December 1989 Issue [Essay] A Political Opiate Download PDF Adjust Share The war on drugs is a folly and a menace by Lewis H. Lapham, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Control of Drug traffic George Bush Investigation Narcotics Political aspects United States More from Lewis H. Lapham Mists of Wish and Dream From the Editor’s Notebook that appeared in the June 1988 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The complete article—along with the magazine’s entire 173-year archive—is available online at harpers.org/archive. The news from… There’s Another Ex-President Who Needs to Be Arrested! Lewis Lapham discusses George W. Bush, the Iraq War, and democracy Death Is for Suckers Funeral Pyre, by Rockwell Kent © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York. Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton. Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund from the Carl… Adjust Share