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Drug Policy
Life + 185 Years: Three Stories of Incarceration
Three people convicted of non-violent drug crimes. Their stories are the stuff of nightmares.
Early Lessons From Marijuana Legalization in Colorado
A new report from the state Department of Public Safety considers the consequences.
Museum of Drug Policy Pops Up in New York For U.N. Special Session on "World Drug Problem"
Unlike the feckless diplomats a few blocks away, artists presented a clear and devastating picture of the global war on drugs.
U.N. Drug Policy Meeting's Banal Consensus Masks Encouraging Disagreements
"Putting people first" might mean legalizing drugs, or it might mean beheading drug dealers.
What the World Can Learn From Colorado's Marijuana Experience
A new report suggests some tentative observations about the consequences of legalization.
Protesters Smoke Weed Outside of White House
The Reschedule 420 campaign seeks to remove marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug.
'Drug Users Need Treatment,' Says President Obama. Not So Fast, Says Dr. Carl Hart
The Columbia University neuroscientist wants to shift the focus to harm reduction.
No Opiates for the Masses?
A push to fight painkiller abuse may do more harm than good.
At CPAC, Pro–Criminal Justice Reform and Anti–Death Penalty Activists Make Their Case
Conservatives are no longer monolithic on these issues.
The Media Narrative Around Drug Use Is Shifting, But the Harsh Policies for Drug Crimes Are Not
A "new face of heroin" is changing the discourse on drug addicts in the media. But has it translated into more humane public policy? Not quite.
Federal Judge Orders Iowa State to Stop Censoring Marijuana Reform T-Shirts
Thanks to the First Amendment, NORML ISU members can wear cannabis leaves on their chests and backs.
A 19-Year-Old Rightly Complains That 'Prohibition Still Applies to Us'
What does a working man have to do to get a drink in this place?
Rand Paul Says Pot Prohibition Should Be Repealed
The Kentucky senator says "there's no real reason to have a federal rule on that."
Did the White House Just Save Colorado's Marijuana from the Supreme Court?
Another Step Closer to Full Legalization
Harlem's Drug Warriors
Was the drug war imposed on black America, or did black America demand it?
Drug Czar Wants More Money to Spend on Taking Your Stuff
ONDCP requests record amount to "manage the massive paper flow associated with forfeiture."
Doesn't America Deserve a Marijuana Rights Movement That Just Wants to Eliminate Legal Penalties Surrounding Marijuana?
The marijuana movement shouldn't have to be a fight between crony capitalists and public health nannies.
Rep. Steve Cohen Calls for Confidential Informant Reform, Citing Story First Covered by Reason TV
Congressman references the tragic case of Andrew Sadek, a college student bullied into becoming a confidential informant.
Can Marijuana Save This Colorado Town?
A new marijuana greenhouse campus could bring Walsenburg, CO a lot of green.
On Pot, Can We Keep Up With the Neighbors?
Canada and Mexico may beat U.S. to the punch on legalization.
What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About the Border
El Paso Rep. Beto O'Rourke explains what the GOP frontrunner misses about Mexican immigrants (and everything else).
Don't Be Afraid of Those 6,000 Felons Just Released From Prison
Families Against Mandatory Minimum's Kevin Ring makes the case for even more wide-ranging and far-reaching sentencing reform.
Despite All Issue 3's Flaws, It Felt GREAT Voting for Legal Pot in Ohio
It will feel even better the next time around with the full force of a 58 percent majority moving on from one of the great failures of the past 100 years.
Why Banning Smart Drugs for College Students Is Impossible, Evil
Only the handicapper general would do such a thing.
Iran's Drug War is Disgusting, Depraved…And Commended by the United Nations
The Iranian government traffics in drugs and executes drug dealers. What's not to love?
Is This Preschool Teaching Kids to Snitch on Parents for Using Drugs?
Leave them kids alone
Anti-Pot Group Names Rand Paul, Bernie Sanders Worst Candidates on Marijuana
Can you guess who Smart Alternatives to Marijuana (Project SAM) thinks are the best candidates? Probably, even if you're tripping balls right now.
Nick Gillespie Talks Hillary, Trump, Libertarianism w Hot Air's Jazz Shaw & OTB's Doug Mataconis
...and much, much more on the Politinerds podcast.
Brookings Report Decries the Federal Government's 'War on Medical Marijuana Research'
Practical suggestions for making it easier to investigate the therapeutic properties of cannabis
That Time the UN Almost Called for Decriminalizing Drug Use
Virgin CEO Richard Branson leaks document to Drug Policy Alliance.
Fentanyl-Laced Heroin and Other Deadly Consequences of Prohibition
How the government makes drugs more dangerous
The Disposable Life of a 20-Year-Old Confidential Informant
A North Dakota drug task force bullied a college student into working for them. Then he turned up dead.
Is a 'Black Silent Majority' Responsible for Some of America's Harshest Drug Laws?
A new book argues that black America helped pave the way for the War on Drugs.
How Prohibition Causes Deaths From Fentanyl-Spiked Heroin
The more successful drug warriors are, the more dangerous drugs become.
On Marijuana, Chris Christie Remains the Republican Outlier
But even the New Jersey governor concedes "the war on drugs has been a failure."
Permission to Die
California could become the fifth state to misidentify suicide as a medical treatment.
Bill Bennett: 'Bring Back the War on Drugs'
The former drug czar thinks the solution to the "heroin epidemic" is simple: "attack the supply."
The Fantasy of Stopping the 'Heroin Epidemic' by Stopping the Heroin
Bill Bennett wants to "bring back the war on drugs."
Survey Data Highlight the Tenuous Relationship Between Drug Panics and Reality
Fear of meth, bath salts, salvia, MDMA, and heroin correspond loosely, at best, to actual trends in drug use.
