An 18-year-old teenager, Ramarley Graham, was killed in his home in the Bronx last week by plainclothes cops. A member of the narcotics unit shot the unarmed teenager in his bathroom.

While details of the tragedy are still unfolding, it appears that the teen...

The Daily Show has done the best journalism to date on the growing trend of opportunistic lawmakers introducing legislation to drug test people who receive unemployment benefits.

Last night, Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi did a powerful and humorous segment that features elected officials, including Florida Governor...

No one has ever died from smoking marijuana. But getting busted with a small amount of marijuana has led to countless tragic deaths.

This week, Shelley Hilliard, a 19-year-old woman from Detroit, was killed after working as a police informant. On October 20, Hilliard was arrested for...

Should juries vote "not guilty" on low-level marijuana charges to send a message about our country's insane marijuana arrest policy? Paul Butler, former federal prosecutor and law professor at George Washington University made a powerful argument for jury nullification in an op-ed in yesterday's New York Times....

The United States likes to portray itself as the "Land of the Free" yet we lock up more people overall and per capita than any country in the world. A new study out today found that one out of three people in the United States will be...

Are horses the silver bullet that are going to keep drugs out of the United States? USA Today did a puff piece last week about horses being deployed on the border to help us win the "war on drugs." USA Today states, "The horses are the latest...

2011 has been a watershed year for the movement working to end our county's disastrous war on drugs. Below are the top stories of the year that exemplify the momentum and give us hope that we can find alternatives to drug war madness.

#1. World Leaders Make International News...

Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske held a media briefing today to discuss the disproportionate impact our nation's "drug problem" has on African-American communities.

It is simply Orwellian for the drug czar to focus on the disproportionate impact of our nation's drug problem on African-American communities without acknowledging the...

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox made a passionate and powerful call for an end to the war on drugs and called on the United States to legalize drugs to help reduce the violence in Mexico in an interview with BBC TV this week. Fox is critical of current...

Every day we read and hear about the horrors of the failed drug war in newspapers and on TV. There is the tragic bloodbath in Mexico where more than 50,000 people have been killed since President Calderon launched his "surge" against the drug traffickers 5 years ago. We...

A forthcoming unauthorized biography about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is generating news around the country. The two items getting the most ink so far are the claims that Palin had a fling with NBA star Glen Rice while she was a sports reporter in Alaska, and that Sarah...

The Bloomberg administration announced yesterday that New York City students will be required to receive sex education in public middle and high schools. These sex education classes will teach about condom use and the appropriate age for sexual activity. I applaud the mayor's campaign to teach sex...

Like many of you, we heard the sad news about Amy Winehouse's death on Facebook. The news spread quickly. Her friend Russell Brand immediately issued an incredible tribute to her, which was one of the most widely discussed responses to her sudden death. Most people immediately assumed that...

Everyone knows that the war on drugs is a failure. Despite more than $40 billion spent every year on the U.S. drug war and 500,000 people behind bars on drug related offenses, drugs are as available as ever. But what is the alternative? What would happen if a society decided...

June 17 will mark forty years since President Richard Nixon, citing drug abuse as "public enemy No. 1," officially declared a "war on drugs." A trillion dollars and millions of ruined lives later, the war on drugs has proven to be a catastrophic failure.

The Drug...

April 20th is a special day for millions of people around the world, the unofficial "holiday" for marijuana smokers.

Many people mark April 20th, especially at 4:20 pm, with a toke. Some people will mark the day and the occasion with close friends. Others, in cities like Santa Cruz or...

Thousands came out yesterday across Mexico to protest the drug war. The protests were led by journalist and poet Javier Sicilia, whose son was killed last week in drug prohibition-related violence.

More than 37,000 people have been killed since President Calderon launched his "surge" against cartels...

America's longest running war is not in Afghanistan or Iraq. It's the 40-year war on drugs -- and the war on drugs is a war on us.

Last year more than 1,600,000 people were arrested in the United States on a drug charge. Almost half of them -- 750,000...

How should our society deal with nicotine? There are millions of people who use this legal drug. Many people love their cigarettes. Others can't stand their smoking and wish they could stop the addictive habit. Some people can control their smoking -- they'll have a few cigarettes (over a few...

A short clip from a recent Family Feud is going viral!

The footage is of Steve Harvey asking the question: "Name something that gets passed around?" One of the contestants slams the buzzer and blurts out "a joint." The next two minutes are hilarious and make this...