Tag: war on drugs

Two weeks ago, New York became the 14th state to legalize recreational marijuana. A week later, Virginia became the 15th and the first Southern state. Most...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un notwithstanding, Donald Trump has on numerous occasions praised autocratic heads of state, like Russian president Vladimir Putin, for their “tough” stances on...

Donald Trump's Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken Richard Nixon's "War on Drugs" to new depths with his "Marijuana Madness" style approach to narcotics....

A Georgia police department with a history of settlements for civil rights abuses has been hit with another lawsuit. The officer in question this time is...

The Department of Justice recently announced that it will cease contracting with private prisons. The decision was hailed as a major step in shrinking...

After years of rhetoric from both parties, the Obama administration is finally making plans to combat America’s opioid addiction crisis. The official White House...

In 2012, after the GOP's disastrous attempt to force Mitt Romney on the American people, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus decided it was time to...

The legalization of marijuana has been a hot topic for decades, and is even more so now that we’re in election season. It seems...

In the April 2016 edition of Harper's Magazine, writer Dan Baum wrote an op-ed in support of the legalization of all recreational drugs. In...

I come from the golden age of anti-drug propaganda. I could not get through my Saturday morning cartoons without watching hottie-hot-hot Rachel Leigh Cook...

Last year, we told you about Bounkham "Baby Bou Bou" Phonesavanh, a toddler who was nearly killed when a stun grenade thrown by a...

As the senior senator of one of the several states hit hardest by the heroin epidemic, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) knows the harsh realities addiction...

Some of you may remember a story we shared the story of Georgia Police Officer Billy Ray Fields. Back in June, Fields released a...

I really want to thank Ben Carson for all of the hard work he’s done on this site’s behalf. It seems like every week...

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This is an update to a story I wrote in April titled "Possession Of Marijuana Causes Sick Mom To Lose Custody Of Her Son."...

By definition, criminal law is the legislation of a state or country dealing with criminal offenses and their punishments.?Over a dozen states have decriminalized...

While dozens of states across the country have decided to allow the medical use of marijuana for certain illnesses, in Kansas the bad old...

In horrible Chris Christie news... On August 14, 2013, New Jersey resident Brian Wilson confronted Governor Chris Christie about his stance on medical Marijuana. Wilson...

Richard Branson is one of the most respected and influential men in the world. He's also one of the richest. And now the founder...