Bobby Sneed's story highlights how far some government agents will go to keep people locked up, flouting the same legal standards they are charged with upholding.
Despite civil asset forfeiture reforms in Florida, police are still finding ways to take people's stuff.
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Stanton Peele's memoir of his "lonely quest to change how we see addiction" contradicts the prejudices that still dominate the drug policy debate.
Despite state legalization, federal prohibition makes break-ins harder on marijuana shops and manufacturers.
Less punitive responses to drug addiction are good, but what about people still stuck in federal prison?
Policy makers are acting as if saving the lives of smokers via harm-reducing alternatives counts for nothing.
The victim denied police permission to search his home. Cop shouted, "I don't need your permission!"
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Although the tests are used by prison systems and police departments across the country, a judge found they have an error rate "only marginally better than a coin-flip."
The officers admit there's nothing illegal about carrying large amounts of cash, then take almost $90,000 from him anyway.
As the U.S. reaches new terrible milestones in overdose deaths, a harm reduction system that has proven itself elsewhere finally launches where it’s needed most.
The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the ballot initiative violated the "single subject" rule for constitutional amendments.
There are better ways to build trust in the community than by violating the Fourth Amendment.
Restrictions on pain medication have undermined patient care while making drug use more lethal.
The annual photo op takes on cruel undertones as drug offenders continue to suffer under harsh federal prison sentences.
The meager evidence cited by Connecticut officials makes their warnings seem overwrought.
Some are using Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal to argue for harsher laws and punishments. Andrew Coffee IV's case is a study in why that's an awful idea.
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The Hulu miniseries portrays opioid pain medication as unacceptably dangerous in nearly every context.
Undertreatment of pain is a real problem, and bona fide patients rarely become addicted to their medication.
And now an appeals court has ruled the cops who arrested her aren't entitled to qualified immunity from her lawsuit.
Rep. Nancy Mace is touting "a framework which allows states to make their own decisions on cannabis."
The justices rejected a broad definition of "public nuisance" that would cover the manufacture of pain medication.
A drug that treats opioid addiction may also be abused. That’s not a good reason to restrict access.
It’s difficult to avoid the suspicion that the powers-that-be habitually lie about their conduct.
Bau Tran might go to jail for his conduct, but he will be insulated from having to face a jury in civil court.
Keddins Etienne's experience shows that bullies who seize innocent people's property tend to back down when their victims put up a fight.
Voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative that makes "entheogenic plant" possession the city's "lowest law-enforcement priority."
A California judge said the four jurisdictions that filed the lawsuit failed to prove a "public nuisance" or "false advertising."
The Drug Policy Alliance founder and Psychoactive podcast host on how to build a post-prohibitionist America.
Prohibition forces doctors to cut patients off from essential pain-killing medication.
Legalizing a market isn’t enough; you have to set the participants free.
The myth of the candy poisoner
Raquel Esquivel, convicted of a nonviolent drug offense in 2009, was put on home confinement during COVID-19.
Cops thought Hoang Vinh Pham, who received a 15-year prison sentence, was suspicious because he stared at a police van full of marijuana.
"What they're doing is like robbery," observed one property owner.
Legislation advances and a ballot initiative circulates in response to a constitutional amendment that was struck down by the courts.
It might represent justice in this case. But the approach is rife for abuse.
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Democrats need to decide whether they want to legalize marijuana or just want credit for seeming to try.
Whatever this system is, it is not pro-life.
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Art Acevedo provoked many complaints, but they paled in comparison to his prior record of negligence and obliviousness.
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