The summer saw new spikes in drug related violence in North America.  The governmental responses ranged from President Obama's meeting with Canadian and Mexican leaders to pledge new vigilence to members of the California legislature proposing to close California's budget crisis by legalizing and taxing drugs.

America has been engaging in a war on drugs for a generation now.

What have been the results?
What is working and what isn't working?
What should America be doing and where should it go from here?

Come join the New America Foundation for a conversation with Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post and Peter Reuter of the School of Public Policy and Department of Criminology at the University of Maryland.