War on Drugs
Chronicling changes to US drug policy, from marijuana legalization efforts to the fight against the opioid crisis.
It’s the first US city to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms.
Warren’s plan is the most ambitious attempt to tackle the opioid crisis, experts and advocates say.
The verdict could send the former executives to prison for years.
Klobuchar’s clemency reform plan, explained.
The city’s voters are now deciding whether to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms.
It’s already the deadliest drug overdose crisis in US history. But it’s also affecting the economy and budgets.
In the three major national surveys, support for legalization is at an all-time high.
Trump threatened to close the border “if the drugs don’t stop.” But the problem isn’t Mexico.
It’s not legalization, but it’s still a big change in marijuana policy.
The opioid epidemic has become the deadliest drug overdose crisis in US history. But there are real solutions.
There’s a potentially surprising reason why.
He drew national headlines for his opposition to the war on drugs 10 years ago.
Members of the “Cartersville 70” were arrested after a small amount of marijuana was found at a house party. They say the arrest turned their lives “into a nightmare.”
Experts say the US needs to spend a lot more money to fight the opioid crisis. Trump isn’t listening.
From Cory Booker to Bernie Sanders to Elizabeth Warren, presidential candidates are rallying around legalizing pot.
The opioid epidemic has made America an outlier among wealthy nations when it comes to drug overdoses.
Amy Klobuchar went after low-level, nonviolent crimes as a prosecutor. Now she wants to be president.
Most presidential candidates aren’t talking much about the opioid epidemic. But Warren wants to put serious resources toward ending the crisis.
If Trump has extra anti-drug money sitting around, the wall is a bad way to spend it.
The Mexican drug lord will spend hard time in a US prison.
Advocates say safe injection sites can help reduce overdose deaths. The Trump administration disagrees.
Trump hasn’t delivered on his promise to seriously confront the opioid epidemic.
CBS rejected a Super Bowl ad from the medical marijuana company Acreage Holdings.
Marijuana legalization: 1. Jeff Sessions: 0.
The state would join several of its New England neighbors, which have already legalized or are considering it.
The book, Tell Your Children, has received a lot of media attention, but it’s essentially Reefer Madness 2.0.
Trump claims his wall will stop the flow of heroin and other illegal drugs from Mexico. He’s wrong.
Facebook was categorizing CBD and hemp businesses as “prescription pharmaceuticals.”
Legalizing hemp may also be important for scientists who want to study CBD’s effects.
From Canada to Michigan to California, marijuana legalization had a very big year.
The law won’t legalize marijuana for recreational or medical uses, but allows non-intoxicating forms of cannabis.
Fox News warns about THC gummies “ruining families” and “killing” Americans “every day.”
Full legalization won in Michigan, and medical legalization won in Missouri and Utah.
The failed drug war and Trump’s war on immigrants share many features. To change course, we need to change institutions.
The research linking passing a drug test to performing better at work is weak.
The NYPD said more 911 calls were behind racial disparities in marijuana arrests. It doesn’t explain the difference.
It’s part of a trend experts call the “democratization” of kidnapping.
Marijuana reform can help black communities. That doesn’t make it “reparations.”
Black people continue to be arrested at a higher rate than their white peers.
A philosopher explains why addiction isn’t a moral failure.