Drug War
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Congress Did Not Legalize Medical Marijuana
Contrary to what you may have heard, the federal ban has not been lifted.
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Colorado Settlement Suggests RICO Nuisance Suits Will Hinder Legal Pot Industry
Even weak cases can scare vendors away from marijuana merchants.
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If Peyton Manning Used HGH to Recover From a Broken Neck, Should We Really Care?
It's time to rethink the stigma surrounding this "performance-enhancing drug."
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The Year in Blame Shifting
How to dodge responsibility, whether you're a cop or the president
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The Puzzling Persistence of Pee Tests
With public support for legalizing marijuana at record levels, why do so many employers still try to screen out cannabis consumers?
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Colorado Cannabis Credit Union Demands Access to the Federal Reserve System
Is turning away marijuana money illegal, or is it legally required?
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Cops in 'Podunk' Florida Town Sent Millions to Venezuela, Including to Maduro Aide
Police in Bal Harbour never made an arrest.
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Exchanging Pot Brownies for 'Donations' Is Still a Crime in D.C.
The founder of a mobile marijuana business faces distribution charges.
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The Year's Best Drug Scares
Impossibly potent marijuana edibles, formaldehyde in e-cigarettes, pills of war, MDMA disguised as Halloween candy, and superhuman flakka zombies.
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Heroin for the Holidays
HBO documentary provides inside look at modern users.
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The Five Best Drug Scares of 2015
Super-potent pot, formaldehyde in e-cigarettes, the supersoldier pill, MDMA in trick-or-treat bags, and "$5 insanity"
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Anti-Pot Group Blames 'Big Marijuana' for Possibly Nonexistent Increase in Adolescent Cannabis Consumption
Neither Colorado nor Washington has seen a statistically significant change in underage use since legalization.
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Kansas Couple Whose Tea Was Mistaken for Marijuana Loses Suit Over Fruitless Raid
Robert and Adlynn Harte argued that cops should have known field tests are unreliable.
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Spirit of the Holidays
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The New York Times Complains of Drug Price Hikes While Raising Its Own Subscription Fees
The freedom to set prices free of government coercion makes for better newspapers and better medicine.
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Obama Frees Sharanda Jones and 94 Other Prisoners Serving Draconian Sentences
Obama's commutation record looks good in absolute numbers but paltry as a percentage of petitions.
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Did the White House Just Save Colorado's Marijuana from the Supreme Court?
Another Step Closer to Full Legalization
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Harlem's Drug Warriors
Was the drug war imposed on black America, or did black America demand it?
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Solicitor General Says SCOTUS Shouldn't Hear Challenge to Marijuana Legalization
The Obama administration says Nebraska and Oklahoma have not described a genuine controversy with Colorado.
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Marijuana Ads Are 'Nonmailable,' but That Doesn't Mean You Can't Mail Them
The U.S. Postal Service simultaneously clarifies and muddies its policy on cannabis promotion.