Drug Laws
You Can Get Years in Prison For Bringing Legal Guns to the Wrong State
Throwing people in jail for not knowing the ins and outs of every state's gun control laws is pretty crazy, but it keeps happening across the US.
California Is Beginning to Compromise on Weed
California looks to avoid mistakes of other states as it moves toward compromises on marijuana.
The GOP’s Biggest Donor Is Trying to Stop Florida from Legalizing Weed
Las Vegas gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson's $2.5 million donation to defeat medical marijuana is a sign that legalization has become a real Campaign Issue.
This Guy Wants to Be Berlin's First Weed Van Man
If the authorities don't let him do his thing, he's threatening to go on hunger strike.
Global Drug Policy Is Still Deadly and Ineffective
Powerful governments wield conventions and the war on drugs as a way to exert power and influence, and punish and control their population.
Congress Is Finally Getting Behind Medical Marijuana
Last night, when no one was looking, the US House of Representatives did something surprising: It voted to deescalate the war on drugs, passing an amendment that would prohibit the DEA from terrorizing legal medical marijuana businesses.
Is New York Serious This Time About Legalizing Medical Marijuana?
New Yorkers fashion themselves as the most socially tolerant, forward-thinking people on Earth, but when it comes to marijuana laws, the Empire State is still running decades behind schedule.
A Texas Teen Is Facing Life in Prison Over Hash Oil Brownies
The added ingredient turned the 19-year-old's offense into a first-degree felony comparable to murder.
New Zealand's Synthetic Potheads Have to Go Cold Turkey
The New Zealand government made a sudden reversal on its synthetic drug laws last week.
Black People Are More Likely to Be Arrested for Weed Possession Than White People
The ACLU released an interactive map that highlights the shocking racial disparity of marijuana arrests in the United States. According to their findings, a Black person is three times as likely as a White person to be arrested for cannabis-related...
The Most Important UN Drug Summit in Decades Was Really Depressing
This month's meeting of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime was supposed to be an important event in the war on drugs, but instead it was yet another gathering of prohibitionists trotting out the same old platitudes