama Meets Mexican President-Elect Nieto to Discuss War on Drugs, Immigration President Obama sat down with Mexican President-Elect Enrique Pena Nieto -- set to take office later this week -- to discuss many subjects, including the uptick in drug violence in Mexico and along the U.S. border, illegal immigration, and economic… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch Mexican Elections: ‘People Just Want a Change’ On Sunday, Mexicans go to the polls to elect a new president. Jeffrey Brown talks to Margaret Warner in Mexico City about the voters' concerns and whether the country's drug war policy is likely to change. Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch Mexican Photographer Captures Shades of Juarez From our series of reports in Mexico, photographer and Juarez resident Julian Cardona speaks with Margaret Warner about how the border city is struggling with violent criminal cartels. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch U.S. Hostages Speak Out After Captivity in Colombia Three U.S. military contractors who spent more than five years as hostages of in Colombia made their first public statements Monday about the rebel group and their experiences. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching