News & Commentary about The War on Drugs
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Jan 2, 2014
Florida Cannot Drug Test People Simply Because They’re Poor
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Jan 1, 2014
Legal Marijuana in CO Will Bring Justice and Savings
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Dec 11, 2013
Congress Can Create a Smarter Criminal Justice System
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Nov 12, 2013
Our Presidents Smoked It. Why Is It Still a Crime?
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Oct 30, 2013
Congress Could Save Tens of Thousands of Americans Today. Here's How.
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Oct 29, 2013
My 5-Year-Old's Seizures Were Finally Controlled by Medical Marijuana
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Sep 24, 2013
The DEA Thinks You Have “No Constitutionally Protected Privacy Interest” in Your Confidential Prescription Records
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Sep 19, 2013
10-Hour SWAT Raid of Organic Farm? Just Another Day in the War on Drugs.