Heroin Users Are Less Likely to Be Dependent But More Likely to Die
A new study highlights the gap between rising heroin use and rising heroin deaths.
A new study highlights the gap between rising heroin use and rising heroin deaths.
Civil forfeiture encourages cops to loot first and ask questions never.
Jerry Jones is as unlikeable as an NFL owner could be, but he's right about this. Football's prohibition on weed makes no sense for players or teams.
Roger Stone says the president should reject his attorney general's "outmoded thinking on marijuana."
The state's ACLU is duly peeved.
Five years after opposing Amendment 64, Gov. Hickenlooper says things are going pretty well with Colorado's legal pot experiment.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Grassley create instant cult classic with idiotic new bill.
Maybe end the drug war?
Will any drug policy experts sit on Trump's drug policy commission?
A successful clinical trial could move whole-plant marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II
Prosecutors are expected to drop nearly all of the convictions based on the work of a drug lab chemist who falsified evidence in favor of police.
Trey Radel explains why he's not "just another tea party asswipe who got busted for drugs and voted to drug test food stamp recipients."
As Miami's U.S. Attorney, Alex Acosta gave a sweet deal to a rich sex offender while throwing the book at drug dealers.
In contrast, the mortality rate for college-educated whites continues to fall.
The attorney general stages a revival of the "Just Say No" show.
The cost of getting FDA approval doesn't bode well for ketamine's therapeutic potential.
Prohibition is the cause of the problem; it's not the solution.
The memo leaves plenty of room for a crackdown on the newly legal cannabis industry.
What the Senate Judiciary Committee should ask the Supreme Court candidate.
Jeff Sessions continues to insist that the only America he wants to live in is one where no one is legally permitted to use substances he doesn't like.
While overall drug sentences decline, federal methamphetamine offenders still aren't benefiting from the last decade of criminal justice reforms.
One panel promotes fear-based control over who drives Uber cars. A second panel illustrates what ultimately happens.
Doctors using DEA-approved marijuana find it is useless for research purposes.
At a speech in Manchester, Sessions called anti-drug campaigns of the '80s and '90s the "most effective solution."
Everything from official misconduct to bad eyewitness identifications to false confessions played roles.
How Trump's immigration crackdown and the drug war are shamefully hurting military veterans.
The attorney general's private assurances, like his public threats, are vague and noncommittal.
Legislation would remove marijuana from controlled-substances list and give states the ability to set their own policy.
Drugs aren't coming in from Mexico at an unprecedented rate, thanks to legalization in a handful of states.
The attorney general claims he is willing to be refuted by science. His history suggests otherwise.
If Jeff Sessions tries to shut down state-licensed cannabusinesses, he will betray his own principles.
Cannabis Cup attendees must comply with federal marijuana law, says U.S. Attorney Bogden.
Only 3 percent of drug-related incidents by staff have resulted in disciplinary action.
The attorney general ties legalization to violence, interstate smuggling, underage consumption, and health hazards.
The year's best movie shows the consequences of drug war authoritarianism without lecturing the audience.
John Hickenlooper, who is "getting close" to concluding that legalization is better than prohibition, says he has a duty to resist federal interference.
Author of Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-and How to Achieve Real Reform talks about why ending the drug war isn't enough.
Going after recreational marijuana in states where it's legal would mean destroying jobs and businesses.
A DOJ crackdown on state-licensed cannabusinesses would be contrary to public opinion, Trump's promises, and the Constitution.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says the feds' mostly hands-off approach to states that have legalized recreational marijuana may be coming to an end.
Heroin hysteria is in full swing this year.
Four Reps-two GOP and two Dems-focus on federal policy changes.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Court says Iowa State University discriminated against student marijuana-policy group based on "political pushback."