Tag: War on Drugs

$1 million to fund Los Angeles anti-drug agents

Washington Examiner · October 6, 2014 7:05 pm

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks before the House-Senate Joint Criminal Reform Committee in Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Emanuel asked state legislators to make possession of less than 1 gram of any controlled substance a misdemeanor in Illinois and possession of less than 15 grams of marijuana a ticketable offense. Looking on at right is Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Brian Jackson) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES

Chicago mayor wants Illinois to reform drug laws

Don Babwin · September 23, 2014 10:24 pm

FDA warns doctors to beware fake drug distributors

Matthew Perrone · September 23, 2014 2:24 pm

Mich. drug testing company settles with Vermont

Emily Moore · September 22, 2014 5:28 pm

Washington Secrets

Drug czar: Pot is top drug in fatal car wrecks

Paul Bedard · September 17, 2014 11:00 am

In a July 30, 2014 photo, condemned inmate Willie Trottie poses in a visiting cage outside death row at the Polunsky Unit, in Livingston, Texas. Trottie is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, Sept. 10 for killing his common-law wife Barbara Canada and her brother Titus Canada. (AP Photo/Mike Graczyk)

Lawsuit argues Texas to use expired execution drug

Michael Graczyk · September 10, 2014 1:39 am

Acting National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Christopher Hart speaks during a hearing at the NTSB in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Tests of pilots killed in plane crashes over more than two decades show an increasing use of both legal and illegal drugs, including some that could impair flying, according to a study released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Hart said the board "is concerned about possible safety implications of increased drug use in all modes of transportation." He called the report "an important first step toward understanding those implications." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Study: More pilots testing positive for drugs

Joan Lowy · September 10, 2014 1:27 am

Settlement imposes $100K fine on Colo. store for selling ‘spice’

Dayna DeHaven · September 4, 2014 5:33 pm

Texas border crosser had cocaine strapped to legs

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2014 12:22 pm

Honduras takes 42 properties for alleged drug ties

Washington Examiner · August 18, 2014 11:36 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2010, file photo, a northbound Amtrak Acela passes through Middle River, Md. The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak secretary $854,460 over nearly 20 years to obtain confidential information about train passengers, which the DEA could have lawfully obtained for free through a law enforcement network, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

National Security

DEA improperly paid $854,460 for passenger lists

Pete Yost · August 12, 2014 7:48 am

A visitor walks through the pot pavilion at Denver County Fair, the nation's first county fair to allow pot competitions, in Denver. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

So far, Colorado’s teens are actually using marijuana less

Betsy Woodruff · August 8, 2014 5:28 pm