Marijuana Legalization
Vox’s coverage of marijuana legalization as states across the country cross a new frontier in drug policy.
Harper claimed, “Tobacco is a product that does a lot of damage. Marijuana is infinitely worse.”
The war on drugs hasn’t worked. The Senate bill tacitly acknowledges that.
It was the fourth state to legalize pot possession.
And why it might not last.
This is problem of public health, not criminal justice.
Why policymakers and politicians need to get this right.
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It’s a big deal for the government’s own policy.
The research suggests decriminalization would lead to better outcomes.
The real issue in this debate is much bigger than Dunham.
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A growing body of research shows pot may serve a huge public health purpose.
Francisco Sanchez was released from jail before killing Kathryn Steinle. But the feds could have done more to prevent him from going free.
How do you balance 100 million chronic pain patients with tens of thousands of annual opioid-linked deaths?
The letter proves how progressive the presidential candidate always has been.
This is what $7.6 billion got the US.
A huge study reviewed what we know about the drug’s medicinal properties.
This isn’t the first time it’s happened, either.
The research could help ease other restrictions on the drug.
The country’s experience shows the trouble with evaluating the effects of policy.
Could Big Marijuana behave similar to Big Alcohol and Big Tobacco?
“It hasn’t been the nightmare that a lot of us skeptics and critics thought it would be.”
Supporting legalization would put Hillary Clinton in line with most Democratic voters.
At least the numbers are right.
He unapologetically enforced crack cocaine sentences that contributed to racial disparities.
The feds still want some of that green.
It ended with $5 worth of marijuana, which a judge said wasn’t enough pot to “roll you a decent joint.”
Past reforms have spread in an S-curve pattern.
The difficult economics of starting a new marijuana farm in newly legal states like Colorado.
Learn more about the important plant that people have cultivated for thousands of years.
A retired Baltimore and Maryland police major discusses the issue.
The battle between Congress and the Justice Department could end up in courts.
Though he’s been in the Senate only four years, Paul has managed to place himself at the center of many policy debates.
But it did reduce the overall number of arrests.