A decade ago, state voters approved Proposition 47, which reduced penalties for some drug and other criminal offenses. Now, ...

Trump's lawlessness, encouragements to violence, and tactical exploitation of social divisions including racism, are bad for drug policy. The Biden-Harris administration embraced harm reduction to a ...

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A Kansas poll shows that lawmakers are well behind their constituents when it comes to marijuana policy, former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is unrepentant in testimony about death squads and ...

Arkansas Supreme Court Throws Out Medical Marijuana Expansion Initiative. Although it will appear on the ballot, votes for ...

What should have been a citation for drug paraphernalia gets turned into an outrageous attempt to lock a hapless drug user up for decades. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota has ...

What should have been a citation for drug paraphernalia gets turned into an outrageous attempt to lock a hapless drug user up for decades. San Joaquin County, California, welfare recipients may have ...

A lying Houston narc gets decades in prison for a drug raid that left two innocent civilians dead, a Mississippi cop falls asleep in his squad car with a meth pipe in his hand, and more. A small-town ...

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A California cop gets nailed for flushing someone's legal marijuana down a toilet, a Denver sheriff's deputy heads to the slammer for her role in a drug-dealing ring, and more. A South Carolina deputy ...

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