Why America is falling out of love with cocaine

Why America is falling out of love with cocaine

Since last year, the United States' attempts to stem the flow of cocaine through the southern border have taken new turns, in what is the sixth decade of its war on drugs.  The White House has used the cocaine threat as a pretext to conduct military strikes on more than 45 alleged narco boats, killing 163 people in the Caribbean, and to detain Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. It has repeatedly discussed deploying the military to fight drug tr…