Michael Phelps smoked a bong, Lance Armstrong is pushing alcohol. Why is Phelps the bad guy?
By David Sirota Oct 23, 2009
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The sordid back story of Julia Myerson's new memoir, "The Lost Child," should give every parenting writer pause
By Amy Benfer
September 2, 2009
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My husband smokes a lot of pot. Shouldn't we at least admit it to our son?
By Cary Tennis
August 13, 2009
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Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America"
By Laura Miller
July 20, 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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Marijuana, marital discord and motherhood on last night's episode of our favorite television drama
By Amy Benfer
August 31, 2009
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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
April 4, 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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Why we say yes to drugs
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Drug-fueled madness!
Obama goes back to the grass roots
Red State Update: Legalize drugs, save Mexico
Everybody must get stoned
America's narcotic of choice
Michael Phelps: Puppy torturer!
The high priest of the Royal Hawaiian Mint
Budget cutting? Take a hatchet to the war on drugs
Confessions of a salvia eater
Criminals of the world, unite and take over
My beautiful, drug-addicted boy
Sex, drugs and my 15-year-old