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The hypocrisy of America's marijuana laws is highlighted by the glamorous singer's non-arrest after she's found with a half-ounce of pot in an airport.
By Carina Chocano
May 3, 2000
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Prisons, profiling and propaganda: Salon's coverage of the U.S. government crackdown on illegal-substance abuse and the drug trade.
May 2, 2000
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Manitoban pot reaches a new high.
By J.A. Getzlaff
April 14, 2000
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Boy George: Dropping disco balls make you feel like you got something real; Matthew McConaughey: Tips on gettin' nekkid with bongos. Plus: The mysterious case of the missing Puff Daddy.
By Amy Reiter
April 11, 2000
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The White House responds to Michael Massing's critique of the war on drugs, and Massing replies.
April 5, 2000
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A Maine sheriff wants the Legislature to let authorities dole out confiscated pot to people who need medicinal marijuana.
By Fiona Morgan
March 27, 2000
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Can America learn from the Netherlands' drug policy of tolerance and ambiguity?
By David Downie
March 13, 2000
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Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs.
By Michael Massing
February 22, 2000
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Turning xenophobic about the Japanese Plus: Stephen Prothero's article is a simple case of Skull and Bones envy; so what if Al inhaled? We all did
Letters to the Editor
January 26, 2000
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After Newsweek pulls a story about Gore's pot-smoking past, a former friend speaks out.
By Jake Tapper
January 22, 2000
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The stupid party games people play ... in D.C. Plus: Jared Harris on getting dogs stoned -- "It was a gift to the animal." And: Miss America trades her tiara for hot pastrami on rye.
By Amy Reiter
December 3, 1999
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Fred Tomaselli's work offers the experience of taking drugs in the safest possible way -- through the eyes.
By Susan Emerling
October 29, 1999
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Wouldn't you worry if your daughter was a prostitute? Plus: Lower socioeconomic status suggests lesser intelligence; Buchanan will protect America from the "global democrats."
Letters to the Editor
October 25, 1999
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Alternative Vote 2000 brings the counterculture to election coverage. Plus: High Times turns 25; what happens if Amazon tanks?
By Jenn Shreve
October 22, 1999
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Mary Frances Berry talks back, defending KPFA strategy; Cintra Wilson is "simplistic and condescending; differentiating between self-love and self-absorption.
Letters to the Editor
October 20, 1999
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Our bodies produce cannabis-like substances anyway, so why not put them in pill form to kill pain?
By Damien Cave
October 15, 1999
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George W.'s Silicon Valley point man, Tim Draper, isn't quiet about legalizing marijuana.
By Mark Gimein
October 13, 1999
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I coasted to an Ivy League degree as a drug addict, but forever damaged the bond between mother and son.
By Seth Mnookin
August 27, 1999
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I finally had to let him save, or kill, himself.
By Wendy Mnookin
August 27, 1999
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Old Navy and Starbucks and Jamba Juice! Oh my! Plus: Feed looks at the latest trend in computer interfaces.
By Jenn Shreve
August 13, 1999
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The L.A. Weekly gets spiritual; poo falls from the sky in Salt Lake City.
By Jenn Shreve
May 7, 1999
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Stomach flu, a batch of pot brownies, and the 60's drug myth: why one woman can't seem to take any of it seriously.
By Mindy Hung
January 27, 1999
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The university's hypocritical stance against marijuana can prevent even the best of students from getting an education.
By Bebe Maddux
November 11, 1998
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Serious civil disobedience against the nation's drug sentencing
laws are being staged, not by pot-smoking hippies and wild-eyed libertarians, but by prosecutors and senior judges, one of them a Reagan appointee.
By Bruce Shapiro
March 31, 1998
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Reporters were apparently too stoned to question two hopelessly flawed studies "proving" that marijuana is a gateway to heroin.
By Cynthia Cotts
August 18, 1997