Democratic administrations are the worst drug policy reformers. That is, except for Republican adminstrations.

Foreign policy makes unsavory bedfellows, but few instances of bedsharing are more disheartening than that of the U.S. and Russia on the issue of illicit drugs.

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's grassroots supporters in the District of Columbia are furious with the president for letting Republicans mess with the ci...

It's interesting that in all of the press I've read so far celebrating Ronald Reagan, I have not seen one word about his radical escalation of the drug war -- and the devastating effects that had on our society.

How is it possible for Republican leaders to take on the issues of gay marriage, crucial AIDS prevention programs and medical marijuana in a single day? By throwing their weight around in the District of Columbia.

Since President Obama's election, the Office of National Drug Control Policy has been making noises about a shift in approach and priorities towards addressing drugs and drug problems.

Yesterday I wrote about an editorial that was rejected by an academic journal in fall 2009 that outlined the history of harm reduction in the United ...

In the fall of 2009, I was asked by an academic journal to contribute a 1,500 word editorial that outlined the history of harm reduction in the United...

If the US is serious about addressing stigma and discrimination against people who use drugs, it needs to come up with a plan to do so without stigmatizing and discriminating against them.

Lifting the 20-year ban on federal funding of needle exchange provides greater options for states and local jurisdictions that require new and effective tools to prevent the spread of HIV.

House Democrats have reversed a decision by President Obama and removed a ban on federal funding for needle-exchange programs that he included in the ...

This really came out of nowhere. Yesterday, we had AIDS activists quite literally close down the US Capitol Rotunda to protest President Obama's reque...

President Obama's budget released Thursday takes a step backward from a controversial political position he had taken during the presidential campaign...

I'm still not sold on Ramstad. I hope he finds a way to walk back from his misguided statements on some public health matters that got caught up in now-ancient culture wars.