The mistakes of Prohibition still haunt us
From our US edition
Alcohol prohibition only lasted thirteen years, while the war on drugs has raged longer than a century
Niko Vorobyov
Niko Vorobyov is the author of the book Dopeworld
Tuesday
Saturday
The West could pay a heavy price for the Taliban’s war on drugs
The meth and heroin addicts were still gathering in their hundreds in a squalid encampment under the Pul-e-Sokhta bridge in the Afghan capital of Kabul. It was a sorry sight to see them squatting beside bonfires while stray dogs ran around them, barking. Many were homeless and had nowhere else to go. ‘It’s easier to
