9 Signs the World's Insane War on Drugs Is in Serious Collapse

As the year comes to an end, there is reason for cheer on the international drug reform front.
 
The global anti-drug regime has been in place for more than a half century now, but the prohibitionist consensus has been crumbling for at least 20 years, and the decomposition continued apace this year.
 

The international treaties that make up the legal backbone of international drug prohibition still stand, but they are under increasing attack at the United Nations, which will take them up again next year. They are increasingly being breached (especially by marijuana legalization at the national and sub-national level) and nibbled away at around the edges by moves like drug decriminalization and some harm reduction measures such as supervised injection facilities.

The Western hemisphere is becoming especially fruitful ground for drug reforms. As the United

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