
German Lopez
Former Senior Correspondent and Cohost of The Weeds
Latest articles by German Lopez


Cuomo named marijuana legalization as one of his priorities in the first 100 days of 2019.


The death penalty is on the decline in America.


A higher alcohol tax would save lives, prevent crime, and mostly affect excessive drinkers.


Suicides drove an increase in gun deaths from 2016 to 2017.


Congress may pass actual criminal justice reform — and Trump supports it.


A database, going back to 1970, shows there were more incidents and more deaths in 2018 than any other year on record.


As attorney general for George H.W. Bush, Barr was an architect of America’s punitive criminal justice system.

The World Health Organization now recognizes “gaming disorder.” It’s a controversial, but some argue necessary, classification.


The review also found the evidence for safe injection sites to be much weaker.


Drug overdose deaths reached another record high in 2017, according to new federal data.