Three Countries Take a Tiny First Step Toward More Sensible Drug Laws

Why are U.S. drug laws so draconian? Partly it's because Congress wants it that way, but partly it's because the United States is a signatory to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which pretty much requires us to keep the production and distribution of psychoactive drugs prohibited. Because of this, there's not much chance of significantly changing our drug laws unless we also change the Single Convention. That's why Mark Kleiman thinks a recent joint declaration of Colombia, Guatemala and...