The NYPD's Transparency Policies Make No Sense
Officer Richard Haste's departmental trial for the killing of teenager Ramarley Graham was open to the public, but records of the trial are not.
Officer Richard Haste's departmental trial for the killing of teenager Ramarley Graham was open to the public, but records of the trial are not.
A Denver man who shot his wife after eating cannabis candy agrees to a sentence of 25 to 30 years.
The SCOTUS nominee plumbs the peculiarities of prohibition in cases involving imitation pot and medical marijuana.
Even by the wasteful standards of the War on Drugs, Trump's wall looks like a boondoggle. But legalization in some states is already hurting the cartels.
Officials also note that reports of marijuana exposures involving children fell last year.
An estimated 111,000 excess premature deaths occurred in white individuals between 1999 and 2014
"I don't think that sounds like something I would normally say," says the guy who definitely said that.
Meddling state officials have managed to make the legal pot market uncompetitive.
The push for legalization-particularly farming-is being hampered by in a number of ways.
In the future, President Trump's lifelong fanaticism for capital punishment could make such shady deals unnecessary.
Under Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan's plan, there would be no penalties for private use, while public use would be subject to fines.
Rep. Allen Peake is pushing to loosen restrictions.
Trump should not take his criminal justice cues from his attorney general.
Educators can enjoy pot on vacation and keep their certificates-as long as their accusers are incompetent.
"We've legalized here and we don't want our rights taken away."
Donald Trump and his attorney general take a dim view of Obama's mercy.
The president has now shortened more sentences than any of his predecessors.
It fills a new book from the National Academy of Sciences.
The next attorney general could crack down on state-licensed cannabusinesses without changing the State Department's official position.
Says he won't commit "to never enforcing federal law" but that doesn't tell us much of anything.
Harris County Sheriff's Office credited discovery to deputies' "powers of observation," but blamed the error on field tests.
His Department of Justice prosecuted legal marijuana growers in the Golden State, but that was totally different!
The DEA moves toward a ban on another plant with promising medical properties.
Say goodbye to 2016. But don't let your guard down.
The percentage of adults under correctional supervision last year was the lowest since 1994.
Penn Jillette's diet memoir and a Harvard historian's take on Prohibition are essential guides to the next four years.
No significant changes detected in Colorado or among high school seniors in Washington; eighth- and 10th-graders in Washington are a different story.
Killer weed redux, pimple-faced potheads, vapin' in the boys room, Halloween high horror, and a crazy kratom crackdown
How to dodge responsibility, whether you're a candidate or a cop.
Notions of individual autonomy may be increasingly important to the American public, says new study.
The decision is a welcome departure from a tendency to sacrifice privacy on the altar of a drug-free society.
The data still don't show a significant increase in underage consumption after Colorado and Washington legalized.
Obama has not issued more pardons and commutations than any other president or the most in a single day.
A bureaucratic nightmare takes a mother away from her young child for almost two months.
Officer justified K-9 attack because the man was on drugs and thus had "a high tolerance to pain."
Amazon removes pants falsely accused of promoting marijuana use.
Virginia alone suspended nearly 39,000 drivers licenses for drug convictions in 2015, according to a new report.
How to turn good news about today's youths into a demand for more government studies.
How will the government promote competition while banning advertising and promotion?
The latest survey data indicate that legalization has not driven a national surge in adolescent pot smoking.
A new report concludes that two-fifths of Americans in prison don't belong there.
Juan Manuel Santos reiterates his call for an end to the war on drugs.
The divergence reinforces the case for harm reduction.
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