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Australia faces opioid crisis as companies push drugs abroad 2 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 4788
'A dangerous drug': Surgeon general warns against marijuana use by pregnant women, youths 4 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 5340
Maryland Court Rules Marijuana Odor Not Enough To Search A Person. 1 Cattledog Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 3886
U.S. health panel recommends doctors screen all adults for illicit drug use 3 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 5003
The real reason Nixon started the war on drugs. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 Jul 2019 14 4822
Ilhan Omar: Marijuana Must Be Legalized Nationwide to Fight Economic Inequality 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 4279
Mexico dismantles three synthetic drug labs in Sinaloa 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 3319
Judges: Feds must act if asked to take a fresh look at pot 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 3891
UPDATED: Denver votes to become first U.S. city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' 2 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 4125
Feds: A popular drug from the disco era is making a deadly return 3 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 7 4657
Joe Biden clip on drug policy 4 cannabis_flower Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 3166
How the US military's opium war in Afghanistan was lost 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 3294
Joe Biden's record on Drug Policy and Capital Punishment 4 cannabis_flower Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 3228
Purdue's Sackler family wants global opioids settlement: Sackler lawyer Mary Jo White 3 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 3747
Massachusetts' contentious tactic to fight its opioid crisis: jailing addicts 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 2734
Pentagon, DHS considering designating fentanyl a WMD, memo says 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 2420
Los Angeles looks to break up vast illegal pot sales 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 3431
Email sent to Joe Biden 0 cannabis_flower Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2165
'Catnip Cocktail' linked to bizarre, irrational behavior on the rise in NJ, police say 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 3383
Schumer announces fentanyl sanctions bill before China talks 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2284
Opioids: federal prosecutor tries to stop nation's first 'safe site' for injection 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 3166
Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' 3 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2397
White House prioritizes opioid abuse in first national drug control strategy 3 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 2901
West Virginia Delegates advocate for ending food stamp ban for felony drug offenders 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 2783
Colombia coca production: US 'deeply concerned' by rise 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 2263
FDA casts shadow on hemp win, calling CBD products illegal 1 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 4111
Report: Distributors, DEA failed to abate US opioid crisis 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 2167
Fentanyl Now Behind More Deaths Than Heroin 1 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 2097
Groups sue to block medical marijuana compromise in Utah 2 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 2591
How a Push to Legalize Pot in N.J. Became a Debate on Race and Fairness 1 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 2115

Drug Policy Continued...

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Marijuana Legalization 2018 Midterms: Which States Will Allow Legal Weed Next? 0 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 2213
Trump's DEA Chief Vetted Candidates and Then Took the Job Himself, Riling Police Groups 1 question everything Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 2364
California governor rejects supervised drug injection plan 0 Eugene Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 2278
Cities defiant after Justice Department's threat on 'supervised injection sites' 2 Eugene Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 2402
After a Florida Democrat said she'd take donations from the marijuana industry, Wells Fargo closed h 4 Eugene Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2791
Signature count comes up short for recreational marijuana petition, Oklahoma secretary of state says 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 2281
Trump administration proposes production quota cuts for six opioids 3 Eugene Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 2449
You know the drug problem is getting bad 0 safeinOhio Jul 2018 Jul 2018 3 2831
He called it a hair tonic, feds called it illegal, but the name is 'ayahuasca' 3 teach1st Jul 2018 Jul 2018 2 3089
Why Jeff Sessions is going to lose his war against cannabis 4 Eugene Aug 2017 Apr 2018 3 4197
Justice Dept announces crackdown on major opioid drug trafficking ring 0 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2335
Senator Sanders introducing bill targeting opioid manufacturers 0 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 1975
U.S. marijuana friends and foes cautious at signs of softer Trump 3 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 2401
Marijuana not part of North Dakota's corporate farming ban 0 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2339
Trump actually thinks executing drug dealers would help. That's the problem. 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 5 2443
FDA declares popular alt-medicine kratom an opioid 4 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 4 3110
Trump to nominate Jim Carroll for 'drug czar' 2 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 2672
U.S., Peru agree to keep collaborating in drugs trafficking fight 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 2090
Massachusetts federal prosecutor says opioids top pot as priority 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 2163
Maine governor vetoes voter-approved bill to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana 2 Eugene Nov 2017 Jan 2018 1 2803
The person chosen to solve the opioid crisis 2 BigmanPigman Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 2720
Meet the 24-year-old Trump campaign worker appointed to help lead the government's drug policy offic 8 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 18 5221
Justice Department blindsided banking agency on pot policy flip - sources 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 2269
States with legal pot denounce federal marijuana crackdown 8 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 2959
China: US should curb demand for opioids, not blame China 0 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 2128
Jeff Sessions Isn't Giving up on Weed. He's Doubling Down. 1 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 6 2360
New drug law makes it 'harder for us to do our jobs,' former DEA officials say 2 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 2403
U.S. strikes on Taliban opium labs won't work, say Afghan farmers 1 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 2155
Kratom has 'deadly risks,' FDA warns 3 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 2726
Opiod commission calls for more drug courts - but no new money 0 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 2237

Drug Policy Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Health experts say Trump's opioid response relies on magical thinking 3 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2298
Trump is at risk of blowing it on opioids, a member of his own commission warns 0 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2048
The Drug Industry's Triumph over the DEA 1 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 2158
He was DEA's toughest cop in east Louisiana. Now he's facing corruption charges. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 3242
Georgia sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 4017
Prosecutors slammed for 'lack of moral compass,' withholding evidence in Mass. drug lab scandal 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 5 3292
Attorney General Sessions says marijuana still illegal 1 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 1 2612
Pot Was Flying Off the Shelves in Uruguay. Then U.S. Banks Weighed In. 2 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 2430
Is the Opioid Crisis a National Emergency? No (At least not officially.) 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3054
Synthetic opioid crisis in US serves as warning for the world, says UN 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 4 2803
Justice Department at odds with DEA on marijuana research, MS-13 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 4 1872
Sessions just might get the Drug War he wants 0 SHRED Aug 2017 Aug 2017 4 2913
Opioid crisis: Donald Trump rejects calls to declare national emergency 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 3195
White House opioid commission to Trump: "Declare a national emergency" on drug overdoses 1 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2999
Kushners Interest in Drug-Sentencing Limits Is at Odds With Attorney General 0 question everything Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2536
Oregon bill decriminalizes possession of heroin, cocaine and other drugs 6 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 3896
Justice Department reaches first settlement with opioid manufacturer 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2236
High Time for Regulation: Uruguayan Government Markets Marijuana to Combat Drug Trafficking 0 sandensea Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2309
Supreme Court lifts block on Wisconsin 'cocaine mom' law during appeal 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2834
Ohio sheriff won't let deputies carry Narcan, citing safety 3 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 3239
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