How Do You Lose Money Dealing Marijuana? Be a Government Agency.
Ontario has lost millions trying to sell cannabis.
Ontario has lost millions trying to sell cannabis.
His bill would authorize felony prosecutions of drivers with THC in their blood even when they are not impaired.
Nixon's pursuit of draft-dodgers and pot smokers fueled the communist ideology it was trying to contain
The black market still dominates. And more enforcement and fines aren’t going to fix it.
Bad science and panics by those who want to escalate the opioid drug war.
Policies aimed at curtailing the harms caused by substance abuse may instead magnify those harms.
Among patients in Illinois and Wisconsin, 83 percent admitted vaping cannabis extracts bought on the black market.
Next week, the Berkeley city council will consider a measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms and other "entheogenic" substances.
Kerri Owens' firing from her job at Allen High School may well be a First Amendment violation.
Although the warrant was based on a heroin purchase that never happened, Art Acevedo says, there was other, unmentioned evidence that would have justified a search.
The science is unsettled, and a complete evaluation has to consider benefits as well as risks.
A RAND report highlights the importance of new synthesis methods, cheap international shipping, and online distribution aided by privacy-protecting technologies.
Blaming opioid makers for the "opioid crisis" may be emotionally satisfying, but the reality is more complicated.
Can legal sales of prescription opioids constitute a nuisance? Two decisions, based on nearly identical statutes, reach diametrically opposed conclusions.
Government incompetence made an innocent man spend months in jail and lose both of his jobs.
Nonmedical use of prescription analgesics did not become more common, but it did become more dangerous.
Sanders' plan takes aim at every part of the justice system, including typical Sanders targets like private prisons and corporate "profiteers."
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A new RAND report puts spending on marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine at $146 billion in 2016.
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A drug bust gone wrong in a Pittsburgh suburb leaves the suspect dead, an agent injured, and kids and shoppers terrified.
It would allow adults, age 21 and older, to visit official service centers on the recommendation of a medical professional
In a speech to police, Barr called for citizens to shut up and do what officers tell them to.
The Illinois boy now suffers from severe PTSD and will walk with a limp for the rest of his life, the lawsuit says.
Obama denied him clemency. Will Trump set him free?
The bipartisan bill says "using drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act" or in any kind of labor counts as human trafficking.
The data reinforce the point that there is no straightforward relationship between pain pill consumption and overdoses.
The climate of opinion has changed so dramatically that Democrats are politically obliged to support reform.
The new law eliminates a loophole that allowed police to continue arresting people for something that was not supposed to be a crime anymore.
In one month, two sheriff's deputies in Florida have been arrested for fabricating drug evidence during traffic stops.
Evidence from the scene of the disastrous raid seems to contradict the official account.
Want to join the robotics team? You'll need to pass a drug test first.
Senate hearing shows, once again, why marijuana needs to be decriminalized at the federal level.
Irrational fear of incidental contact with opioids can lead to criminal charges that make overdose bystanders less likely to call 911.
Judges would be permitted to rethink sentences after 10 years have been served, particularly for inmates over the age of 50.
The MORE Act combines laudably broad legalization and expungement provisions with taxes and spending that may alienate potential Republican allies.
Without expensive tests that measure THC content, Texas prosecutors can't prove that green stuff is marijuana.
The widely quoted and consulted academic died yesterday at the age of 68.
Nick Gillespie speaks with Viceland's Hamilton Morris about why he's so interested in drugs.
Many benefit from an increase in "good time" credits and from retroactive reductions in crack cocaine mandatory minimum sentences.
The causes of opioid-related deaths are more complicated than "too many pain pills."
A congressman forwarded messages to the Bureau of Prisons from Rick Turner's family begging for his relocation. Two were ignored.
The FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act would aggravate the widespread problem of involuntary dose reductions and patient abandonment.
It's an unconventional approach befitting of an unconventional presidential candidate.
Should federal marijuana reform be tied to a broader "racial justice" agenda?
Reason uncovered body camera footage of the officer lying about a roadside field test for drugs.
The decision by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine suggests state officials are beginning to recognize the harm caused by the crackdown on pain pills.
Survey data contradict fears that underage cannabis consumption would rise after states allowed recreational use by adults.