House Rules Committee Blocks Amendment Protecting Medical Marijuana
The rider could still be renewed if a conference committee decides to put it in the final bill.
War on Drugs
Hemp Comes Home
Legal hemp has returned to Kentucky. Will the Feds step aside and let the industry flourish?
How Many More People Have to Die From Heroin and Fentanyl Before We Try Something Different?
U.S. policymakers continue to pursue programs that punish at the expense of ones that save lives.
Seattle Ballot Initiative Would Block Safe Drug Injection Centers
Some would rather have overdoses than risk "destigmatizing" addiction.
Border Patrol Sets Up Immigration Checkpoint in New Hampshire; Nearly Twice as Many Drug Arrests Result
The Fourth Amendment-destroying powers of the Border Patrol continue to harass Americans.
Roadside Crotch Search Was Unconstitutional, Indiana Appeals Court Rules
The court says a marijuana odor did not justify reaching into a woman's underwear during a routine traffic stop.
FDA Deems MDMA, Banned Since 1985, a 'Breakthrough Therapy'
The designation should speed the drug's approval as a prescription medicine, which could happen as soon as 2021.
Colorado's Governor Sets Jeff Sessions Straight on Marijuana Legalization
It has not been the disaster portrayed by the prohibitionists whose numbers the attorney general likes to cite.
New Study Finds Heroin Users Less Likely to Overdose If They Know What Drugs They're Actually Taking
Heroin user take smaller doses if they know they're also taking fentanyl.
I Became a Pot Felon at 18. I'm Owed More Than an Apology.
Maybe reparations from the federal government are in order.
A Cannabis Industry PR Exec Explains Why the Future of Pot Is Old People and Office Workers
How competition and legalization will make weed better, more consistent, and more accessible than ever.
Governors Challenge Jeff Sessions' Tendentious Questions About Legal Pot
By asking states to regulate marijuana better, the attorney general concedes that prohibition is gone for good.
African Americans Are Eight Times More Likely to Be Victims of Homicide Than Whites, Says CDC
The murder rate fell from 9.8 per 100,000 residents in 1991 to 4.5 in 2014; it's estimated at 5.3 for 2016.
Heroin Death Rate Among Teenagers Rises As Heroin Use Falls
The CDC supplies more evidence that the war on drugs is making heroin more lethal.
Trump's Opioid Emergency Response
He can continue pursuing lethal supply-side policies, or he can focus on saving lives through harm reduction.
Texas Cops Spent 11 Minutes Searching a Woman's Vagina, Found No Drugs
Harris County deputies were initially indicted for the "offensive and shocking" search, but those charges were dropped last week.
The Federal Government Is Finally Exploring Marijuana As a Medical Alternative to Opioids
Cannabis research turns another corner.
The Justice Department Wants to Put Small-Time Fentanyl Dealers in Federal Prison
Sessions has dispensed with the myth that federal prison is just for big fish.
What China's Growing Role in Illegal Drug Production Tells Us About the Future of the Drug War
It's more unwinnable than ever before.
Las Vegas Welcomes Marijuana Buyers but Not Marijuana Consumers
Millions of pot-seeking tourists have nowhere to enjoy their purchases.
Trump Wants to Arrest His Way Out of the Opioid Overdose Crisis
The president lacks subtlety or substance over a chronic public health problem-go figure.
Sessions Stays Off the Grass
Why the attorney general might be reluctant to target state-licensed marijuana merchants
More Evidence That Jeff Sessions' Cannabis Crackdown May Never Materialize
A DOJ panel's recommendations reportedly do not include any significant changes in marijuana enforcement.
NFL Owners Agree To Consider Letting Players Use Medical Marijuana
The NFL's new chief medical officer says marijuana could be "really important" in treating short-term and chronic pain.
Researchers Highlight the Government's Complicity in Heroin Deaths
The more drug warriors crack down on opioids, the more dangerous they become.
The Justice Department Is Asking Legal Marijuana States to Do the Impossible
Sessions wants Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to do something that can't be done.
Beware, Pain-Sufferers: Jeff Sessions Is Coming for Your Doctor
A new push to imprison those who prescribe too many opioids
Cory Booker's Revolutionary Marijuana Reform Bill Doesn't Have a Snowball's Chance in Hell
The most far-reaching marijuana reform bill ever introduced in the Senate is essentially a progressive fantasy.
Opioid Addiction Report Uses Panic to Sell More Federal Spending
At least it's not calling for harsher laws-yet.
Baltimore Drops Dozens of Criminal Cases over Allegations of Planted Drugs
But for the body camera footage…
Congress Wants to Know Why the BOP Won't Let Elderly Prisoners Go Home to Die
"Compassionate release" is an excellent tool that the BOP refuses to use.
Plunge in Pretrial Jail Detention Follows Bail Reforms in New Jersey
Twenty percent fewer people stuck in cells simply because they cannot afford to pay
13 Reasons Jeff Sessions is a @$#/!
The attorney general is an unreformed drug warrior and sinister elf.
California Wants to Stop Pot Dispensaries from Branding Merchandise
The nanny state comes after swag.
Federal Appeals Court Castigates Kansas Cops for Pot Raid Triggered by Tea
One judge notes that police raided a family's home "based on nothing more than junk science, an incompetent investigation, and a publicity stunt."
How Much More Vicious Will the War on Painkillers Get?
Authorities look for new ways to hold others responsible for overdoses and throw them in jail.
Once a Killer Drug, Qat Is Now a Dropout Drug, If You Believe The New York Times
The paper warns that the stimulant shrub, used for millennia in Ethiopia, is creating "a huge problem" among "underemployed youth."
Reefer Madness at The New York Times
America's Paper of Record, which officially turned against marijuana prohibition in 2014, spent most of the previous century credulously promoting it.
Sessions Boosts Forfeiture and Mandatory Minimums but Lets Pot Prohibition Collapse
Could the contrast have something to do with his boss's policy preferences?
Police Body Camera Appears to Catch Baltimore Officer Planting Drugs for a Search
This is why law enforcement should not have control over whether footage is released.
Marijuana Legalization Is Another Reason Dogs Should Not Issue Search Warrants
A Colorado appeals court concludes that a canine sniff-over is a search and by itself cannot supply probable cause.
Justice Department Rolls Out New Policy to Seize More Money Under Asset Forfeiture
The new directive also includes some safeguards for property owners, but civil liberties groups say they don't go far enough.
Former DHS Official: Let's Declare War on Mexico!
If we can't get people to stop using heroin, suggests Matt Mayer, why don't we just invade the country that produces it?
Countdown To (Legalized) Ecstasy! Rick Doblin, MAPS, & the Psychedelic Renaissance [Podcast]
Serious researchers are about to do what Timothy Leary never managed: Get government approval for LSD, MDMA, and more.
