Help Wanted: Mexican Drug Kingpin
Mexico's drug-related violence will not end with the death of drug kingpin Beltran Leyva. Until we recognize that the U.S.-led global war on drugs is the systemic cause of the carnage, violence will intensify.
Mexico's drug-related violence will not end with the death of drug kingpin Beltran Leyva. Until we recognize that the U.S.-led global war on drugs is the systemic cause of the carnage, violence will intensify.
Anthony Papa | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
The dismantling of the Rockefeller Drug Laws is picking up steam. The New York State Assembly held a key hearing to press forward with implementation of the reforms.
Tony Newman | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics
2009 will go down as the beginning of the end of the United States drug war. There was more debate and movement toward sensible drug policies this year than in the last nine years combined.
Raymond Baker | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
It is time to update our anachronistic and unsafe laws of incorporation and strike back at criminals that for too long have been able to use our financial system for their game to our own detriment.
Chicago Breaking News | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago
Authorities seized more than $2.6 million worth of marijuana that was being transported from Texas to Chicago's Southwest Side....
Mike Gray | Posted 11.19.2009 | World
International drug prohibition, headed by the United States, has, in effect, created a global mechanism that is in the process of eating our civilization alive. Fortunately, we can reverse it with a pen stroke.
Jessica Corry | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver
As the loss of the Rocky Mountain News still lingers, the focus now turns to saving the publications remaining. Essential revenue could come from the most unlikely of sources. Marijuana.
Anthony Papa | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York
Stop the presses! Political comedian-turned-activist-turned-candidate for Senate Randy Credico has resigned his position at the Kunstler Fund to devote himself full-time to defeating Schumer.
AP | DEBORAH BAKER | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver
SANTA FE, N.M. — Businessman Len Goodman owns a company that makes hand-painted art tiles, but these days his office desk is strewn with the raw...
Westword | Westword | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver
Senator Chris Romer has been the state legislator most willing to wade into the medical-marijuana morass -- and an article in yesterday's Bo...
Daniel Robelo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
It's a sad day in America when, instead of being offered compassion and treatment, veterans struggling with substance abuse and PTSD as a result of their service are locked up for these conditions.
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
The U.S. has agreed to pay $3 million to a former government worker who accused officials with the CIA and State Department of spying on him with a "bugged coffee table."
Johann Hari | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
The unofficial slogan of the prohibitionists for decades has been: The facts will only undermine the war, so invent some that show how successful we are, fast. Look at the United States.
Timothy Cooper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment
A new basketball documentary, Poet Pride, takes a look at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. This famed East Baltimore institution has produced some of the greatest basketball players in the country.
Shan Wells | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver
When even old George Will thinks Mary Jane is riding the Freedom Express, you know that national legalization can't be too far away.
AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago
Illinois State Police found 1,455 pounds of marijuana inside a rental truck that was pulled over in rural Champaign....
Mason Tvert | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver
Ski resorts are offering everything from large discounts to specialty cheeseburgers to attract people to their towns. Perhaps offering skiers and snowboarders a hassle-free environment in which they can relax and recreate with marijuana could do the trick.
Tony Newman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media
Montel Williams, who hosts the nationally syndicated daily radio show Montel Across America, is being recognized for sharing his own story as a medical marijuana patient and advocate.
Dave Lindorff | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
Next time you see a junkie sprawled at the curb, or read about someone who died of a heroin overdose, imagine a big yellow sign posted next to him or her saying: "Your Federal Tax Dollars at Work."
Rich Robinson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
It is time to cast aside all of the misinformation and propaganda about what marijuana is and what it is not. At least we are on the right path.
AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver
DENVER — A Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug and racketeering charges. M...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Police seized 334 marijuana plants worth an estimated $20,000 after executing a search warrant at a Northwest Side apartment Tuesday night. ...
Tony Newman | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
For as long as I can remember, the conventional political wisdom had been that elected officials, especially Democrats, can't touch drug policy reform with a ten foot pole.
Ariel Dorfman | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
There are the real wars to win in Latin America. Against poverty and tyranny, against ecological depredation and the marginalization of the indigenous peoples and their wisdom.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.
Norm Stamper | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics