Drugs

Many Former Prisoners Don't Know They Are Eligible to Vote

By Anthony Papa / AlterNet

If you are on probation, your right to vote is never taken away.

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How This Election Could Deliver a Blow to Mexican Drug Cartels

By Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Top 5 Bad Excuses for Voting Against Pot Legalization

By Russ Belville / AlterNet

Can One New Film Spread Drug War Outrage Across the Globe?

By Helen Redmond / AlterNet

The Good News for Pot Tourists in Amsterdam Is Less Clear Than Originally Thought

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul / AlterNet

Deepak Chopra Joins Movement to End the War on Drugs

The Healing Power of Marijuana Has Barely Been Tapped

Why Are We Testing Newborns for Pot?

Drugs

Why Election Day Marks the Beginning of the End of Marijuana Prohibition

Paul Armentano / AlterNet

Were It Not For His Own Drug-Induced Hallucinations, Oliver Sacks Might Not Have Taken Patients Seriously

Kerri Smith / The Guardian

Will This Election Unravel Prohibition?

Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

I Was Addicted to Sugar

Laura Barcella / The Fix

Marijuana Prohibition Is Hanging on by Its Final Thread -- There's a Bright Future on the Horizon

Doug Fine / AlterNet

Those Pungent Smells Oozing Out of Marijuana Buds Are Actually Giving You Clues About What Their Effects Will Be Like

Fred Gardner / O'Shaughnessy's

The Amazing Benefits of Hemp Seeds -- Too Bad the DEA Is Curtailing the Industry

Gero Leson, Walter Russell / O'Shaughnessy's

What It's Like to Be a Professional Marijuana Trimmer

Artemis Oscar / O'Shaughnessy's

Three Teenagers Explain Why They Turned to Marijuana to Help Their Medical Conditions

Paul Meyer, MD / O'Shaughnessy's

10 of the Harshest Sentences for Pot in the U.S.

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

This DEA Agent Went To Mexico To Beat The Drug Cartels. It Didn't Turn Out Well.

Robert Greenwald / AlterNet

Why Voting "No" Could Be a Win For Medical Marijuana in Montana

Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

Larry King Hosts Third Party Debate: Presidential Candidates Slam the Drug War

Derek Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Media Ignored Expert's Shocking Findings That Marijuana Helps Prevent Lung Cancer: Now It's Med-School Material

Fred Gardner / AlterNet

10 Craziest Drug Busts

Bryan Le / The Fix

The Final Debate: Why Didn't Obama or Romney Address International Drug Policy?

Tony Newman / AlterNet

Colorado Tax Enforcer Tells ’60 Minutes’: Weed Beat the Recession in Denver

Stephen C. Webster / Raw Story

Police Chase and Kill 3 Dogs in Marijuana Raid: "Like Shooting Deer"

Alex Kane / AlterNet

'Marijuana Majority': New Website Celebrates the Sanity Behind Pot Policy Reform

Tom Angell, Perry Rosenstein / AlterNet

Can a Psychedelic Drug From the Bark of an African Plant Cure Heroin Addiction?

Maia Szalavitz / The Fix

11 Enemies of Marijuana Legalization

Steven Wishnia / AlterNet

Hondurans Caught in the Middle: U.S. Militarization and Narco Traffickers Threaten Indigenous Culture

Sharlene Mollett / AlterNet

6 Global Issues the Foreign Policy Debate Between Obama and Romney Won't Touch

FPIF Staff / Foreign Policy in Focus

Why Candy Crowley Should Have Asked Obama and Romney About Hemp

Martin A. Lee / AlterNet

From Seed to Smoke: New Book Chronicles Marijuana's Complete History

Jonah Raskin / High Times

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