The DEA Thinks All Kratom Use Is Abuse
The agency says the psychoactive leaf must be banned because it has never been approved.
War on Drugs
The DEA's Crazy Kratom Ban Dresses Pharmacological Phobia in Scientific Garb
As far as the DEA is concerned, the leaf has no legitimate uses.
North Carolina Woman Dies in Police Custody in New Jersey
Was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia
9th Circuit Says Medical Marijuana Cardholders Have No Second Amendment Rights
Citing "a strong link between drug use and violence," the appeals court says it's reasonable to stop patients from buying guns.
Tampa SWAT Team Attempts to Serve Drug Warrant, Unarmed Man Shot and Killed
Two grams of marijuana reportedly recovered.
Obama Will Issue Thousands of Commutations If He Keeps This Month's Pace
The president might even surpass Richard Nixon's commutation rate.
Philippine Anti-Drug Strategy: 'Kill Them All'
Rodrigo Duterte echoes American drug warriors.
What Is This Libertarianism Stuff, Anyway?
Matt Welch talks about the L-word, plus pot, hippies, and the alt-right, on this week's airwaves
Rodrigo Duterte's Murderous War on Drugs Follows American Logic
The Philippine president is not alone in thinking drug offenders should be killed.
Alcohol Prohibition Was a Dress Rehearsal for the War on Drugs
Harvard historian Lisa McGirr on how our national ban on booze never really ended.
Trump-Hating Bush Speechwriter Attacks Libertarians for Being Soft on Drugs
'Jesse Helms was right about Bill Weld,' Marc Thiessen writes for AEI, inaccurately, without disclosing that he was Helms's spokesman at the time.
Missouri Cop Coerced Drug Treatment Patients Into Becoming Informants, Lawsuit Says
A federal lawsuit accuses a former regional drug task force commander of pressuring patients in drug treatment to become undercover sources.
Michigan Marijuana Legalization Initiative Probably Won't Make Ballot
Rule controlling when signatures may be gathered to blame.
Appeals Court Says Colorado Plates Don't Justify Detaining Drivers in Kansas
Reasonable suspicion of marijuana smuggling requires more than living in a state that allows medical or recreational use.
Rolling Stone: Don't Vote for Gary Johnson if You Think Legal Pot Is a 'Slippery Slope'!
We're officially through the looking glass, people
Hillary's Emails and Trump's Deportation Reboot: Matt Welch on Tonight's Kennedy
Fox Business Network broadcast at 8 p.m. ET also includes discussion of pot-scare studies and Colin Powell's advices
Marijuana's Mystifying Misclassification
A logic-defying law lets the DEA keep cannabis in a more restrictive category than morphine, cocaine, PCP, and methamphetamine.
Congress and the DEA Share the Blame for Marijuana's Mystifying Misclassification
The Controlled Substances Act established arbitrary rules that make it impossible to properly categorize many drugs.
'Zombie Drug' Paranoia Resurfaces After Teen's Terrifying Homicidal Outburst
A 19-year-old man stabbed two strangers to death and tried to eat the face of one of them, once again provoking warnings about the "zombie drug" flakka.
Arizona Is the Fifth State Where Voters Will Decide Whether to Legalize Pot This Year
If all the measures pass, nearly one in five Americans will live in places where marijuana is legal.
9th Circuit Says Feds May Not Prosecute State-Legal Medical Marijuana Suppliers
The appeals court rules that Congress has forbidden such interference.
Malia Obama Allegedly Smoking Pot Isn't a Big Deal, President Obama's Foot-Dragging on Marijuana Reform Is
Misdemeanor drug convictions can still ruin young people's present and cripple their future.
DEA Rejects Marijuana Rescheduling but Eliminates a Research Barrier
The agency won't reclassify cannabis but will make it easier for scientists to get the kind they need.
Dumped Signatures Push Medical Marijuana Initiative off Missouri's Ballot
Group behind measure to take matters to court.
California May Finally See Reforms to Police Seizure Rules
Compromise will require convictions before taking citizens' stuff below a value threshold.
Share of Americans Who Admit Current Pot Use Nearly Doubles in Three Years
In the latest Gallup survey, 13 percent said they were current consumers, up from 7 percent in 2013.
When Is Daddy Coming Home?
How a peaceful pot grower got 15 years as a "career offender"
Detroit Police Continue War on Dogs
Summer brings two more cases of puppycides in drug war raids that don't even lead to charges.
Federal Charge Against Native American Teen Over a Gram of Marijuana To Be Dropped
Following outcry over seemingly arbitrary nature of the charge, federal prosecutor comes to his senses.
How a Harmless Pot Grower Gets 15 Years As a 'Career Offender'
Long sentences mandated by Congress do not distinguish between drug offenders and violent criminals.
Obama's Record-Breaking Commutations Leave Much Work to Do
In raw numbers, the president has far surpassed his recent predecessors, but his petition approval rate is only middling.
Native American Oregon Teen Busted with One Gram of Marijuana Faces Federal Charges
The war on weed continues, even in a state where it's been legalized.
Obama's Biggest Commutation Announcement Yet Will Help More than 200 Imprisoned in Drug War
Justice Department still expects more before presidency ends.
The Philippines' New War on Drugs Has Killed Hundreds in Just Over a Month
The bloody crackdown and rampant vigilantism is the result of a wildly popular new president's policies.
Ross Ulbricht's Conviction, Sentencing for Running Silk Road Should be Overturned, Argues New Reply Brief
Ulbricht's lawyer claims corruption on part of investigators, bad evidentiary decisions, Fourth Amendment violations, and grossly unreasonable sentencing demand reversal, new trial, or resentencing.
Drug Warriors Start Pulling in Millions to Fight Marijuana Legalization
They're still outmatched by supporters (and the polls).
Marijuana Competition Coming to Oregon State Fair
The annual institution known for dull, innocuous, family-friendly fare adds three cannabis competition categories.
Color-Conscious Drug Warriors Breed Mistrust
Two recent studies confirm anecdotal evidence of racial disparities in police treatment of drivers and pedestrians.
Calif. Cops Are Using Meth Lab Law to Keep Going After Legal Medical Marijuana Companies
Raids on facilities and attempts at asset forfeiture.
'We Hillbillies Have Got to Wake the Hell Up': Review of Hillbilly Elegy
A family chronicle of the crackup of poor working-class white Americans.
How a Donut Habit Can Send You to Jail
The meth that a Florida man was arrested for possessing was actually Krispy Kreme glaze.
The Drug War and the Crime of Driving (or Walking) While Black
Two recent studies show how color-conscious cops breed anger, resentment, and mistrust.
"I Smoke Weed and I'm a Good Person!" DNC Cannabis Pride March Concludes with Smoke Session at Delegates' Entrance
Cannabis marchers thank Philadelphia police for their professionalism, then proudly smoke marijuana at DNC gates.
Good Thing John Hinckley Jr. Only Shot the President. If He Sold Drugs, He Might Still Be Locked Up.
Attempted murder? 35 years in a hospital. Nonviolent drug charges? Life in prison.
From Ticketing President Grant to "Do you have it up your ass?": A short history of the traffic stop
How automobiles grew the power and reach of the police throughout America.
Poll: A Plurality of Republicans Now Want to Legalize Marijuana
The margin is narrow but the trend is clear.
Woman Kidnapped and Sexually Assaulted by Drug Warriors Gets $1.6 Million
After a dog supposedly alerted to her at a border crossing, she endured six hours of fruitless body cavity searches.
