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The BC Center for Substance Abuse is ready to go there.

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Can lowering pot taxes erode the black market? California may be about to find out.

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Here comes the next phase of drug decriminalization and legalization.

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If you live in one of these states, you have your work cut out for you.

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Enough time has passed to begin to evaluate the consequences of marijuana legalization in the Rocky Mountain State.

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Or is it getting a bad rap?

Iranian drug executions have come to a screeching halt in one of the good news stories of 2018. (handsoffcain.info)

The highlights and lowlights of global drug policy in 2018.

Give Chuck Grassley some kudos for shepherding the passage of the bill. (senate.gov)

It's expected to sail through the House and be signed into law by President Trump.

That's enough fentanyl to kill you. It killed thousands this year. (dea.gov)

The good, the bad, and the ugly in the world of domestic drug policy this year.

The number of drug overdose deaths remains unconscionably high.

Multi-drug combinations prove particularly deadly.