Florida Bans Medical Marijuana in All State-Licensed Rehabs and Sober Living Houses
Some patients, especially those with opioid addictions, could actually benefit from access to medical marijuana.
Some patients, especially those with opioid addictions, could actually benefit from access to medical marijuana.
The imminent expiration of a law that recriminalized drug possession triggered a bipartisan panic.
The harm caused by marijuana abuse does not justify reverting to an oppressive policy that criminalized peaceful conduct.
Q&A about the future of drug policy, drug use, and drug culture.
Is it just to punish the many for the excesses of the few?
A documentary short about a woman who takes ayahuasca to alleviate the pain caused by addiction
As the drug war retreats, individualist approaches to substance use and abuse will make us all better off.
Stanford University psychologist Keith Humphreys misconstrues libertarianism and ignores its critique of prohibition's deadly impact.
The psychiatrist and Good Chemistry author has written the definitive account of "the science of connection from soul to psychedelics."
The CDC, which issued disastrous pain treatment advice in 2016, is still pushing a narrative contradicted by recent data.
Supervised facilities aim to make a dent in the dramatic increase in overdose deaths.
The Republican Senate candidate is echoing decades of anti-pot propaganda, but evidence to support his hypothesis is hard to find.
The controversial Columbia neuroscientist, Air Force vet, and author of Drug Use for Grown-Ups believes deeply in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The maverick Columbia neuroscientist explains why America should embrace drug legalization for all.
San Fransicko author Michael Shellenberger on homelessness, crime, addiction, and his differences with progressives and libertarians.
The new Hulu miniseries promotes pernicious misconceptions about opioids, addiction, and pain treatment.
The proposed guidelines emphasize the need for individualized treatment and collaboration with patients.
As the U.S. reaches new terrible milestones in overdose deaths, a harm reduction system that has proven itself elsewhere finally launches where it’s needed most.
Restrictions on pain medication have undermined patient care while making drug use more lethal.
The Hulu miniseries portrays opioid pain medication as unacceptably dangerous in nearly every context.
A drug that treats opioid addiction may also be abused. That’s not a good reason to restrict access.
A California judge said the four jurisdictions that filed the lawsuit failed to prove a "public nuisance" or "false advertising."
The government appoints itself the nation's parent.
Two recent studies show how ham-handed efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions undermine medical care.
The crackdown on pain medication made drug use more dangerous and did nothing to address the factors driving "deaths of despair."
The data do not support the conventional wisdom that pain pill prescriptions are driving drug-related fatalities.
The court said criminalizing unknowing possession violates the right to due process.
Psychiatrist Sally Satel on her eye-opening year at a clinic in Ironton, Ohio
His new book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, is a provocative manifesto for legalizing all drugs.
The story of why pain relievers took root in Appalachia begins decades before the introduction of OxyContin.
Drug courts and mandatory treatment models often lead right back to incarceration.
The $8.3 billion DOJ settlement is part of a crackdown that has perversely pushed drug users toward more dangerous substitutes.
A new study indicates that heavy vaping remains rare among teenagers who don't smoke.
"We do not see addiction as a permanent personal trait," Peele and Rhoads write.
Nonmedical use of prescription analgesics did not become more common, but it did become more dangerous.
Lawmakers struggle to pass a bill protecting operators from arrest and prosecution.
Maybe people are just playing to escape all the Brexit news?
One of America's "invisible pot addicts" speaks up.
I was a gay teen in the 1980s, hiding from a terrifying world in an arcade. The WHO's push to uniquely pathologize gaming won't help people like me.
Like most people who become addicted to prescription opioids, the famous photographer had a history of substance abuse.
The anti-drug ads exaggerate the risk of addiction and falsely portray pain treatment as a highway to hell.
The photographer's long history of substance abuse predates her OxyContin prescription by more than four decades.
The government's efforts to get between people and the drugs they want have not prevented drug use, but they have made it more dangerous.
They will be privately funded and operated by nonprofits.