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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
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Michigan's Rainbow Farm was a utopia for stoners, gays and dissenters. Then America's anti-drug insanity erupted in its ugliest form.
By Stephen Amidon
June 13, 2006
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Police raided our house. Now with two small kids I'm afraid they'll come back.
By Cary Tennis
May 12, 2006
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Before becoming a writer, Richard Stratton ran hash from the Middle East, making money hand over fist and living off adrenaline. Until he got caught.
By Oliver Broudy
January 14, 2006
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"Weeds" toys with the absurd in fine stoner style
By HH
November 29, 2005
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The U.S. drug czar's office is running ads implying that smoking marijuana can lead to insanity. But pushing dubious science is no way to persuade teenagers not to do drugs.
By Maia Szalavitz
September 19, 2005
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How do you tell your kids to stay away from drugs when you used to do them, or -- gasp -- still do? What if you don't think drugs are so very wrong?
By Larry Smith
July 13, 2004
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Quick! Detroit police: Distribute marijuana immediately! Plus: Tough times for superstars. And: Ralph Wiley, R.I.P.
June 15, 2004
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Martin Torgoff, author of "Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000," talks about America's complicated and schizophrenic history with drugs.
By Larry Smith
June 14, 2004
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It didn't support the war, it's soft on pot and gays, its economy is rolling and U.S. troops are bored. Anyway, reasons to invade countries are no longer needed!
By Steve Burgess
June 30, 2003
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In his new book, "Reefer Madness," Eric Schlosser rips into the American hypocrisy that drives pleasures of the flesh underground -- and turns a blind eye to exploited labor.
By Gary Kamiya
May 15, 2003
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How come porn is legal but dealing pot can get you a life sentence? Because the free market is a myth, says author Eric Schlosser.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
May 15, 2003
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Marney Craig and 11 other jurors convicted a California man on federal drug charges. But Craig says the feds deceived her -- and she's furious.
By Tim Grieve
February 7, 2003
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Terrified that an increasingly pot-tolerant America will spell the end of their moral crusade, the president's anti-drug warriors are making a last stand over marijuana.
By Louise Witt
November 5, 2002
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Busted on a minor charge, I joined the luckless army of minorities who are crammed into jail cells every day by America's surreal war on marijuana.
By Christopher Ketcham
October 17, 2002
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Violent fans, pot-smoking players -- why do the sports media seem shocked by the obvious and predictable?
By Keith Olbermann
September 26, 2002
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How Osama bin Laden caused the decline of DARE, the anti-drug program that brought you "Just Say No."
By Dan McGraw
August 19, 2002
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A marijuana connoisseur travels around the world seeking out the people who grow, smoke and worship weed -- and the people who try to stop them.
By Douglas Cruickshank
June 13, 2002
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Speed, acid, pot: As computer gaming enters the mainstream, its drug subculture is also coming of age.
By Sandy Brundage
November 6, 2001
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Police in London's gritty Brixton neighborhood are losing the war on drugs, so the police chief is experimenting with not enforcing cannabis laws.
By Jared Manasek
August 2, 2001
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Jenna's not the only one under scrutiny. One city puts cops on the party circuit to stop underage drinking.
By Amy Standen
June 13, 2001