"[O]ur history and tradition may support some limits on a presently intoxicated person's right to carry a weapon ..., but they do not support disarming a sober person based solely on past substance usage."
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The official Democratic Party platform no longer endorses abolishing the death penalty, decriminalizing marijuana, or repealing mandatory minimums.
Democrats' official 2024 platform praises President Joe Biden's marijuana pardons but fails to call for decriminalization.
Prosecutors' attempts to convert accidental overdoses into homicides are dangerous and morally dubious.
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The FDA, which approved the protocols for the studies it now questions, is asking for an additional Phase 3 clinical trial, which would take years and millions of dollars.
The authors of the meta-analysis misleadingly imply that pain treatment should be blamed for recent increases in drug-related deaths.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee has a long record of supporting cannabis reform.
The Brown University economist's new memoir Late Admissions covers capitalism, addiction, race, and the academy.
While lawmakers remain resistant to change, most of the public thinks it's high time to stop treating marijuana as dangerous.
The ruling means it's not child neglect for a pregnant woman prescribed medical marijuana to use it. But some judges say it should be.
The presumptive Democratic nominee has a more liberal drug policy record than both the president and the Republican presidential nominee.
Recent footage shows a federal agent attempting to search a citizen’s bag without their consent, despite precedent saying that’s illegal.
How legislators learned to stop worrying about the constitutionality of federal drug and gun laws by abusing the Commerce Clause.
The agency claims DOI and DOC have "a high potential for abuse" because they resemble other drugs it has placed in Schedule I.
Under the law, the feds couldn't deny you a job or security clearance just because you've used marijuana in the past.
Defending the federal ban on gun possession by drug users, the government's lawyers seem increasingly desperate.
Growth of regulation slowed under former President Trump, but it still increased.
Every year, thousands of U.S. residents are deported for drug-related activity, including minor offenses and conduct that states have legalized.
How legislators learned to stop worrying about the constitutionality of federal drug and gun laws by abusing the Commerce Clause
The Manhattan Institute's Charles Fain Lehman misleadingly equates a survey's measure of "cannabis use disorder" with "compulsive" consumption that causes "health and social problems."
Those three presidential candidates are making promises that would have bewildered and horrified the Founding Fathers.
The majority and the dissenters agree that the drug was "central" to "the opioid crisis," even though there is little evidence to support that thesis.
The now-dead bill would have permitted three counties to establish pilot programs in which military veterans could take psilocybin under the supervision of medical professionals.
A widely cited study commits so many egregious statistical errors that it's a poster child for junk science.
The state has thousands of unauthorized shops but fewer than 200 licensed marijuana sellers.
Jeff Nichols tells the tragic story of a carefree Midwest motorcycle gang that transforms into something uglier.
As the DEA relentlessly tightens regulations on pain meds, the FDA refuses to approve a safer alternative already being used in similar countries.
The Ben Kredich Act, named for a young man killed by an allegedly impaired motorist, overcorrects in response to a tragic incident.
The blanket pardon is one of the largest yet, and another sign of the collapse of public support for marijuana prohibition.
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The president's son, who faces up to 25 years in prison for conduct that violated no one's rights, can still challenge his prosecution on Second Amendment grounds.
The panel's recommendation, based on several concerns about two clinical trials, is a serious setback for a promising PTSD treatment.
The president's son, who is charged with crimes that violated no one's rights, theoretically faces up to 25 years in prison.
Does the National Labor Relations Board have jurisdiction over a medical marijuana dispensary's treatment of its employees?
The state's gun permit policy underlines the absurdity of assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms.
Ulbricht is serving two life sentences plus 40 years in connection with the Silk Road, an online marketplace he founded and operated where users could buy and sell illegal substances.
Since he favors aggressive drug law enforcement, severe penalties, and impunity for abusive police officers, he may have trouble persuading black voters that he is on their side.
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Rescheduling does not resolve the conflict between federal pot prohibition and state rejection of that policy.
It looks like Attorney General Merrick Garland overrode the agency's recalcitrant drug warriors in deciding to reclassify the drug.
The vice president's exaggeration reflects a pattern of dishonesty in the administration's pitch to voters who oppose the war on weed.
Contrary to the president's rhetoric, moving marijuana to Schedule III will leave federal pot prohibition essentially unchanged.
Prosecutor Ralph Petty was also employed as a law clerk—by the same judges he argued before.
For over 50 years, marijuana has been in the same category of controlled substances as heroin and LSD. The DEA is finally proposing to end that ludicrous policy.
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