The U.S. marijuana market is already a $6.5 billion industry. And it’s expected to grow to $50 billion by 2026. That would make it bigger than the American craft beer and chocolate markets combined. by…
Trump’s FDA Waging War on Imported Drugs
Americans pay twice as much for prescription drugs as consumers in other developed countries. Big Pharma deplores competition. The Food and Drug Administration operates as arm of corporate interests, not protecting and promoting public health…
How a Failed Drug War Will Defeat Trump’s…
So it goes in America’s drug war in South Asia. Someday, the high will truly wear off and then who knows where we’ll be. by Alfred W. McCoy (TomDispatch) -After nine months of confusion, chaos,…
Richard Branson Argues For The End Of The…
No one in power seems willing to give this issue the attention it deserves, and not even a so-called progressive president like Barack Obama will admit that the drug war is an affront to human…
The Opioid Epidemic: Fueled by Greed, Corruption and…
With the new 2016 law, more than four decades of DEA practice was changed, now greatly limiting its capacity to protect the public interest against what has become an epidemic of crisis proportions. The power…
10 Reasons to End the War on Drugs…
Sex and drugs are two of the most controversial and intensely charged topics in American culture, and the connection between them extends far beyond their shared association with the hedonistic impulse. by Britta Love (Psymposia)…
Man Serving Life in Prison for $5 Worth…
Michael Thompson got 40-60 years after selling a few pounds of weed to a police informant in a sting in 1994, in part because some guns were found in his house (two were antiques and…
