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Ryan Grim

Kentucky Hemp Lobby Makes Inroads In Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A chance encounter at last weekend's Kentucky Derby may have given the hemp industry the break it's been looking for since the crop was ...

Ryan J. Reilly

Marijuana Eradication By Law Enforcement Plummets By More Than Half

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The number of marijuana plants eradicated by law enforcement has plummeted in the last few years from a record high of over 10 million p...

Accused Cocaine Kingpin Brought To New York For Trial

AP | PETE YOST and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 04.06.2013 | Crime

NEW YORK -- A former navy chief of the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau who is suspected of being a kingpin in the international cocaine tra...

Mexican Drug Cartels Penetrate Deeper Into U.S. Than Ever Before

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 04.01.2013 | Crime

CHICAGO — Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to...

Former DEA Chiefs Call For Nullification

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.05.2013 | Politics

CHICAGO -- Eight former U.S. drug chiefs warned the federal government Tuesday that time is running out to nullify Colorado and Washington's new laws ...

Ryan Grim

After Medical Marijuana Mess, Obama's Prosecutors Face Big Decision On Pot

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.08.2013 | Politics

OAKLAND, Calif. -- In the summer of 2007, the owners of Harborside Health Center, then and now the most prominent medical marijuana dispensary in the ...

Ryan J. Reilly

DEA: Marijuana Legalization Promotes Drug Use

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 01.24.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Recent state efforts to legalize marijuana pose a challenge for the Drug Enforcement Administration because they would increase marijuan...

Marijuana Still A 'Dangerous Drug With No Accepted Medical Use'

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 03.24.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a petition to reclassify marijuana from its current federal status as a dangerous drug with no ...

Marijuana Legalization and the Future Cultural, Social and Political Contours of the Drug War

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 02.10.2013 | Politics
Nikolas Kozloff

In light of recent referendums in the Colorado and Washington that have legalized marijuana, could the drug war be headed for a serious meltdown?

Parents Use Dogs To Sniff Out Kids' Drugs

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 12.10.2012 | Parents

A German shepherd that's all business sniffs every nook and cranny of a Houston home in search of drugs, but it's not a DEA raid; according to NBC's "...

Feds May Seek To Undermine Laws Legalizing Marijuana

The New York Times | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 12.07.2012 | Politics

Senior White House and Justice Department officials are considering plans for legal action against Colorado and Washington that could undermine voter-...

Illegal Prescription Drugs Delivered Right To Your Door

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 11.16.2012 | Business

SAN FRANCISCO -- The nation's two largest shipping companies said they are targets of a criminal probe related to their dealings with online pharmacie...

Medical Marijuana Advocates Want Drug Reclassified

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 10.17.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court in Washington is considering whether marijuana should be reclassified from its current status as a dangerous dru...

Lucia Graves

Federal Court To Mull Marijuana As Medicine

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.15.2012 | Politics

It started with a coalition of disgruntled Americans, then a handful of governors took up the cause last year, and now -- for the first time in nearly...

Keywords: Drug War, Marijuana

Harvey Stein | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics
Harvey Stein

One of the most neglected issues in this year's presidential elections is the Drug War, the longest running war in U.S. history.

Lucia Graves

Trade Group: Don't Sell 'Bath Salts' At Convenience Store Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 09.20.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Vendors attending the National Association of Convenience Stores' trade show in Las Vegas next month should leave their synthetic drugs ...

CVS Stores Lose Licenses Over Suspicious Drug Sales

Reuters | Posted 11.12.2012 | Business

Sept 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration decided to revoke the controlled substance licenses of two CVS Caremark Corp drugstores in ...

Holder Urged To Oppose Pot Push

Reuters | Posted 11.07.2012 | Politics

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Nine former heads of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration urged Attorney Gener...

Michael McLaughlin

Bath Salts Bubble Bursts

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 09.04.2012 | Crime

The latest narcotic to burst into the headlines is bath salts -- a powerful synthetic drug that has caused a quasi-public panic over the past year bec...

Case On Medical Benefits Of Marijuana Heads To Federal Court

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 08.01.2012 | Politics

Medical marijuana advocates will get their day in court later this year, when they argue the therapeutic value of cannabis. The United States Court...

Feds Take Aggressive Action On Synthetic Drugs

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 09.25.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Drug Enforcement Administration seized more than $36 million in cash and arrested 91 people in a nationwide crackdown against manufa...

If the DEA Can't Tell Us the Difference Between Marijuana and Heroin, Who Can?

Scott Morgan | Posted 08.25.2012 | Politics
Scott Morgan

It's worth repeating that the person who is literally in charge of stopping everyone from taking drugs is somehow incapable of explaining to us the difference between the various drugs we shouldn't be taking.

DEA Agent Kills Suspected Trafficker In Honduras

AP | ALBERTO ARCE and MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 08.24.2012 | World

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent has shot and killed a suspected drug trafficker during a raid in a remote n...

36 People Arrested In Drug Smuggling Crackdown At U.S. Airports

AP | DANICA COTO | Posted 08.06.2012 | Latino Voices

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. federal agents swept through Puerto Rico's largest airport and other areas early Wednesday, arresting dozens of bag...

4 Secret Service Agents Plan To Fight Their Dismissals

The Washington Post | Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura | Posted 05.22.2012 | Politics

Four Secret Service employees have decided to fight their dismissals for engaging in inappropriate conduct in Colombia last month, a development that ...