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Did Decriminalization Boost Drug Deaths in Oregon?: Recent Research Finds 'No Evidence' That It Did, Undermining a Key Claim by Critics of That Policy Feb. 14, 2024
Oregon is considering legislation that would recriminalize low-level drug possession, reversing a la... Read More
Decriminalizing Prostitution: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Mar. 07, 2021
Eliza Orlins gained a measure of fame years ago as a contestant on the reality shows "Survivor" and ... Read More
Oregon Makes the Case for Decriminalizing Hard Drugs Dec. 10, 2020
In the aftermath of the November election, public attention focused on the sudden termination of Don... Read More
Marijuana Bans Going Up in Smoke Nov. 07, 2020
As tallies trickled in from battleground states, one outcome was clear after election night: America... Read More
A Reason to Protest Jul. 01, 2020
Protesters say America's criminal justice system is unfair. It is. Courts are so jammed that innocen... Read More
House Committee Lifts the Haze of Hysteria Over Pot, Backing Decriminalization Dec. 02, 2019
For the first time ever, a House committee last week approved a measure to federally decriminalize m... Read More
San Francisco Needs to Clean Up Its Act Sep. 22, 2019
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is right about San Francisco. It is, as he said, "a total ... Read More
Leaked U.N. Report Recommends Decriminalizing Drugs Oct. 27, 2015
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime drafted a report calling for the decriminalization of d... Read More
Learn From Portugal About Drug Legalization Jul. 28, 2015
This month marks 14 years since Portugal decriminalized the purchase, possession and use of all drug... Read More
Beyond Marijuana: Legalize All Drugs Oct. 02, 2014
Thirty years ago, a college kid in Kentucky was caught growing marijuana plants in his closet. That ... Read More
Jet Tax, Michele Bachmann and Pot vs. Cereal Jun. 30, 2011
Dear Mark: Normally I don't agree with President Obama's views, but I do agree that oil companies an... Read More
Losing the War on Everything Dec. 02, 2010
Headlines are often more important than the stories on which they ride. No newspaper editor ever hea... Read More
