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February 20, 2021

Columbia professor says he does heroin regularly for 'work-life balance'

A Columbia University professor of psychology and neuroscience has a fondness for heroin.

February 18, 2021

California bill would decriminalize psychedelic drugs like acid and magic mushrooms

California could be the next state to decriminalize psychedelic drugs after multiple cities decriminalized them and Oregon decriminalized all drugs last year. 

February 16, 2021

Coronavirus lockdowns saw rise in alcohol use, study finds

Alcohol usage and dependency likely increased every month for Americans under COVID-19 lockdowns, a new study shows.

February 15, 2021

DEA special agent tells Lara Logan agency battling ‘explosion’ of methamphetamine

The DEA’s Jon DeLena tells Fox Nation’s Lara Logan that New England has a new problem: methamphetamine.

February 1, 2021

Oregon measure to decriminalize hard drugs goes into effect

The state also reclassified possession of moderate amounts of drugs to misdemeanors.

December 29, 2020

Michael Levin: If your New Year's resolution is to quit drinking, why wait until January 1?

If your New Year’s resolution is to put the plug in the jug or quit taking drugs, you may not want to wait until New Year’s Day.

December 25, 2020

California court rules meth-using mom can face murder charge in baby's stillborn death

The California Supreme Court this week declined to intervene in the prosecution of a drug-using mother who faces murder charges after her baby was stillborn.

December 22, 2020

Colorado grandmother gets $2.4M after being wrongly arrested while naked

A woman in Colorado who was arrested five years ago while she was naked inside her private room at a sober living facility, was bound to a chair at a jail for several hours and was shocked twice with a Taser, was paid $2.4 million in a settlement Sunday. 

December 22, 2020

Air Force inspector general report shows Blacks more likely investigated, disciplined

Black service members in the Air Force are far more likely to be investigated, arrested, face disciplinary actions and be discharged for misconduct, according to a new report that looked at racial disparities across the service.

December 18, 2020

Amid coronavirus pandemic, US drug overdose deaths top record high, CDC says

The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpassed record highs in the year leading up to May 2020, topping 81,000 lives lost, according to a grim update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).