Record-high drug arrest rates have failed to stem the drug trade or reduce violence. It's time to get real and talk about legalization of drugs.

The FBI released its annual Uniform Crime Report, and both marijuana and all drug arrests are at an all-time high -- again.

In a shift in policy, Israeli police have announced they will no longer arrest first-time drug possession offenders.

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Cops planting drugs, cops stealing drugs, cops stealing and doing drugs, cops stealing drugs and money--just another week of drug prohibition-related corruption.

After a three year struggle with recalcitrant local officials, a dedicated and persistent activist has managed to get a package of marijuana initiatives on the ballot in a small Idaho town.

The New Jersey Supreme Court has issued a ruling that will extend drug court eligibility to any nonviolent offender who is likely to receive a sentence of probation.

Citing cases of human rights violations by soldiers prosecuting Mexico's drug war, the country's top human rights official has called for an end to the military's role.

German state governments are urging the federal government to extend a successful heroin maintenance pilot program across the country.

The state government of South Australia is supporting a bill that would make possession of drug-making recipes or possession of "drug making equipment" (grow lights) without a good reason a serious crime.

An LSD pioneer and drug reform activist is memorialized by groups that knew him well.

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