The First Federal Female Inmate To Die of COVID-19
Andrea Circle Bear was serving a 2-year sentence for a nonviolent drug crime.
Andrea Circle Bear was serving a 2-year sentence for a nonviolent drug crime.
Massachusetts is the only state that has closed recreational outlets while allowing medical sales to continue.
"The best available evidence does not support the use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19."
Your opportunity to learn more about Uncle Sam and Mary Jane.
A strain of CBD oil used to treat children with a rare epileptic disorder is named after her.
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is making MDMA and other drugs medically legitimate and socially acceptable.
If only everybody weren’t stuck in their homes.
The agency has hampered widespread COVID-19 testing and the production of both protective gear and hand sanitizer.
The agency concludes that the possible benefits outweigh the risks.
Patrick Jones, 49, was serving a 27-year sentence for a nonviolent drug crime.
The DOJ has accused Maduro of using "cocaine as a weapon" to devastate American cities.
Police departments turn to summons instead of processing people into cells—a change they should keep after this is all over.
New York Times columnist and Decadent Society author defends prohibitionism in a conversation on The Fifth Column.
The case illustrates the injustice and irrationality of Pennsylvania's "zero tolerance" approach to stoned driving.
It's an interesting strategy for a president who ran in 2016 on a Nixonian "law and order" platform.
A study in a state where marijuana is legal confirms the predominant role of cannabis products from illegal sources.
Neither Terry Rolin or his daughter were ever charged with a crime, but that didn't stop the DEA from trying to seize more than $82,000 from them through civil asset forfeiture.
The former New York City mayor has never been good at concealing his conviction that he is smarter and better than the rest of us.
Defensive official reactions to corruption encourage the attitude that troubles the attorney general.
The zones cover vast swaths of Tennessee's cities—and turn minor drug crimes into sentences usually reserved for rape and murder.
Blame angry neighbors, not the feds.
A return to aerial fumigation in Colombia has some critics worried about a faltering peace.
There’s nobody to root for in this Amazon adaptation, and that’s intentional.
Irresponsible, ineffective, and dishonest
A book released next month will explore the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws, and what to do about it.
Federal judge confirms ruling that it doesn’t violate federal “crack house” law.
Benjamin Netanyahu is appointing a committee that will look into following Canada's example.
A new generation of marijuana prohibitionists is reviving old talking points with vaping products substituting for joints.
Plus: China boots three reporters, megacities are getting a smaller share of growth than they used to, and Dems gather to debate in Las Vegas..
After declaring another man arrested by Gerald Goines "actually innocent," the Harris County district attorney says prosecutors are re-examining cases going back to 2008.
Nearly 66,000 cases are covered, dating back to 1961.
The long, strange, and unfinished trip of a sitcom-writing legend who turned right after the Cold War, co-founded a podcast empire, turned on to psychedelics, and got turned off to politics.
The former New York mayor is being called a racist for his former support of searching young minorities without cause.
Government solutions to the opioid overdose crisis have contributed to the problem, and no candidate really wants to acknowledge it.
In New Hampshire, Biden says marijuana should be "basically legalized." That's an accurate representation of his proposed policies, but it also shows how he's lagging on the issue.
The lawsuit says Wayne County police stop and seize cars simply for entering or leaving certain areas.
The former New York City mayor, who thinks legalizing pot is "one of the stupidest things we've ever done," nevertheless says "putting people in jail for marijuana" is "really dumb."
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg says it's reasonable to presume that Gerald Goines also lied in other drug cases.
While the president seems sincerely concerned about "very unfair" drug penalties, it's not clear whether he thinks his work in that area is done.
A lesson for other governments making legalization plans
A ballot measure would create a regulatory framework for recreational sales.
Since prescription restrictions pushed drug users toward deadlier substitutes, the decrease in fatalities is more plausibly attributed to harm reduction measures.
Thanks to the first fall in drug overdose deaths since 1990, plus a continuing decline in cancer deaths