Tag: War on Drugs

—œThe benefits we give to poor people are so limited compared to what we give to the top 1 percent,—£ Moore said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dem congresswoman wants the wealthiest to be drug tested

Kelly Cohen · June 16, 2016 7:15 pm

Border Patrol has detained several people suspected to be affiliated with terrorist groups in recent years. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

National Security

DHS: Drug cartels might ‘unwittingly’ smuggle terrorists in the United States

Joel Gehrke · May 26, 2016 4:42 pm

"This is an enormous problem and we have not been winning the war on drugs," said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

GOP senator: Drug demand creating ‘unsecured border’

Mariana Barillas · May 17, 2016 11:23 pm

El Chapo was transferred from a prison in Altiplano, Mexico, to one in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

National Security

El Chapo transferred to new prison

Ben Smith · May 7, 2016 6:46 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Rest in opioid

Washington Examiner · May 3, 2016 7:00 pm

Opioid and heroin addiction "reaches everybody," president says. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: Race, poverty led to stigma of opioid addicts

Robert King · March 29, 2016 7:54 pm

Arizona House Speaker David Gowan, right, speaks with Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, during a visit to the Arizona south border with Mexico in Douglas, Ariz., Friday, March 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Cruz to Obama: ‘Move White House to border, see how security is’

Anna Giaritelli · March 18, 2016 11:47 pm

Ted Cruz, left, during a visit to the Arizona south border with Mexico in Douglas, Ariz., Friday, March 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Cruz to Obama: ‘Move White House to border, see how security is’

Anna Giaritelli · March 18, 2016 11:47 pm

"We treat marijuana in the same way that we treat heroin now, and that clearly is not appropriate." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Eric Holder: Marijuana ‘ought to be rescheduled’

Kelly Cohen · February 25, 2016 5:47 pm

The bill would cut mandatory minimum sentences, making thousands of violent criminals eligible for release. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Why I oppose the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act

Sen. Tom Cotton · February 12, 2016 5:03 am

Trump joins Cruz in tying heroin crisis to border security. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Trump promises to fight New Hampshire’s drug epidemic — by building a wall in Arizona

Kelly Cohen · February 6, 2016 5:29 pm

Portman said the legislation in the Senate would "prevent abuse before it starts." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP: Heroin and prescription drugs kill more than cars

Curt Mills · January 30, 2016 3:25 pm