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A novel solution to the drug problem

A police officer suggests that all drugs should be legalized and regulated, except for meth – and that meth dealers ought to be punished unmercifully.

by Rich Wandschneider, Jan 03, 2012
Failed State

Photojournalist Julian Cardona on living and working in Mexico's war zone.

by Cally Carswell, Mar 05, 2010
Charles Bowden on The War Next Door

On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile War on Drugs takes a violent toll on the poorest people.

by Charles Bowden, Mar 01, 2010
Heard Around the West

Biodiesel pirates; dinosaur bones for sale; archaeological developments; hot weather and cool bankrobbers; what to do with a big dead moose.

by Betsy Marston, Jun 09, 2008
A common problem

There’s a great diversity among American Indians, but the tribes share some of the same tragic ills that plague the rest of society – particularly those caused by methamphetamine abuse

by John Mecklin, May 28, 2007
Problems in Paradise

The brutal murder of a Japanese tourist shines an unwelcome spotlight on the social problems plaguing Arizona’s beautiful but troubled Havasupai Reservation

by John Dougherty, May 28, 2007
One Nation, Under Fire

The Sonoran Desert homeland of the Tohono O’odham Nation has become a nerve-wracking police state, caught in the crossfire between drug and immigrant smugglers and the U.S. Border Patrol.

by John Dougherty, Feb 19, 2007
War on (eco) terror extends to the West

Four people charged with arson in the 1998 Vail ski resort fires in Colorado are among 13 defendants indicted in Oregon and accused of "domestic terrorism."

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jun 26, 2006
The vast, unpatrolled public lands

The same solitude that attracts nature-lovers to the West’s public lands attracts lawbreakers as well – particularly a growing number of Mexican marijuana-growers

by Greg Hanscom, Oct 31, 2005
Blood spills over a $14 camping fee

In the wake of a confrontation over a camping fee that ended in a tourist’s death, a former park ranger remembers a frightening incident from his own career

by Jim Stiles, Oct 17, 2005

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A novel solution to the drug problem

Failed State

Charles Bowden on The War Next Door

Heard Around the West

A common problem

Problems in Paradise

One Nation, Under Fire

War on (eco) terror extends to the West

The vast, unpatrolled public lands

Blood spills over a $14 camping fee

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