America Cannot Bomb Its Way Out of the Drug Crisis
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This hard-hitting editorial exposes the futility of militarized drug policy and the moral cost of America’s endless “war on drugs.” Drawing on decades of failed interventions, it challenges the logic behind bombing boats, targeting impoverished farmers, and criminalizing addiction — arguing instead for a public health and social reform approach rooted in prevention, treatment, and accountability. The piece underscores how punitive measures have only deepened instability, empowered cartels, and devastated communities both at home and abroad. Urgent, unflinching, and fact-driven, it calls readers and policymakers alike to confront an uncomfortable truth: violence cannot solve what inequality, trauma, and corruption created. Keywords:Drug war, U.S. policy, militarization, addiction, public health, Latin America, Coast Guard, proportionality, human rights, policy reform, social justice, overdose crisis, narcotics trade, rehabilitation, harm reduction, war on drugs failure, systemic reform.
Author: Swartz-Garcia, Cindy
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7114802480
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