Drugs

How '420' Became the Big Day for Weed Smokers Across America

By Ryan Grim / Huffington Post

The little known origins of the 4-20 holiday

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Is Hemp Legalization on the Horizon?

By David Borden / Drug War Chronicle

Michael Douglas' Son to Serve Extra Prison Time for Using Drugs Behind Bars

By Anthony Papa / AlterNet

Colbert Brilliantly Connects Marijuana Legalization to Marriage Equality

By Tony Newman, Jag Davies / AlterNet

Three More States Try to Impose Pee-Tests for Public Benefits

By Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

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Will Legalizing Pot Destroy Humboldt Or Transform It into the Napa Valley of Weed?

911 Callers Who Report Overdoses Shouldn't Get Hit with Drug Charges

'Pot-Friendly' Colorado to Regulate Marijuana Publications Like Porn

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Drugs

"Send 'Em To Jail That Day!” The Newest Frontier in the Drug War and the People Who Make Millions from It

Isabel Macdonald / The Nation

The Same Compounds Behind Marijuana's Distinctive Stinky Smells Give Clues About the Kinds of High You'll Experience

Martin A. Lee / High Times

Big Pharma Company Jacks Up Price of Overdose Life Saver by 1100%: Now, More People Will Die

Tessie Castillo / AlterNet

The Prescription Pill Epidemic Has Spiraled Out of Control -- Sheriff's Death Is an Alarm Bell

Evelyn Nieves / AlterNet

Obama Wants More Green Jobs? Let's Start with Hemp

Nikolas Kozloff / AlterNet

Why Do We Treat Heroin Addicts Like They Deserve to Die?

Eric Sterling / AlterNet

Poll: Most Americans Not Buying Feds' Drug War Propaganda

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

The Secret to Colorado's Legal Marijuana Success Story

Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

Is Juicing Raw Cannabis the Miracle Health Cure That Some of Its Proponents Believe It to Be?

Martin A. Lee / O'Shaughnessy's

1 in 5 Boys Now Diagnosed With ADHD -- Are We Overdrugging Our Kids?

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Where Does It Say the Supreme Court Has the Constitutional Power to Hike Medicine Prices to 5x Their Cost?

David Dayen / Salon.com

The Truth About Molly, One of America's Top Party Drugs

Olivia Nuzzi / AlterNet

Busted Vs. Bailed-Out: Should DEA and SEC Switch Jobs?

David Bienenstock / AlterNet

As Anecdotal Reports of Anti-Cancer Effects from Cannabis 'Oil' Pile Up, Doctors Stress Need to Document Its Effects

Fred Gardner / O'Shaughnessy's

Priest to Plead Guilty to Selling Crystal Meth

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

SCOTUS: Cops Can't Send Drug Dogs Sniffing Around Your Home

Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

Follow the Money: How Former Anti-Drug Officials Ridiculously Still Say Pot Is Dangerous in Order to Make a Lot of Cash

Kevin Gray / The Fix

10 Things Coffee Does to Your Body

Robert T. Gonzalez / i09

Bongs, Joints and Brownies Are Old News -- ‘Dabs’ Are All the Rage Among Cannabis Consumers

Jeffrey Hergenrather / O'Shaughnessy's

Cannabis Helped Heal My Cancer

Michelle Aldrich / O'Shaughnessy's

Congressman Steve Pearce (R-NM) Wants to Drug Test the Unemployed

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen on 'High Fructose Times'

Jen Sorensen / AlterNet

1 Million Hours on Pot Arrests? How Quotas and Illegal Stops Waste NYPD Resources

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Inside the Aryan Brotherhood’s Heroin Empire in Prison

Seth Ferranti / The Fix

How Govt. Crack Downs on Drug Prescriptions Can Backfire Spectacularly and Kill Privacy

Steven Wishnia / AlterNet

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