The legislation, whose authors say two-fifths of prisoners are locked up without a "compelling public safety justification," would reward states that take a more discriminating approach.
Myles Cosgrove never faced criminal charges in connection with Taylor's death, but he was fired for his reckless use of deadly force.
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Despite his reservations, Gov. John Carney let the bills become law without his signature.
Mifepristone will remain on the market for now with no changes to how it can be prescribed.
The emergence of the animal tranquilizer as an opioid adulterant illustrates once again how the war on drugs makes drug use more dangerous.
The smell of weed in the streets is a sign of progress and tolerance, not decline.
The trend is driven by a huge drop in prosecutions in Arizona, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reports.
Financial institutions have been locked out of the cannabis industry because of a surveillance regime that appears to have done little to stop real criminals.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone was unimpressed by the Biden administration's argument that marijuana users are too "dangerous" to own guns.
Under the new Kentucky law, state-licensed dispensaries will begin serving qualifying patients in 2025.
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Trump touted his support for sentencing reform as evidence of his "deep compassion," which DeSantis sees as a weakness.
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The life-saving drug stops opioid overdoses as they happen, restoring breathing and preventing death. Why did it take so long for the FDA to expand its use?
Thanks to onerous regulations, life-saving drugs are more expensive and harder to get.
Police detectives accused Jerry Johnson of being a drug trafficker and seized cash he says he intended to use to buy a semitruck at auction. He was never charged with a crime.
Two New Jersey women who gave birth last fall suffered harrowing ordeals thanks to their breakfast choices.
Seven sheriff's deputies say the rapper subjected them to "embarrassment, ridicule, emotional distress, humiliation, and loss of reputation" after a drug bust on his house came up empty.
Nero the police dog put his paws on the side of the car, which qualifies as a trespass, and thereby also a "search" under the Fourth Amendment.
Defending a categorical ban on gun possession by cannabis consumers, the Biden administration cites inapt "historical analogues."
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"Then my baby started crying so I reached for my son, and as I'm reaching, a man held me and told me, 'Don't touch him. He's getting taken away from you,'" said the children's mother.
There's little reason to believe that any of the tactics Republican politicians are proposing would be effective in keeping fentanyl out of the country.
Each year, the DEA sets production limits for certain drugs, including some ingredients in common amphetamine pills like Adderall.
Even as the president bemoans the injustice of pot prohibition, his administration insists that cannabis consumers have no right to arms.
Conservatives have been slow to recognize the threat that drug prohibition poses to gun rights and other civil liberties.
"It's very easy for politicians to legislate freedom away," says Northwood University's Kristin Tokarev. "But it's incredibly hard to get back."
A ballot initiative that would have allowed recreational use was defeated by a large margin in a special election.
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Both parties are complicit in the lethal policies that gave us fentanyl disguised as Percocet.
While a conservative skepticism toward military aggression would be welcome, Republican standard-bearers are all too happy to sign off on war powers in other ways.
It doesn't make sense to create laws that restrict activities enjoyed by the general populace to protect a tiny minority that will undoubtedly partake in those activities anyway.
The agency's action ignores the government's own role in creating a black market in the first place.
D.C. is destroying its thriving cannabis industry with bureaucracy and red tape.
On Friday, the DEA unveiled a plan to restrict doctors' ability to prescribe controlled drugs over telehealth.
It is hard to find evidence of this "disturbing trend."
The paper pushes modest reforms while endorsing continued criminalization.
The president reaped political benefits with his pre-election proclamation but has yet to follow through.
Is it just to punish the many for the excesses of the few?
The longest-serving California senator was a hardline drug warrior, a surveillance hawk, and no friend of freedom.
Because legislators omitted a crucial letter, there is no straightforward way to downgrade convictions for offenses that are no longer felonies.
The CDC’s revised prescribing guidelines retain an anti-opioid bias and do nothing to reverse the harmful policies inspired by the 2016 version.
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Cannabis consumers should have the same commercial leisure spaces that alcohol drinkers do.
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