If there's one thing the international community should do, if only out of deference because he won the election, is to take seriously his arguments that coca products have a place in the international commodities market.

We took two steps forward with the reforms in December, and one more step yesterday. But we still have 10 steps more to go.

The entire war on drugs disproportionately targets poor people and people of color.

The best news in this year's report is the significant decline in cigarette smoking, not just because that ultimately is the most deadly drug but also because it confirms that drug abuse is best reduced through sensible public health measures rather than criminal penalties, prosecutions and prisons.

What happened in California provides a powerful model. It is extremely likely that there will be other prop 36-like initiatives in other major states in 2002 and 2004.

It has been and will always be the case that most Americans who use drugs do so responsibly and in moderation