La Familia Cartel Targeted, Police Arrest More Than 300 Across U.S.
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that d...
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that d...
AP | NINIEK KARMINI | Posted 10.21.2009 | World
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A group of 10 alleged Iranian drug smugglers, including eight veiled women, were caught with $12.5 million worth of methamp...
Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs ... again. There have been one or two conflicts in human history that lasted longer -- though we'd better win this before 2012, or we'll find ourselves alone in a league with the Hundred Years' War.
The Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver
...And if I said the things that the therapists have said to me, some people out there would read it as me giving an excuse, which I don't want to do....
Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.
AP | JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
TULSA, Okla. — This is the new formula for methamphetamine: a two-liter soda bottle, a few handfuls of cold pills and some noxious chemicals. Sh...
Anthony Papa | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment
It's time to end these draconian war on drugs laws and implement a sentencing structure that promotes fairness and justice.
AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 09.07.2009 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — Michael Douglas' son traveled coast to coast dealing large quantities of methamphetamine before his arrest last month, according to a...
Anthony Papa | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment
The role of drugs and drug addiction loom large in our society, but instead of demonizing addicted individuals, we need an alternative approach: treatment, not imprisonment.
Anthony Papa | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
As it stands now, consumers with colds across the country must present a photo ID and sign a log in order to purchase cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine.
Patrick Sauer | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media
Oelwein is a microcosm of small town everywhere, but Methland shows that the drug abuse is a symptom, not the cause, of the deeply ingrained problems facing rural America.
AP | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York
(AP) -- Former figure-skating champion Nicole Bobek has been charged with being part of a northern New Jersey drug ring. Bobek, 31, made her first co...
AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
BADIRAGUATO, Mexico — The Mexican Navy gave reporters a firsthand look Tuesday at what they described as one of the largest methamphetamine labs...
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living
Researchers are arguing that drugs that "boost the brain" should be permitted legal if they are safe and effective. Here's where it gets interesting: many drugs that boost the brain also produce a high.
AP | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics
WASILLA - The Matanuska-Susitna area is the methamphetamine capital of Alaska, according to Alaska State Troopers. In 2003, authorities uncovered nin...
John Carnevale | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business
Having spent eleven years in the Office of National Drug Control Policy, I can say that in contradiction to a recent report, we have little reason to believe that America has reached a turning point in the war on drugs.
Matt Simon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
At a town hall At Franklin PIerce College Sunday evening, Senator John McCain took a question on the War on Drugs from an audience member with an interesting perspective -- a police officer.
AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.23.2009 | World