Drug Reform Politics

Sterling, E. E. (2001, August 16). America's War on Drugs: A Rolling Stone Forum. Rolling Stone magazine, issue 875.
This commentary was part of a special report on the war on drugs. Mr. Sterling, along with celebrities such as Dave Matthews, David Crosby, Tobias Wolff, and Peter Jennings, commented on the future of American drug policy.

Sterling, E. E. (1999, Spring). The War on Drugs in Context: The Legal System, the Need for Social Change and Personal Responsibility. Drug Policy Letter, Washington, DC: Drug Policy Foundation.
This article was included in the 1999 "Special Awards Edition" of the Drug Policy Foundation's newsletter, acknowledging Eric E. Sterling as the 1999 awardee of the Justice Gerald LeDain Award for Achievement in the Field of Law. (pdf file available)

Thevenot, C. (1999, March 18). Crises of the Anti-Drug Effort, 1999.
A 16-page comprehensive report by Chad Thevenot, detailing major problems with current anti-drug strategy and proposed reforms. Covers many issues in drug policy, including mandatory minimum sentencing, the prison boom, racial disparity, law enforcement corruption and misconduct, erosion of civil liberties, international developments, drug treatment, and harm reduction. (pdf file available).

Pastore, N. (1997, August 15). Who's Really Soft on Drugs? Tobacco-Stained Helms. Hartford Courant.
Op-ed pointing out the hypocrisy of Senator Jesse Helms' objection to appointing William Weld Ambassador to Mexico, given the Senator's defense of the tobacco industry.

The Schaffer Drug Library provides links to resources such as FAQs about the drug war, collections of opinion pieces on the drug war, drug war statistics, and in-depth studies of drugs and drug policy.