Search results for "War on Drugs"

Politics

Drug War Update: Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General

Anti-marijuana politician will serve as U.S. Attorney General.

Politics

Major Rights Groups: Decriminalize Use of all Illicit Drugs

NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans debate the expanding campaign to legalize marijuana, two of the...

Politics

Trump Echoes Drug War Architect Richard Nixon

What would a Donald Trump presidency mean for cannabis in the U.S.? It’s almost impossible to...

Joint Opinions

Veterans are Winning the Legalization War

In recent months, America has seen what a potent force veterans can be when it comes...

Politics

Moms Uniting to End Drug War

This Mother’s Day, moms are uniting like never before to save their families by ending the...

Legal

Is the Federal War on Medical Marijuana Over?

With the pending dismissal of the federal government’s highest profile case against a state-legal medical marijuana...

Legal

Operation Golden Flow: America’s Urine is Liquid Gold for Drug War Profiteers

It looks harmless enough, faint yellow, warm and contained in a plastic cup, but urine drug...

Joint Opinions

The Next President Must End the War on Cannabis

When the latest round of Democratic presidential candidates stepped out on to the stage in Nevada...

Medical

History of Drugs Chronicled in New Book

Dr. David Bearman's new book "Drugs Are Not the Devil’s Tools: How Discrimination and Greed Created...

Politics

Global Leaders Gather to Condemn Drug War

Ryan Grim, Huffington Post’s Washington bureau chief, moderated a discussion between members of the Global Commission...

Legal

Millennials Overwhelmingly Oppose Drug War, Support Legal Marijuana

Millennials are generally considered to be persons entering adulthood in the new millennium or those born...

Joint Opinions

Conservatives’ Culture War Withdrawal

Are conservatives surrendering the drug war? You’d be forgiven for thinking so after a nine-page manifesto...

Politics

Attorney General: It’s Unclear Whether Federal Government Can Force States to Criminalize Drugs

Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee today for an oversight hearing in...

Medical

Is Vaping the Future of Drugs?

I don’t envy Big Tobacco. Not only are they still fighting the past sins of their...

Joint Opinions

Will Legalization End the War on Weed? Doubtful.

With little over a month left until the new legalization laws in Washington and Colorado go...

Films

How to Make Money Selling Drugs, Directed by Matthew Cooke

“How to Make Money Selling Drugs” seems destined, even designed, to incite controversy. It’s TV-MA rating...

Video

VIDEO: Inside Look at America’s Longest War: The House I Live In

An investigative look at America’s war on drugs and its impact on the criminal justice system,...

In History

MLK & Marijuana: How the Civil Rights Leader’s Work Informs the Push for Legal Pot

Martin Luther King Jr. never spoke publicly about cannabis, but his life and works provide important...

In The Magazine

40 Under 40: Kassandra Frederique

Frederique is executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a national nonprofit organization that works to...

Joint Opinions

The 420 Holiday: Who’s It Actually For?

We’ve gone directly from the War on Drugs to drug subsidized civic party: Something’s lost along...