War on drugs

A CDC report has found that between 2016 and 2021 deaths from fentanyl-related overdoses rose from 5.7 deaths per 100,000 people to 21.6.

The Washington Legislature could not reach a compromise on statewide drug laws during its last day of session in April, prompting a special session.

Rather than police, teachers or mental health professionals should deliver drug prevention programs.

Cartel members handed over five men alleging they were responsible for a kidnapping and said they had broken rules about respecting the lives of the innocent.

If I told you that in 2023, America will have rid itself of heroin, you'd probably assume this is a good thing. In this case, it isn't welcome news. Fentanyl—a much more powerful, more deadly drug—is taking heroin's place.

Medical professor Kelly E. Dunn told Newsweek there is "no empirical or clinical evidence" to show that touching fentanyl could lead to poisoning.

Since President Biden took office, he has prioritized strengthening relations with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Officials said ahead of Biden's pardon directive announcement that full data is not yet available of those who have been convicted of simple possession.

Kratom, an herbal drug that is gaining popularity in the U.S., is similar to CBD in many ways but affects different parts of the brain.

"Our agents prevented these dangerous narcotics from reaching our communities," Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke said

Over 6,000 people have been killed since July 2016 in the Filipino president's war on drugs

"Large-scale seizures, such as this one, exemplify our mission priorities in securing the border," Laredo Port of Entry Director Alberto Flores said.

Republican lawmakers have tacked blame for the surge in fentanyl seizures on Biden, but the issue was brewing months before he took office.

A self-defense movement in a western Mexican city said the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has started using homemade explosive devices in its attacks.

The Captagon drug trade not only facilitates Bashar al-Assad's atrocities against the Syrian people, but could also create further instability through the widespread proliferation of amphetamine usage in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond.

In his new book "Runner's High," Josiah Hesse delves into the subculture of amateur and elite athletes who use cannabis for exercise.

The latest move comes as scientists around the world investigate the potential therapeutic applications of such substances.

Detroit could join a handful of other jurisdictions around the United States that have taken steps to loosen regulatory restrictions on psychoactive mushrooms.

Twenty years after President George. W. Bush's infamous Sept. 20 speech to a frightened nation, the war on terrorism continues to this very day.

We need to stop treating psychedelics as illicit recreational drugs and go back to looking at them in the same way we did before the war on drugs started.

A U.S. sprinter has been suspended from this year's Olympic games because of a cannabis test—but why is cannabis disallowed?

Representative Bob Latta and Annie Kuster explain the causes and possible solutions ongoing opioid crisis in the U.S. that has grown worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Historically, drug laws have had a particularly harmful impact on the Black community, but now more Black-owned cannabis companies are opening as marijuana legalization spreads through the country.

Over the last several years, the marijuana industry has mounted a multi-million-dollar campaign to persuade the public that marijuana is safe, all the while saturating the market with new, extremely high potency products.

Legislators ought to vote 'no' on the MORE Act now before Congress.

Detectives seized a stash which included 18 handguns, more than 800 marijuana plants and 14 ounces of what they suspect is cocaine.

Police seize marijuana haul worth up to $5 million dollars, say massacre features hallmark of a planned attack.

Major Neill Franklin (Ret.) of Law Enforcement Action Partnership debates Dr. Kevin Sabet of Smart Approaches to Marijuana.

We must not be duped by the false promises of Big Marijuana.

The War on Drugs has been an abject failure.