Tag: War on Drugs

Attorney General Eric Holder is backing a bill to give federal judges more discretion over sentencing for some drug crimes.

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Drug crimes: Eric Holder backs more discretion for judges

Associated Press · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Sam Walsh, left, a budtender, and facility manager David Martinez set up marijuana products as the 3-D Denver Discrete Dispensary prepares to open for retail sales on Jan. 1 in Denver, Colorado. (Getty Images File)

Obama retreats from the war on drugs

Steve Chapman · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

On the trail of Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts

Washington Examiner · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Employees David Marlow, right, and Chris Broussard work behind the sales counter inside Medicine Man marijuana retail store, which opened as a legal recreational retail outlet in Denver on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Colorado marijuana law points out the benefits of libertarian judgmentalism

David Harsanyi · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

A line waits outside the Cannabis Club on Main Street in downtown Breckenridge, Colo., for an 8 a.m. opening of the store on Jan. 1. (AP/Denver Post)

The ‘War on Drugs’ isn’t worth the collateral damage

Gregory Kane · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Reimbursements for meth lab cleanups in West Virginia have increased from about $38,000 in 2008 to $717,000 in 2012. (AP File)

West Virginia lawmakers review meth lab cleanup funding

Washington Examiner · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

Fewer teens are trying fake marijuana known by such names as K2 and Spice, apparently getting the message that these cheap new drugs are highly dangerous, according to the government's annual survey on drug use. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

National Security

Survey: Teens using synthetic drugs less often

Alicia Caldwell · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Florida Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel is apologizing to his constituents after being busted on a cocaine possession charge, acknowledging he also struggles with alcoholism and intends to seek treatment and counseling. (AP image)

Florida congressman admits cocaine possession

Eric Turner · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Drug-filled Mexican airplanes land nightly along southern border despite $100 million sensor technology

Susan Ferrechio · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

In this photo taken Dec. 21, 2012, former soldier Bobo sits on an armchair after collecting recyclables at a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bobo spends his day sorting through trash for recyclables to sell. At night, he turns the day's profit into crack. With a boom in crack use over the past decade, Brazilian authorities are struggling to help such users and stop the drug's spread, sparking a debate over the legality and efficiency of forcibly interning users. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil debates treatment options in crack epidemic

Juliana Barbassa · December 31, 2012 12:44 am

Officials: 11 pounds of heroin found in woman’s suitcase at Dulles

Naomi Jagoda · December 28, 2012 5:00 am

Feds seize 214 pounds of illegal stimulant khat at Dulles airport

Naomi Jagoda · December 28, 2012 5:00 am