Drugs

World AIDS Day: We Can’t “Get to Zero” Until We End the Drug War

By Jag Davies / AlterNet

The global war on drugs is severely jeopardizing the overall "fight against AIDS."

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Should a 7-Year-Old Use Medical Marijuana?

By Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

80 Years for Medical Pot? Montana Man's Potential Sentence Sparks Outrage

By Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

Deepak Chopra Joins Movement to End the War on Drugs

By Jag Davies / AlterNet

Private Prison Company Used in Drug Raids at Public High School

By Beau Hodai / PR Watch

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 Legal Pot Is the Future

Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon

Addicted to Food? The Truth About Overeating

Chrisanne Grise / The Fix

5 Burning Questions About Legalizing Pot

Paul Armentano, Neill Franklin, Mason Tvert / PBS

The Healing Power of Marijuana Has Barely Been Tapped

Allan Badiner / AlterNet

Argentinian Politician in Hot Water After Tweeting Photo of Pot Plant in Her Home

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Why Are We Testing Newborns for Pot?

Paul Armentano / AlterNet

Research Points to Clear Benefits of MDMA for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Craig K Comstock / AlterNet

A DWI Test You Can't Refuse -- Growing Number of States Collecting 'Involuntary' Blood Samples

Jeff Winkler / The Fix

How to Cook With Cannabis This Thanksgiving

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

5 Tips For Talking to Your Family About Marijuana This Thanksgiving

Derek Rosenfeld / AlterNet

4 Fascinating Things Marijuana Legalization Has Already Taught Us

Kristen Gwynnne / AlterNet

Seattle's Police Department Releases Humorous Guide on How to Get Stoned, After Initiative to Legalize Pot Passes

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Groundbreaking: Uruguay Moves Toward Marijuana Legalization

Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

Caffeine-Related Fatalities? America's Love Affair With the Stimulant May Have Gone Too Far

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

UPDATED: Jon Bon Jovi's Teen Daughter Arrested After Heroin Overdose -- Why She Shouldn't Have Been

Gabriel Sayegh / AlterNet

How I Became a Junkie

Amy Dresner / The Fix

Former Cop to Rachel Maddow: Legalizing Pot is a "Win-Win"

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

80 Years in the Slammer for Medical Pot: Drug War Injustices Abound, Despite Reforms

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

With Pot Legal in Two US States, Latin American Leaders Call for Review of International Drug Policy

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

The American Public Is Doing a 180 on Marijuana Prohibition...How Come the Politicians Aren't?

Mark A.R. Kleiman / Salon

Obama, Let Washington and Colorado Smoke Their Legal Marijuana in Peace!

Paul Campos / Salon

Video: What to Make of Marijuana Legalization in WA and CO

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

With Two States Legalizing Marijuana, Are Drug Warriors In Washington Freaking Out?

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

California Voters Scrap Draconian "Three Strikes" Law

Lynne Lyman / AlterNet

Legalize It! Historic Night for Marijuana Reform as Colorado and Washington Take the Big Step

Steven Wishnia / AlterNet

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