marijuana legalization
Most Americans now favor legal marijuana, drunk driving tempts teens during prom season, and hotel tycoon Vikram Chatwal is busted for drug trafficking. MORE
The talk show host calls out Obama for failing to support love between man and marijuana. MORE
By Tony O'Neill
A new state bill seeking to decriminalize small-scale pot possession stands a fighting chance. MORE
Latin America weighs impact of US pot laws, how drinking can destroy your sex life, and "Johnny Football" discovers a booze-loophole. MORE
By Bryan Le
Hundreds of stoners count down to a midnight smokeout. But legal pot is still a legal headache. MORE
JFK baggage handler gets life for drug smuggling, crack addicts rounded up after Rio raids, and teetotal Mitt Romney practiced sitting on a bar stool for the debate. MORE
Brazilian cops storm drug-infested Rio slums, New England fungal meningitis outbreak is linked to steroids, and Lance Armstrong's lawyer wants lie detectors all round. MORE
During a campaign speech last night, the Peace and Freedom Party candidate argued for marijuana legalization. (She did not sing the national anthem.) MORE
Mel Sembler has long been a top advisor on drug policy to Republicans. His creds? Rehabs notorious for teen abuse. Now he's bankrolling the opposition to Colorado's pot-legalization amendment. MORE
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Fundamentalists seek to eradicate behaviors "contrary to Islam" with deadly attacks on brothels and liquor stores.
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