The case is an indictment on just how hard it is to get accountability when the government violates your rights.
Former Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir says former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's support for a ban was based on "embarrassingly poor evidence."
Reason obtained body camera footage of the deputy falsely arresting a man in 2019.
State investigators say shooting justified because Andrew Brown Jr. drove toward law enforcement to escape arrest.
There are many other people who deserve such mercy.
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Hernan Palma is suing after he says he was punched in the face and his family restrained by cops during a botched no-knock drug raid.
Subjects diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder made substantially more progress when they received MDMA rather than a placebo.
Will the public ever see why deputies shot Andrew Brown?
After spending 47 years behind bars, Bobby Sneed may die in prison for no good reason.
"It feels like we've gone from tragedy to farce."
A Messina, New York, police officer is under investigation after video showed him intentionally slamming a door into a car several times.
The new law requires a criminal conviction prior to civil forfeiture and beefs up due process protections for property owners.
When officers searched Jermaine Sanders' car, they found less than half an ounce of marijuana and seized $17,000 of his money.
Tarahrick Terry was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after he was caught with less than four grams.
The Columbia linguist discusses his new book Nine Nasty Words and dismisses the ideological excesses of the 'anti-racism' movement.
The president still has not caught up with most Americans on marijuana policy.
If the governor signs the bill into law, Arizona will become the 16th state to require a conviction for asset forfeiture.
This is the same agency that cost thousands of lives with its botched vaccine rollout.
Under current law, marijuana users who possess firearms are committing a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Two recent studies show how ham-handed efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions undermine medical care.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki repeatedly tried to muddy the issue by changing the subject to reclassifying marijuana.
If left unamended, the bill could have crushed much of the nascent industry.
As stimulus checks started landing in Americans' bank accounts, demand for medical marijuana went through the roof.
The crackdown on pain medication made drug use more dangerous and did nothing to address the factors driving "deaths of despair."
Drug use during pregnancy should be treated like a medical issue, not a criminal justice issue.
Politicians and bureaucrats in legal states still struggle with the temptation to over-tax and over-regulate their legal marijuana markets.
Hint: The exact same way you should talk to them about booze, swearing, and scary movies.
By the court's logic, the ballot summaries for many successful legalization initiatives were "affirmatively misleading."
Social distancing made the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis more challenging. People stuck home alone also boosted demand for an industry dedicated to getting you high.
Did the city's "policies, customs or practices," invite Fourth Amendment violations?
The best available evidence suggests fears about fetal risk, while not totally unwarranted, are often overblown.
Kristi Noem is determined to defy the will of her constituents. The South Dakota Supreme Court will decide whether she can.
Untested delta-8-THC products are gaining in popularity
For insomniacs and pain patients, CBD cocktails can be a better alternative to traditional ones.
2020 was nobody’s idea of a good year, but the ability to smoke pot in my own backyard, mostly free from fear of arrest, majorly redeemed it.
If states generally don't limit the potency of distilled spirits, why is such a safeguard necessary for a much less hazardous product?
Neuropsychopharmacologist Carl Hart says most of what the public knows about drugs is both scary and wrong.
Maybe this year it will pass the Senate too.
Defying authoritarian laws helps to preserve freedom and to undermine prohibitions.
Certain politicians and pundits are living in a 1930s fantasy world.
Federal law doesn't prohibit financial institutions from offering banking service to dispensaries and growers, but the added reporting requirements and threat of federal scrutiny keeps many banks away.
Democrats, now in control of both chambers of Congress, say they will push ahead with marijuana reform with or without the support of the White House.
Poll found that 78 percent of Democrats, 62 percent of Republicans, and 67 percent of independents favor legalization, as do majorities of every age demographic.
Arizona passed a law raising the standard of evidence for asset forfeiture. That didn't help Jerry Johnson when Phoenix police seized his cash.
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