Tag: War on Drugs

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, D-N.H., left, speaks as Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Gov. Peter Shumlin, D-Vt., listen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on attacking America's epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senators seek expanded federal aid to fight heroin, prescription drug abuse

Kelly Cohen · January 27, 2016 11:32 pm

Mexico previously refused to extradite Guzman to the U.S. after his initial capture. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

National Security

Report: ‘El Chapo’ to be extradited to the United States

Curt Mills · January 9, 2016 6:28 pm

Ex-officials oppose a push to scrape mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking and other crimes. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Top former law enforcement officials buck bipartisan calls for sentencing reform

Dan Friedman · December 10, 2015 11:43 pm

A Christie convert

Ryan Lovelace · November 13, 2015 6:08 pm

Guzman is believed to have sustained injuries to the face and a leg.Â (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexican drug lord injured but escapes

Curt Mills · October 17, 2015 3:56 pm

Gun control advocacy presents the most obvious example of the panic culture, but the problem goes far beyond any one issue. (AP)

Panic culture threatens freedom

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2015 4:01 am

The number of federal prisoners has increased from about 25,000 in the mid-1980s to 225,000 today, mostly due to tougher sentencing laws for drug convictions.Â

Prison reform brings parties together

Susan Ferrechio · September 28, 2015 12:00 pm

Obama vows to fight prescription drug abuse

Ariel Cohen · September 26, 2015 10:08 am

Partygoers dance and smoke marijuana on the first of two days at the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver.

More Americans using illegal drugs

Robert King · September 10, 2015 4:38 pm

OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

FDA looks at two painkillers that hinder abuse

Robert King · September 10, 2015 4:01 am

The presidential candidate and New Jersey governor was apparently talking loudly on his cell phone, and causing a commotion.Â (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Christie: ‘Unlike Rand Paul, I’m pro-life for all of life’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 3, 2015 3:35 pm

A guard escorts an immigrant detainee from his 'segregation cell' back into the general population at the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

America’s experiment in mass incarceration must end

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2015 4:01 am