The House Ethics Committee's findings, combined with Gaetz's lack of relevant experience, again raise the question of why Donald Trump picked him for attorney general.
Pharmacological Perennialism crossed paths with the Catholic Church at a previously unreported "holy meeting."
Using force to make people give up drugs is both dangerous and morally wrong.
While a federal crackdown reduced opioid prescriptions, the number of opioid-related deaths soared.
Brandy Moore, who stopped using meth midway through her pregnancy, was charged with "aggravated domestic violence" because she decided not to have an abortion.
One 2022 study found that 91 percent of women given fentanyl in their epidurals later tested positive for the drug.
If stopping drugs from entering the country is as straightforward as the president-elect implies, why didn't he do it during his first term?
Since the president-elect refuses to admit that levies on imports are taxes paid by Americans, he sees no downside to raising them.
Though he commuted some drug offenders' sentences, Biden never delivered on the rest of his drug reform promises.
Give us your money to keep the government out of your cocktails, your cherries, your raw milk, your psychedelics, and other forms of fun.
Joe Biden says his son did not deserve prison for violating firearm laws that the president vigorously defends and has made more severe.
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The attorney general nominee's record as a drug warrior epitomizes the predictably perverse consequences of prohibition.
The problems with these test kits are well-known, and there have been hundreds of documented cases of wrongful arrests based on them.
The proposal brings to mind the classic "bootleggers and Baptists" theory in which both moralists and competitors oppose a substance.
Trump's pick for attorney general is manifestly unqualified for the job, even without considering the salacious details of the ethics charges against him.
The nominee for attorney general passes the Trump loyalty test, but he lacks relevant experience and has repeatedly demonstrated poor judgment.
Many seriously ill people die waiting for the FDA to approve drugs that regulators in other advanced countries have already approved.
The DEA's attempts to enforce the nation's drug laws have been a resounding failure by pretty much any measure.
Ksenia Karelina was prosecuted as part of a larger “treason” crackdown that is unprecedented even by Russia’s illiberal standards.
Making DOI and DOC Schedule I drugs would interfere with psychiatric research.
The ballot initiative says a whiff of weed does not establish probable cause for a search or seizure, which was already doubtful in light of hemp legalization.
Trippy author Ernesto Londoño points out that supposedly ancient psychedelic rituals don't always lead to great outcomes.
Despite a few bright spots, the disappointing returns suggest that the road to pharmacological freedom will be rockier than activists hoped.
Residents of the two deep-red states have approved medical use of cannabis but remain leery of going further.
The initiative also would have authorized state-licensed "psychedelic therapy centers."
Whether the policy will actually be implemented depends on the outcome of a legal challenge.
A majority of the state's voters said yes to Amendment Three, but that wasn't enough to clear the 60 percent threshold required to pass a Florida ballot initiative.
The two-time Libertarian Party presidential nominee shares his thoughts on Chase Oliver and the election.
Whether you're facing existential dread about this election's outcome or just hoping that we at least know the outcome before the week is over, cannabis can be a welcome stress reliever.
The change in official warnings and news coverage reflects the dearth of evidence that malicious pranksters are trying to dose trick-or-treaters.
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The ballot initiatives would allow recreational marijuana use in Florida and the Dakotas, authorize medical marijuana in Nebraska, and decriminalize five natural psychedelics in Massachusetts.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz both back marijuana legalization, but they took different paths to get there.
A trucker lost his job because he tested positive for marijuana after consuming a supposedly THC-free CBD tincture.
Mom-and-pop marijuana operations do not exist in Florida. That's by design.
Mom-and-pop marijuana operations do not exist in Florida. That's by design.
Although the framing is a transparent political ploy, it is reassuring to see that the vice president has not abandoned her opposition to the federal ban.
Season 2, Episode 6 War on Drugs
How the FDA and DEA overrule the interests of doctors and patients.
The medication shouldn't be this controversial.
Each party's candidate is jockeying to be more aggressive on fentanyl, whose use has proliferated as a direct result of government aggression.
This Kentucky Republican won't stop until he finds a state willing to make legal room for ibogaine, a drug he calls "God's medicine."
The new law should help licensed retailers compete with the black market while mitigating the odor that offends Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.
Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris support supply-side tactics that are worse than ineffective.
One thing seems clear: Drug warriors do not deserve credit for the turnaround, although they deserve blame for the previous explosion in fatal overdoses.
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