The Trump Administration's Border War Is Actually Catching Fewer Drug Traffickers
This is what happens when "zero tolerance" meets the limitations of government resources.
This is what happens when "zero tolerance" meets the limitations of government resources.
Former Gov. Ed Rendell says he's willing to defy the feds and risk arrest to reduce overdose deaths.
Thanks to a weird loophole, CBD-infused cocktails might remain legal anyway.
The DEA is resisting a recommendation that the cannabis-derived compound be moved to the least restrictive category of controlled substances.
First and Last ignores the absurdity that many of its subjects are imprisoned, not to mention Gwinnett County Jail's own troubled record.
The Office of National Drug Policy is not allowed to be evenhanded.
His argument: If San Francisco lets people shoot up, they won't be able to order them into drug treatment through the courts.
The passage of tax reform 2.0 blows a huge hole in the budget, and a much-touted opioid bill might just make the crisis worse.
"My only sin is the extrajudicial killings."
The FDA approved Epidiolex in June, and today the DEA made it a Schedule V drug, the least restrictive classification for controlled substances.
It makes no sense. Then again, neither does prohibition.
Two high-profile crimes committed in Anchorage highlight a seemingly unequal criminal justice system.
New FBI statistics for 2017 even show a small increase.
The case of a woman who may be prosecuted for sheltering animals during Hurricane Florence highlights some reasons why it is often wrong to enforce the law.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says if the report is true, the sheriff "must resign."
It's a scare tactic, and an inaccurate one at that.
Coca-Cola is reportedly interested in CBD-infused beverages aimed at easing aches and pains.
His enterprising operation illustrates the valuable role porous borders play in undermining restrictive laws.
Because that's totally going to fix congressional incompetence.
"If you work for the industry, that is grounds for inadmissibility."
An NRA spokesperson correctly says marijuana is not "germane" to Jean's death but keeps bringing it up when discussing Castile's.
After one of their own killed him, Dallas Police searched Jean's apartment for marijuana.
Will the Medical Cannabis Research Act make it to the House floor?
New York State as a whole seems to be moving toward legalization.
Many unanswered questions surround this case.
The case against Krissy Noble shows how drug and gun laws conspire to deprive people of a fundamental right.
Two years after the DEA announced it would approve new manufacturers of research cannabis, Sessions refuses to explain why he's sitting on the applications.
The Justice Department's opposition to such harm-reducing programs is irrational, unscientific, and inhumane.
More than a third of those shootings were by a narcotics unit at the center of several civil rights lawsuits.
The Trump administration wants to do more of what hasn't worked.
Authorities say Krissy Noble was justified in shooting and killing a home intruder while she was pregnant.
A White House policy committee is collecting information on "negative trends" and "threats" associated with legalization.
The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office made a mistake.
Doctors' groups recommend abstinence, but expectant mothers who suffer from severe nausea may reach different conclusions.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein condemns "havens" for drug users, notwithstanding their proven benefits.
Regulatory uncertainty is scaring some companies away from CBD products and forcing others to operate in a legal grey area.
The feds insist it's just a coincidence that an opioid task force targeted the one road to Burning Man as the event ramped up.
The figure refers to crashes in which a driver exceeded the threshold at which state law presumes impairment.
The district attorney's office claims that there's "sufficient evidence to suggest a crime had been committed."
Death squads are after Father Amado Picardal, an early critic of the Philippine drug war.
The sale of recreational cannabis in the state has yet to be authorized, even though the plant is now supposed to be legal there.
One of America's "invisible pot addicts" speaks up.
The one stumbling block remaining is a debate over how much of a cut the state should get.
The move "highlights the extreme confusion around banking in cannabis."
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