Sanders' plan takes aim at every part of the justice system, including typical Sanders targets like private prisons and corporate "profiteers."
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A new RAND report puts spending on marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine at $146 billion in 2016.
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A drug bust gone wrong in a Pittsburgh suburb leaves the suspect dead, an agent injured, and kids and shoppers terrified.
It would allow adults, age 21 and older, to visit official service centers on the recommendation of a medical professional
In a speech to police, Barr called for citizens to shut up and do what officers tell them to.
The Illinois boy now suffers from severe PTSD and will walk with a limp for the rest of his life, the lawsuit says.
Obama denied him clemency. Will Trump set him free?
The bipartisan bill says "using drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act" or in any kind of labor counts as human trafficking.
The data reinforce the point that there is no straightforward relationship between pain pill consumption and overdoses.
The climate of opinion has changed so dramatically that Democrats are politically obliged to support reform.
The new law eliminates a loophole that allowed police to continue arresting people for something that was not supposed to be a crime anymore.
In one month, two sheriff's deputies in Florida have been arrested for fabricating drug evidence during traffic stops.
Evidence from the scene of the disastrous raid seems to contradict the official account.
The case is a perfect example of the overcriminalization of petty crimes.
Want to join the robotics team? You'll need to pass a drug test first.
Senate hearing shows, once again, why marijuana needs to be decriminalized at the federal level.
Irrational fear of incidental contact with opioids can lead to criminal charges that make overdose bystanders less likely to call 911.
Judges would be permitted to rethink sentences after 10 years have been served, particularly for inmates over the age of 50.
The MORE Act combines laudably broad legalization and expungement provisions with taxes and spending that may alienate potential Republican allies.
Without expensive tests that measure THC content, Texas prosecutors can't prove that green stuff is marijuana.
The widely quoted and consulted academic died yesterday at the age of 68.
Nick Gillespie speaks with Viceland's Hamilton Morris about why he's so interested in drugs.
Many benefit from an increase in "good time" credits and from retroactive reductions in crack cocaine mandatory minimum sentences.
The causes of opioid-related deaths are more complicated than "too many pain pills."
A congressman forwarded messages to the Bureau of Prisons from Rick Turner's family begging for his relocation. Two were ignored.
The FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act would aggravate the widespread problem of involuntary dose reductions and patient abandonment.
It's an unconventional approach befitting of an unconventional presidential candidate.
Should federal marijuana reform be tied to a broader "racial justice" agenda?
Reason uncovered body camera footage of the officer lying about a roadside field test for drugs.
The decision by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine suggests state officials are beginning to recognize the harm caused by the crackdown on pain pills.
Survey data contradict fears that underage cannabis consumption would rise after states allowed recreational use by adults.
Such scaremongering poses a potentially deadly threat.
Cannabidiol products are legal for sale and consumption, but adding it to other things is somehow forbidden.
Colorado's former governor came around on the issue when he realized that legalization was not the disaster he had anticipated.
Cocaine offers better value than the market in prohibitionist fears.
The state's Liquor and Cannabis Board changed its policy after Hempfest and two marijuana retailers challenged it on constitutional grounds.
Participants in Illinois' new recreational market will have to contend with a lot of taxes and regulations.
A solid majority of congressmen, including 41 Republicans, voted for a spending rider that bars the Justice Department from interfering with the legalization of cannabis for medical or recreational use.
Lawmakers struggle to pass a bill protecting operators from arrest and prosecution.
Booker would move the process away from prosecutors and into the White House.
Seventeen tons of coke is nothing to sneeze at, but the dangers of the drug were wildly overhyped by law enforcement.
Frederick Turner was sentenced to a mandatory 40 years on nonviolent drug and firearm charges. He ended up in a high-security federal prison, and now he's dead.
