Drug Warriors in Retreat
At least when it comes to low-level, nonviolent drug offenders, both parties have lost their appetite for locking the cell and tossing the key.
Drugs
Stop-and-Frisk: How Government Creates Problems, Then Makes Them Worse
We should be concerned whenever the executive branch unilaterally declares it will write its own law.
Crackdown on Pain Medication Cuts Off Florida Patients From Relief
Better that people suffer than that anybody ever get high, right?
Louisiana Court Clerk Employee Charged With Stealing Cocaine From Evidence Locker; "Not the Brightest Crayon in the Box" Says Defense Attorney, Oh and His Mom's a Judge
Authorities believe he's hiding the profits he made from selling the cocaine
New Paraguayan President Sworn-In, Labeled Head of a Drug Trafficking Organization in a Wikileaks State Dept. Cable
Never voted for president before
Police To Hand Out Doritos, Not Make Arrests, at This Year's Hempfest in Seattle
Thanks to recent legalization of recreational marijuana
More Fast and Furious Guns Show Up at Mexican Crime Scenes
Traced back to gun shop in Arizona
NYC Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate Supports Marijuana Legalization, For the Children
John Liu polling fifth
Police Unexpectedly Find Almost 400 Marijuana Plants at Heidi Fleiss' House
Former Hollywood madam says she intended to sell the plants to a cooperative
New Ordinance in Michigan City Restricts Use of Medical Marijuana in Homes
Never mind property rights
Eric Holder's Prison Break
The attorney general's criticism of mass incarceration and mandatory minimums is belated but welcome.
Denver Puts Freeze on New Marijuana Businesses
A new industry for politicians to screw up
SF Police Abandon Drug War, Focus on Serious Crimes
Drug arrests have dropped 75 percent over past five years
Texas Farm Gets SWAT Raid over Code Violations
Disguised as a search for non-existent marijuana grow operation
Ohio Attorney General Rejects Marijuana Legalization Amendment
Medical marijuana initiative still collecting signatures
Rand Paul To Work With Obama Administration on Mandatory Minimum Reforms
Point of agreement found
John Kerry in Colombia for Trade Talks
Also expected to discuss security and drug trafficking
This Is Your Brain on Crony Capitalism
Look for these signs that somebody you know is addicted to making money off the drug war
Rhode Island Cops Have Already Written 850 Tickets for Marijuana Since April
This is what happens when you make possession and use of marijuana a "civil offense"
Prosecutors Target Drug Dealers for Users' Overdose Deaths
Anything to make them feel like they're winning
Feds to Review Police Killing of Ramarley Graham
Dick Haste shot Ramarley Graham after chasing him into his apartment
UN Says Land Planted With Coca in Colombia is Down 25 Percent
Still increasing in areas where drug gangs operate
Chilean Psychiatrist Crusades to Legalize Marijuana
Says state gains nothing by criminalizing use
Mexican Teens Say Van Bought at US Gov't Auction Had Cocaine Hidden Inside
Now they're in jail fighting drug-trafficking charges
New Zealand Looks to Legalizing, Regulating Synthetic Drugs
Hard drugs hard to come by out in the South Pacific
