What to Make of Sarah Palin’s Alleged Cocaine Use
It is time for voters to punish elected officials for supporting draconian laws that punish what they themselves have done.
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Drug Policy Prospects on Capitol Hill This Year
Prospects are gloomy for passing drug reform bills and blocking prohibitionist bills in D.C.
Police Mistakenly Target CBS Reporter’s Home in Botched Drug Raid
Police and FBI agents arrested a drug suspect in Alameda on Wednesday, but not before mistakenly trying to raid a home across the street belonging to a network TV reporter and her political consultant husband.
Judge Tosses Case, Derides Nevada Marijuana Law
A judge in Las Vegas threw out charges in a medical marijuana criminal case, declaring that he couldn't make sense of Nevada's pot laws.
National Forest Marijuana Growers Sentenced
A federal judge has sentenced the first of 12 defendants in a large marijuana-growing operation in a remote national forest in northeast Wisconsin.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Clinton: ‘We Didn’t Inhale Together’
It’s not every day a former secretary of labor shows up randomly on the Internet to talk about smoking weed with Bill Clinton. But former Labor Secretary Robert Reich did just that Friday afternoon.
Missouri College Demands Students Undergo Drug Tests
Linn State Technical College first public institution to require mandatory drug testing for all students.
Missouri Governor’s Son Cited for Marijuana Possession
Willson Nixon, son of Gov. Jay Nixon, was issued a citation for marijuana possession in Columbia early Saturday morning.
America Wages Eternal War on Drugs, Empowering the Very Enemies It Seeks to Destroy
The US is the dominant force of the drug war -- and when our nation backs down from its eternal pipe dream, the rest of the world is certain to follow.
DEA Issues Emergency Ban on “Bath Salts” Drugs
The DEA announced Wednesday that it was using its emergency scheduling powers to impose a ban on three synthetic stimulants widely marketed as "bath salts." The three drugs are mephedrone, methylone, and 3,4 methyleneoxypyrovalerone (MDPV).
