Two years after the DEA announced it would approve new manufacturers of research cannabis, Sessions refuses to explain why he's sitting on the applications.
The Justice Department's opposition to such harm-reducing programs is irrational, unscientific, and inhumane.
More than a third of those shootings were by a narcotics unit at the center of several civil rights lawsuits.
The Trump administration wants to do more of what hasn't worked.
Authorities say Krissy Noble was justified in shooting and killing a home intruder while she was pregnant.
A White House policy committee is collecting information on "negative trends" and "threats" associated with legalization.
The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office made a mistake.
Doctors' groups recommend abstinence, but expectant mothers who suffer from severe nausea may reach different conclusions.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein condemns "havens" for drug users, notwithstanding their proven benefits.
Regulatory uncertainty is scaring some companies away from CBD products and forcing others to operate in a legal grey area.
The feds insist it's just a coincidence that an opioid task force targeted the one road to Burning Man as the event ramped up.
The figure refers to crashes in which a driver exceeded the threshold at which state law presumes impairment.
The district attorney's office claims that there's "sufficient evidence to suggest a crime had been committed."
Death squads are after Father Amado Picardal, an early critic of the Philippine drug war.
The sale of recreational cannabis in the state has yet to be authorized, even though the plant is now supposed to be legal there.
One of America's "invisible pot addicts" speaks up.
The one stumbling block remaining is a debate over how much of a cut the state should get.
The move "highlights the extreme confusion around banking in cannabis."
The president wants to sue pharmaceutical companies for telling the truth about the addictive potential of their products.
Opponents claim forbidding landlords from discriminating against tenants for using medical marijuana is unconstitutional.
After two years of fighting in court, a California couple is getting back $53,000 that was seized from them through asset forfeiture.
Deaths involving pain pills and heroin are falling, while deaths involving fentanyl and its analogs continue to rise.
Convicted murderer Scott Dozier has already had his execution postponed twice. He says the state should "just get it done."
"I said, 'Well, can you test me again? And I ate a poppy seed bagel this morning for breakfast,' and she said, 'No, you've been reported to the state.'"
Arthritic granny spent a night in the clink over lapsed paperwork
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed working group to draft a bill to legalize recreational marijuana.
Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes died of an "acute intoxication by fentanyl."
The platform is struggling to handle contradictory laws about legal and illegal use of pot
"Every day I ask our prosecutors to keep Manhattan safe and make our justice system more equal and fair."
A new study shows that over $106 billion could be added to the government's budget if drugs are legalized.
Journalist Christopher Moraff talks about a better way to report on drug culture in America.
MDMA, which was banned by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1985, could be available by prescription as soon as 2021.
...if regulators don't get in the way first.
While the Silk Road founder's reputation has already been sullied by the untried accusations, the feds give up on those charges after Supreme Court declines to hear Ulbricht's appeal on his original conviction and sentencing.
Alice Marie Johnson's life sentence for a first-time drug offense was commuted by Trump. Now she's speaking out against mandatory minimums.
It's time to stop punishing people for their addictions.
Is a mom who passed drugs along to her infant via breastfeeding a real community threat?
New Jersey state Sen. Ron Rice is battling a bill to make New Jersey the 10th state in the nation with legal recreational marijuana.
The government's definition of "prompt" is a little different from everyone else's, especially when it comes to asset forfeiture.
New data show the share of opioid-related fatalities involving fentanyl analogs is rising.
Cannabis equity programs are growing in popularity, but do they actually work?
San Francisco was supposed to have sites up and running this month. It does not.
Drug war absurdity meets police recklessness.
The positives of legalizing weed would outweigh the negatives, a study found.
Police say there's evidence. His lawyer says it's a fishing expedition.
An Indiana judge just issued a blow to the state's First Church of Cannabis.
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