3 Reasons to Doubt the DEA Will Agree to Reclassify Marijuana This Year
The agency always drags its feet before saying no, saying yes would require an embarrassing reversal, and the president has passed the buck to Congress.
The agency always drags its feet before saying no, saying yes would require an embarrassing reversal, and the president has passed the buck to Congress.
Polls consistently show the public, when informed, opposes civil forfeiture.
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Diane Kroupa helped establish the confusing rules for paying taxes on income from marijuana sales.
The president prefers to pretend that rescheduling requires congressional action.
A long overlooked provision of the Controlled Substances Act makes it a felony to "place" a marijuana ad.
The Reschedule 420 campaign seeks to remove marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug.
Where other conservatives see cannabis chaos, Mike Ritze sees a victory for federalism.
"Does anybody trust anybody that's high to do anything?" the MSNBC host wonders.
Can newspaper publishers go to prison for accepting ads from pot merchants? Maybe.
The unarmed 19-year-old died because of a two-bit drug sting.
Youthful non-violent drug indiscretions are "Infamous Crimes" in Pennsylvania.
Obama has granted about 1 percent of commutation petitions, compared to Nixon's 7 percent.
The once and possibly future Libertarian presidential candidate thinks Obama will remove marijuana's Schedule I classification before he leaves office.
The Columbia University neuroscientist wants to shift the focus to harm reduction.
Can marijuana transform a struggling local economy reliant on prisons, alternative energy, and predator drones?
As the U.N. prepares for a special session on "the world drug problem," 22 experts catalog the costs of prohibition.
Around 100 women have been charged under the 2014 law so far.
In the government's new war on opiates, physicians and their patients find themselves caught in the crossfire.
The 7th Circuit demands actual evidence of drug trafficking to justify the forfeiture of two brothers' savings.
DCF says it doesn't seize children merely because their parents use marijuana.
Perturbed by smuggling, the two states had demanded an end to their neighbor's licensing and regulation of marijuana merchants.
A new study indicates that marijuana's impact on crash risk is much smaller than prohibitionists claim.
A push to fight painkiller abuse may do more harm than good.
Slouching toward progress
Driving after toking is not safe, but it's not as dangerous as prohibitionists claim.
But the case, which hinged on the DEA's broad statutory discretion, does not say much about the SCOTUS nominee's drug policy views.
Drug Policy Alliance and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, others, speak out against Silk Road founder's absurd life sentence without parole.
Opium production up since the Taliban left, after billions spent on counternarcotics.
To shrink the supply of opioids, the agency encourages doctors to be suspicious and stingy.
In 284 cases over two years, officers used "training and experience" as justification for obtaining search warrants.
With a "permissible inference" based on THC levels, innocent people can still be convicted.
Nancy Reagan demanded that everyone-not just schoolchildren-parrot her all-or-nothing, black-and-white approach to drugs.
Roger Morgan, who is spearheading the campaign against legalization, says cannabis really is a "killer weed."
The former first lady, who died this week, was wedded to repressive drug policies that hurt many innocent people.
Unlike Denver, the city lets people use marijuana outside their homes.
Q&A with Roger Morgan of Stop Pot 2016
Anticipating approval of a legalization initiative, a legislative committee recommends heavier taxes and stricter regulations.
Legislators smuggled all kinds of questionable provisions into a last-minute, $1.1 trillion spending bill
Contrary to wishful rumors, the anti-drug stalwart's position on pot has not changed.
Mrs. Reagan was staunch advocate of War on Drugs, later bucked Republican party by pushing for stem cell research.
Conservatives are no longer monolithic on these issues.