Stories by Kristen Gwynne

Kristen Gwynne is an associate editor and drug policy reporter at AlterNet. Follow her on Twitter: @KristenGwynne

Rudy Eugene -- AKA the "Miami Zombie" -- Was Not High on Bath Salts, Toxicology Report Shows

Posted on: Jun 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Life Without Parole for Pot? 10 Worst Cases of Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Posted on: Jun 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Our government spends more than $7 billion annually to enforce marijuana prohibition in shockingly cruel ways, but the efforts have not deterred marijuana use.

New Report: Drug War is Fueling the Global HIV Pandemic

Posted on: Jun 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Legal Aid Society Sues New York City over Bogus Pot Arrests

Posted on: Jun 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Uruguay May Be First Country to Legalize Pot

Posted on: Jun 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Reckless: DEA Applauds Congress for Escalating Prohibition

Posted on: Jun 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Huge Multiracial Father's Day March Tells Bloomberg and NYPD, 'No More Stop-and-Frisk!'

Posted on: Jun 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Momentum has been building in the movement to end stop-and-frisk, but many were still amazed at the size of the crowd Sunday.

Hilarious: Jon Stewart Eviscerates the Senate Banking Committee for Kissing Jamie Dimon's A$$

Posted on: Jun 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Daily Show Uncovers Corporate Conspiracy -- And a Big Revolving Door -- Behind Simplot's Water Contamination

Posted on: Jun 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Chicago PD Taser 8-Month Pregnant Black Woman Over Parking Ticket

Posted on: Jun 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

NY Sen Skelos is Against Pot Law Reform, Too Worried About People Carrying "10 Joints in Each Ear"

Posted on: Jun 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

'My Baby was Taken Away Because of an Illegal Pot Arrest': Video Series Kicks-Off to Support New Law to End NYC's Bogus Pot Arrests

Posted on: Jun 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Did Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Officers Kill a Latino Vet? Autopsy Suggests Violent Arrest Led to Death

Posted on: Jun 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

DOJ Demands End to Florida's Voter Purge

Posted on: Jun 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Dumb and Dangerous Anti-Drug Propaganda in the Miami Zombie Story

Posted on: May 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The media love a story about people going crazy from drugs. But that's rarely the true story.

Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board Will Investigate ALEC for Lobbying Violations

Posted on: May 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Courts Expose Stop-and-Frisk as Racist, Unconstitutional NYPD Harassment Strategy: 8 Important Facets of the Legal Decision

Posted on: May 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A US district judge has exposed the NYPD game as an illegal system of quotas and racial profiling imposed on field police from the top of the NYPD.

New Book Says Teenage Obama Was a Huge Pot Head -- So Why Won't He Legalize It for the Rest of Us?!

Posted on: May 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Mitt 'Not Concerned with the Very Poor' Romney Visits West Philly, Gets Lesson in Keeping it Real

Posted on: May 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Prohibition, 2012: Senate Passes Ban on Fake Pot, 'Bath Salts', 2C-E in Amendment Added to FDA Safety and Innovation Act

Posted on: May 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker Calls Drug War a "Nightmare," Tweets About Racist Incarceration

Posted on: May 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Watch: California Alliance for Retired Americans Awesomely Refutes Alan Simpson's Angry Name-Calling

Posted on: May 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

New Survey: Most Americans Want to Legalize and Regulate Pot Like Alcohol and Tobacco

Posted on: May 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

New Evidence From George Zimmerman Case Says Entire Encounter Was "Ultimately Avoidable"

Posted on: May 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

After Judge Rules Stop-and-Frisk Case Class Action, NYPD Commissioner Kelly Announces Bogus Policy Change

Posted on: May 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Will NY Legalize Medical Pot? As Polls Show Strong Support, NY Judge/Medical Pot User Advocates for Safe Access

Posted on: May 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Pro-Medical Pot Candidate Defeats Dispensary-Buster in Dem Primary for Oregon AG

Posted on: May 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Colorado Senate Fails to Pass 'D-U-High' Bill, Rejecting Unscientific Limit for Blood's THC Content

Posted on: May 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Tale of Two Cities: NYPD's Racist Arrests Create Class War in New York

Posted on: May 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

For the NYPD's stats to add up, they'd have to have stopped every young, black man living in the city once--and then some.

One Mother Explains How Her Sons' Addiction Brought Her to Anti-Drug-War Activism

Posted on: May 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A leader of Moms United to End the War on Drugs offers her thoughts on Mother's Day -- and how a sane, compassionate drug policy could actually keep our kids safe.