Drug War Chronicle

And in the end, consumers will pay the price.

Prosecuting opioid dealers for overdose deaths is counterproductive "policy theater," concludes a new study; a key New Jersey politician says the votes are there to pass a legalization bill, and more.

The world loses a global drug reformer, the US Senate could act on a marijuana measure this week, they're still sorting out medical marijuana in Oklahoma, and more.

A federal judge sides with a New Jersey company against a medical marijuana-using worker, Egypt bans "synthetic hashish," a Mexican state advances a bill to decriminalize opium production, and more.

Drug overdose deaths hit another record high last year, the DEA is cutting prescription opioid quotas again, California pot tax revenues are not meeting expectations, and more.

These powerful substances are making their way into the heart of the psychology establishment and starting to be understood as powerful therapeutic tools.

Hint: It's located between Canada and South Dakota.

Advocates are hoping a campaign aimed at changing public opinion can do what the courts have so far failed to do: kill the law.

They called him "Mr. Methadone" for a reason.

A new bill in Guam would allow home cultivation, Oklahoma officials still have issues with the voter-approved medical marijuana initiative, and more.