Kansas Seized Disabled Vet's Children While He Was Moving to Colorado to Use Medical Marijuana Legally
DCF says it doesn't seize children merely because their parents use marijuana.
Children
The Darker Side of 'Just Say No'
Nancy Reagan demanded that everyone-not just schoolchildren-parrot her all-or-nothing, black-and-white approach to drugs.
Just Say No to Nancy Reagan's 'Outspoken Intolerance'
The former first lady, who died this week, was wedded to repressive drug policies that hurt many innocent people.
Has DARE Gone Soft on Marijuana?
Contrary to wishful rumors, the anti-drug stalwart's position on pot has not changed.
A 10-Year Mandatory Minimum Hinges on the Inartful Placement of Five Words
The law of the last antecedent beats the law of lenity.
Child Faces Criminal Charges After Using Weapon Emojis on Instagram
A message featuring gun, knife, and bomb emojis has landed a Virginia 12-year-old in trouble with police.
Should the Government Stop You from Gene Editing Your Kids?
Ordering people to reproduce in only government approved ways is tyrannical and unethical.
Study of Virtual Images Suggests Jurors May Not Know Child Porn When They See It
Not to worry: Prosecutors can use a backup law that also makes it a crime to look at cartoons.
For Looking at Child Porn, a Judge Imposes a Sentence of Days Rather Than Years
Jack Weinstein concludes that the penalty recommended by federal sentencing guidelines is far too severe.
New York Rolls Back Solitary Confinement
The most successful solitary confinement reform this year will release 1,000 prisoners.
Will Climate Change Ruin Your Sex Life?
Global warming will cool sexual passion, says new study
Cops Arrest 11-Year-Old Kid for Nude Photos, Claim It's For His Own Good
Someone think of the child (predators)
Magistrate Snatches Newborn From Mother Who Used Cannabis Tea for Pain Relief
County social workers said separating the newborn from her parents would be harmful.
China Drops Oppressive One-Child Policy: Too Late to Avoid Demographic Implosion
Reproductive central planning works as badly as economic central planning
Jared Fogle's Arbitrary Punishment
Looking at pictures should not be treated like a violent crime.
Why Is Jared Fogle's Viewing of Naked Teenagers a Federal Case?
The arbitrary decision that greatly magnified the penalties he faces
Why Jared Fogle's Child Porn Plea Deal Makes Sense
His sentence could have been much longer under federal law (and much shorter under state law).
DOJ Investigation Finds Due-Process Violations, Discrimination in St. Louis County Juvenile Courts
A new report finds systematic failures to protect the rights of juveniles, as well as harsher treatment of black youths.
A Baby with Five Parents? It's No Big Deal
Such families are already recognized in some U.S. States
'Don't Let My Daughter Die, Governor!' Drug Warrior Chris Christie Promises to Escalate the War on Weed
If elected president, Christie says he'd stomp out legal weed. As governor, he's already done just that.
Judge Orders Kids to Spend Years in Juvenile Hall for Skipping Lunch with Dad
Court punishes kids for parents' messy divorce.
Summer Has Arrived with the Annual Shutting Down of a Kid's Lemonade Stand
Texas regulations intended to improve the legal climate for home cooks invoked.
Conversion Therapy and Other 'For the Children' Measures As Efforts to Curtail Liberty
In the name of children's rights.
Half the Number of Kids Die Before Age Five Now Than Did In 1990
Global life expectancy up more than six years too.
Judges Find Federal Child Porn Sentences Are Much Longer Than Jurors Consider Just
In one case, the term sought by prosecutors was 17 times longer than the jury recommended.
Does Circumcision Cause Autism?
Danish study reports circumcised boys at 50 percent greater risk of autism.
These Parents Were Scared to Let Their Kids Walk Alone in New York City. They Did It Anyway.
Lenore Skenazy gives a lesson on free-range parenting.
HPV Vaccination Does Not Increase Promiscuity Among Adolescents
It's a vaccine against sexually transmitted cancer
Louisville Cop Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Two Children; Previously Commended for His Work With Youth
Cop had multiple commendations for working with youth. Psychologist says she was kicked out of clinical program after reporting kids's allegations against him.
Is It Immoral for Men to Gestate? Transgender* Women?
Recent advances in uterus transplantation will soon make this possible
Ronald Bailey Asks If It Is Immoral to Enable Men and Transgender Women to Gestate
Just because it's new doesn't mean that it's wrong.
Pediatrician Group Says Marijuana Should Be Reclassified
The American Academy of Pediatrics wants to see more study of the plant's medical uses.
Baby Becomes Briefly Underweight, Mom Loses Custody for Five Months
Religious beliefs against feeding your child animal products? That apparently counts as child abuse in Florida.
If It Tastes Good to Kids, Ban It
Critics of marijuana edibles and flavored e-cigarettes would reduce adults to the level of children.
