El Chapo Puts the Drug War on Trial
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/opinion/el-chapo-trial-drug-war.html
In the years between Mr. Escobar’s death and Mr. Guzmán ’s trial, which began this week, the war on drugs has stumbled on. In terms of taking down kingpins and burning heaps of their narcotics, it has been a stunning success. It terms of reducing the number of Americans killed from overdoses or Latin Americans murdered over smuggling profits, it has been a resounding failure.