The Manhattan Institute's Charles Fain Lehman misleadingly equates a survey's measure of "cannabis use disorder" with "compulsive" consumption that causes "health and social problems."
The majority and the dissenters agree that the drug was "central" to "the opioid crisis," even though there is little evidence to support that thesis.
The president's son, who faces up to 25 years in prison for conduct that violated no one's rights, can still challenge his prosecution on Second Amendment grounds.
The president's son, who is charged with crimes that violated no one's rights, theoretically faces up to 25 years in prison.
The CDC’s numbers show that pain treatment is not responsible for escalating drug-related deaths.
William Barr and John Walters ignore the benefits of legalization and systematically exaggerate its costs.
Virginia’s barrier crime law limits employment prospects for ex-offenders, who often find their way back into the penal system when they can’t find work.
When the government is systematically interfering with medical decisions, a non-opioid alternative may not actually increase treatment options.
The study is one of several documenting the perverse impact of an intervention aimed at reducing substance abuse.
There is no solid evidence that P2P meth is more dangerous than pseudoephedrine-derived meth and no reason to think it would be.
The death of the Friends star should remind us of the costs of the war on drugs.
The propensity of prosecutors to jump to conclusions before all the evidence is in is very destructive—and nothing new.
The Republican presidential candidate ignores the lethal impact of the drug policies he avidly supports.
Prohibition is at the root of the hazards that have led to record numbers of opioid-related deaths.
The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
Painkiller reflects an indiscriminate anti-opioid bias that has caused needless suffering.
The Kids Online Safety Act imposes an amorphous "duty of care" that would compromise anonymous speech and restrict access to constitutionally protected content.
Many of the problems the state is experiencing are caused by the continuing impact of prohibition.
Plus: A listener question concerning drug decriminalization and social well-being
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.
