Stories by Phillip Smith

With Election Day just around the corner, it's starting to look like at least one state will vote to legalize marijuana, possibly two.

The number of annual, state level torture prosecutions can be counted in the single digits.

Court administrators in Mass. are scrambling.

Wednesday's UN General Assembly session saw not one, not two, but three Latin American heads of state call on it to promote debate on alternatives to the war on drugs.

Marijuana legalization backers unsurprised by the move were quick to strike back.

Denmark already provides maintenance doses of injectable heroin for addicts, but the pills may be available next year.

The Mexico-based Caravan for Peace and Justice and its American allies are now more than halfway through their 6,000-mile, 27-city journey to focus attention on the drug war's terrible toll in both countries.

Arkansas will become the first southern state to vote directly on whether to okay the use of medical marijuana.

The legislation would get around the DEA's refusal to differentiate hemp from marijuana and allow American farmers to grow it.

A bipartisan effort has reintroduced the Truth in Trials Act again -- but will unprecedented federal crackdowns help push it through the House?

The Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative (OMPI) has filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Kate Brown over her office's invalidation of tens of thousands of signatures.

Because basement and garage chemists can tweak the formulas to create similar, legal drugs, we may be entering an endless loop of prohibition.

By selling marijuana to registered users, the Uruguayan government hopes to take profits away from drug dealers and weaken crime in the country.

Cedars-Sinai hospital told medical marijuana users they must test negative for six months to re-qualify for the wait list, and also take drug abuse counseling for the same period.