Jed Bickman
By Jed Bickman
A new report claims that the War on Drugs has increased the spread of HIV by preventing many drug users from seeking treatment. MORE
By Jed Bickman
Sound familiar? This time, it's a subsidiary of Pfizer withholding safety evidence on arthritis drug Celebrex. MORE
By Jed Bickman
The DEA admits its agent killed a suspected trafficker, while investigations into an earlier massacre reveal little. MORE
By Jed Bickman
The DEA allegedly shot up a boat of innocent civilians in a Honduras raid. While the Obama administration remains silent, reports on the ground tell a chilling tale of a US-funded military regime on drug-trafficker payrolls. MORE
By Jed Bickman
Project Prevention thinks so—and for years it's been paying poor, addicted women not to procreate. Now, with money from the far right, it's going global. MORE
By Jed Bickman
The manufacturers of OxyContin react to the threat of disclosures that might prove they lied (again) about their addictive drug. MORE
By Jed Bickman
If a police dog sniffs marijuana outside your home, is that an unconstitutional search? MORE
By Jed Bickman
There's no evidence that Newt's an alcoholic. But Romney's rhetoric hints it heavily. MORE
By Jed Bickman
Failures to administer and monitor drugs properly have a heavy human cost. MORE
By Jed Bickman
We'll soon learn whether the new, slightly fairer crack sentencing law will apply retroactively. MORE
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