Joseph McNamara, Reformist Police Chief, Dead at 79
One of the first major law enforcement officials to criticize the drug war and favor marijuana legalization.
One of the first major law enforcement officials to criticize the drug war and favor marijuana legalization.
They're keeping counterculture kicking.
The league had a chance to start changing this perception last week, but unfortunately it dropped the ball.
Three features of civil forfeiture law and five Supreme Court decisions make it easy for police to take money from motorists.
Ambulance drivers in Guatemala see the costs of prohibition up close every day.
Gov. Pat Quinn signed off on medical marijuana over a year ago, but you still can't buy it anywhere in the state.
About 40,000 marijuana offenders are serving time in prison, and some will never get out.
Jury trial ordered for California cops who shot and killed an unarmed suspect