Our nation's narcotics policy, that is. But there's good news as Hillary Clinton and Sen. Jim Webb take baby steps toward sanity.
By David Sirota Apr 4, 2009
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As tea-partiers protest taxes, pot smokers offer to pay more.
By Ben Travers
April 16, 2009
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The president ducks traps laid by the GOP and slams the door on marijuana legalization at his first online town hall.
By Mike Madden
March 27, 2009
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Jackie and Dunlap imagine a world where Sam's Club sells weed, the recession ends and there's no more violence.
March 27, 2009
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A new plan to legalize marijuana in California would create a $1 billion tokin' tax and thousands of green jobs. Now that's a stimulus plan!
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 3, 2009
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The Michael Phelps saga is yet another example of our addiction to feigned outrage.
By David Sirota
February 16, 2009
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His doctor says not to but he tokes up anyway.
By Cary Tennis
February 10, 2009
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Come on, people, all he did was smoke some weed, like Bill Gates, Barack Obama and countless other overachievers.
By Joe Conason
February 6, 2009
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Oh my God, why did I do that? Do I have to confess?
By Cary Tennis
November 21, 2008
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Mint your own currency, or roll your own doobie? Choices, choices ...
By Andrew Leonard
November 18, 2008
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Every year we throw away billions on a failed program to punish addicts -- an approach both candidates should know doesn't work.
By Joe Conason
October 20, 2008
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This hallucinogenic herb offers an experience as intense as LSD, but the trip only lasts five minutes. Is it any wonder states are banning it?
By Neal Pollack
June 18, 2008
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In "McMafia," author Misha Glenny takes us on a startling tour of the new international underworld, documenting the hidden costs of an unregulated global free market.
By Laura Miller
April 16, 2008
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Should I be worried? I'm performing at a high level and enjoying life, but I smoke pot all the time.
By Cary Tennis
April 2, 2008
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David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 1, 2008
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Bear-Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne is accused of enjoying a joint, now and again. Bully for him!
By Andrew Leonard
November 1, 2007
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When I had The Talk with my son, it didn't go quite the way Nancy Reagan drew it up.
By Gary Kamiya
October 9, 2007
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I really, really, really hate drug use. I just can't get over how she could experiment with cocaine.
By Cary Tennis
August 27, 2007
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Are Northern California pot farmers despoiling Mother Earth?
By Andrew Leonard
August 8, 2007
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Her 15-year-old says he'll move out if she won't stop smoking.
By Cary Tennis
July 9, 2007
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Former Clinton inquisitor Bob Barr explains why he left the Republican Party and why he shouldn't have voted for the Patriot Act.
By Alex Koppelman
April 4, 2007
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Fire Schottenheimer movement fizzles. Plus: Michael Vick's water bottle. And: Big Warriors-Pacers trade.
January 18, 2007
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My girlfriend became suspicious and went through my stuff!
By Cary Tennis
December 20, 2006
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I tried to persuade my Bush-hating, Baptist mother to vote to legalize marijuana in Nevada -- but she wouldn't believe her Savior was cool with pot.
By Debra J. Dickerson
November 6, 2006
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Stoner icon Tommy Chong gets down on pot, "Evil Bong," and what's trippy about being in prison.
By Scott Lamb
August 9, 2006
Drug-fueled madness!
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