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Australia faces opioid crisis as companies push drugs abroad 2 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 4541
'A dangerous drug': Surgeon general warns against marijuana use by pregnant women, youths 4 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 5088
Maryland Court Rules Marijuana Odor Not Enough To Search A Person. 1 Cattledog Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 3689
U.S. health panel recommends doctors screen all adults for illicit drug use 3 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 4789
The real reason Nixon started the war on drugs. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 Jul 2019 14 4528
Ilhan Omar: Marijuana Must Be Legalized Nationwide to Fight Economic Inequality 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 4118
Mexico dismantles three synthetic drug labs in Sinaloa 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 3173
Judges: Feds must act if asked to take a fresh look at pot 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 3717
UPDATED: Denver votes to become first U.S. city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' 2 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 3938
Feds: A popular drug from the disco era is making a deadly return 3 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 7 4442
Joe Biden clip on drug policy 4 cannabis_flower Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 2899
How the US military's opium war in Afghanistan was lost 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 3138
Joe Biden's record on Drug Policy and Capital Punishment 4 cannabis_flower Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 2983
Purdue's Sackler family wants global opioids settlement: Sackler lawyer Mary Jo White 3 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 3561
Massachusetts' contentious tactic to fight its opioid crisis: jailing addicts 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 2576
Pentagon, DHS considering designating fentanyl a WMD, memo says 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 2283
Los Angeles looks to break up vast illegal pot sales 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 3285
Email sent to Joe Biden 0 cannabis_flower Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2038
'Catnip Cocktail' linked to bizarre, irrational behavior on the rise in NJ, police say 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 3217
Schumer announces fentanyl sanctions bill before China talks 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2132
Opioids: federal prosecutor tries to stop nation's first 'safe site' for injection 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 2997
Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' 3 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2208
White House prioritizes opioid abuse in first national drug control strategy 3 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 2722
West Virginia Delegates advocate for ending food stamp ban for felony drug offenders 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 2639
Colombia coca production: US 'deeply concerned' by rise 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 2115
FDA casts shadow on hemp win, calling CBD products illegal 1 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 3952
Report: Distributors, DEA failed to abate US opioid crisis 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 2025
Fentanyl Now Behind More Deaths Than Heroin 1 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1948
Groups sue to block medical marijuana compromise in Utah 2 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 0 2416
How a Push to Legalize Pot in N.J. Became a Debate on Race and Fairness 1 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1958

Drug Policy Continued...

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Marijuana Legalization 2018 Midterms: Which States Will Allow Legal Weed Next? 0 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 2072
Trump's DEA Chief Vetted Candidates and Then Took the Job Himself, Riling Police Groups 1 question everything Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 2198
California governor rejects supervised drug injection plan 0 Eugene Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 2109
Cities defiant after Justice Department's threat on 'supervised injection sites' 2 Eugene Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 2236
After a Florida Democrat said she'd take donations from the marijuana industry, Wells Fargo closed h 4 Eugene Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2604
Signature count comes up short for recreational marijuana petition, Oklahoma secretary of state says 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 2105
Trump administration proposes production quota cuts for six opioids 3 Eugene Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 2239
You know the drug problem is getting bad 0 safeinOhio Jul 2018 Jul 2018 3 2705
He called it a hair tonic, feds called it illegal, but the name is 'ayahuasca' 3 teach1st Jul 2018 Jul 2018 2 2873
Why Jeff Sessions is going to lose his war against cannabis 4 Eugene Aug 2017 Apr 2018 3 3990
Justice Dept announces crackdown on major opioid drug trafficking ring 0 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2186
Senator Sanders introducing bill targeting opioid manufacturers 0 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 1835
U.S. marijuana friends and foes cautious at signs of softer Trump 3 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 2207
Marijuana not part of North Dakota's corporate farming ban 0 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2196
Trump actually thinks executing drug dealers would help. That's the problem. 1 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 5 2263
FDA declares popular alt-medicine kratom an opioid 4 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 4 2879
Trump to nominate Jim Carroll for 'drug czar' 2 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 2469
U.S., Peru agree to keep collaborating in drugs trafficking fight 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1924
Massachusetts federal prosecutor says opioids top pot as priority 0 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1986
Maine governor vetoes voter-approved bill to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana 2 Eugene Nov 2017 Jan 2018 1 2617
The person chosen to solve the opioid crisis 2 BigmanPigman Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 2530
Meet the 24-year-old Trump campaign worker appointed to help lead the government's drug policy offic 8 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 18 4916
Justice Department blindsided banking agency on pot policy flip - sources 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 2079
States with legal pot denounce federal marijuana crackdown 8 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 2673
China: US should curb demand for opioids, not blame China 0 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1986
Jeff Sessions Isn't Giving up on Weed. He's Doubling Down. 1 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 6 2214
New drug law makes it 'harder for us to do our jobs,' former DEA officials say 2 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 2226
U.S. strikes on Taliban opium labs won't work, say Afghan farmers 1 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1964
Kratom has 'deadly risks,' FDA warns 3 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 2537
Opiod commission calls for more drug courts - but no new money 0 Eugene Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 2096

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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Health experts say Trump's opioid response relies on magical thinking 3 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2110
Trump is at risk of blowing it on opioids, a member of his own commission warns 0 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1901
The Drug Industry's Triumph over the DEA 1 Eugene Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 2008
He was DEA's toughest cop in east Louisiana. Now he's facing corruption charges. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 3104
Georgia sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 3840
Prosecutors slammed for 'lack of moral compass,' withholding evidence in Mass. drug lab scandal 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 Oct 2017 5 3119
Attorney General Sessions says marijuana still illegal 1 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 1 2450
Pot Was Flying Off the Shelves in Uruguay. Then U.S. Banks Weighed In. 2 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 2242
Is the Opioid Crisis a National Emergency? No (At least not officially.) 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2903
Synthetic opioid crisis in US serves as warning for the world, says UN 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 4 2660
Justice Department at odds with DEA on marijuana research, MS-13 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 4 1708
Sessions just might get the Drug War he wants 0 SHRED Aug 2017 Aug 2017 4 2775
Opioid crisis: Donald Trump rejects calls to declare national emergency 0 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 3053
White House opioid commission to Trump: "Declare a national emergency" on drug overdoses 1 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2839
Kushners Interest in Drug-Sentencing Limits Is at Odds With Attorney General 0 question everything Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2359
Oregon bill decriminalizes possession of heroin, cocaine and other drugs 6 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 3653
Justice Department reaches first settlement with opioid manufacturer 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2093
High Time for Regulation: Uruguayan Government Markets Marijuana to Combat Drug Trafficking 0 sandensea Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2170
Supreme Court lifts block on Wisconsin 'cocaine mom' law during appeal 0 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2689
Ohio sheriff won't let deputies carry Narcan, citing safety 3 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 3031
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