The effectiveness of Trump's revived 'drug war' rhetoric has already been rejected in Latin America

Under Donald Trump, US federal drug policy has undergone a fairly dramatic reversal. The Obama administration's criticisms of the 'war on drugs' are gone, replaced by a seeming return to eradication policies in key drug producer countries. John Collins (LSE US Centre International Drug Policy Unit) argues that the Trump administration's return to unilateral, aggressive, supply-side and law enforcement-based approaches is likely to face ...