The Stabbin' Wagon's schedule.
Medford Police Sued for Spying on Harm Reductionists, Other Activists [FEATURE]
Are the police in this southern Oregon city protecting public safety, or chilling political expression?
News Feature
A ten percent decline in overdose deaths is good news, indeed, but there are still nearly 100,000 a year. (Creative Commons)
Fatal Drug Overdoses Are in Dramatic Decline [FEATURE]
The numbers are still horrifically high, but dropping fast, for a variety of reasons.
Bipartisan Senate Bill Takes Aim at Shein and Temu -- and Fentanyl, Too [FEATURE]
A billion "low-value" packages skate past Customs each year. Some contain cheap clothing from China; others contain fentanyl, and a new Senate bill aims to do something about both. But will it actually help?
A new day dawns in Oregon, but it's a return to the drug policies that have failed for the past century. (Creative Commons)
OR Law Recriminalizing Drug Possession Now in Effect [FEATURE]
The country's first experiment with state-level decriminalization of drug possession is over, but what will change -- other than more drug arrests?
State Drug Reform Initiatives on the November Ballot [FEATURE]
Amidst all the Trump-Harris hoopla, it is easy to forget that the presidential race is not the only thing on the ballot.
Students Take On DEA's Psychedelic Research Chemicals Ban [FEATURE]
The DEA is moving to ban two invaluable psychedelic research chemicals, DOI and DOC. Students and researchers with Students for Sensible Drug Policy are fighting back.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center. (ACLU)
The US Has Deported Half a Million People for Drug Offenses in 20 Years [FEATURE]
A new report from Human Rights Watch and the Drug Policy Alliance lifts the lid on some sordid practices in America's intertwined wars on drugs and immigrants.
Philippines former Senator Leila de Lima is now a free woman. (Forum Asia)
Leading Filipina Critic of Duterte's Bloody Drug War Finally Free of All Charges After Years in Jail on Bogus Charges [FEATURE]
Justice for Leila de Lima has been a long time coming.
The MDMA molecule. (NIDA)
FDA Panel Rejects MDMA for PTSD Application, But Recommendation Is Not Binding [FEATURE]
The Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee had doubts approving a treatment program that uses MDMA in psychotherapy as a treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Advocates are dismayed and say it's a lifesaver.
A .50 caliber rifle seized at the Port of Nogales. (CBP)
Federal Bill Would Restrict .50 Caliber Rifles in Bid to Block Cartel Access [FEATURE]
.50 caliber sniper rifles can take down a chopper, penetrate armor, and hit a target from a mile away. For $9,000 one can be yours. The Mexican cartels say "yes, please."