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Just Say No to More Marijuana Aug. 11, 2025
Will more marijuana use make America a better place? Not many who've seen and smelled what legalizin... Read More
How Some Drugs Got to Pelosi's District Mar. 19, 2025
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lives in one of San Francisco's poshest neighborhoods — that... Read More
America Can't Rely on Others to Solve Our Drug Crisis Feb. 13, 2025
Fentanyl presents America with a terrible dilemma. More than 74,000 Americans died in 2023 after tak... Read More
Democrats Need to Pick and Choose: Start with Drug Prices Jan. 30, 2025
Donald Trump is executing a shock and awe strategy, burying the public in a smoky cloud of flamboyan... Read More
Drive While High, Get a DUI Jan. 14, 2025
Dear Annie: I had a high school boyfriend 47 years ago but left him. He came to my house the day bef... Read More
Don't Pardon Hunter Nov. 22, 2024
While all eyes are on Mar-a-Lago and the goons Trump is nominating to besmirch high government offic... Read More
The Dope on Dope in Government-Run Schools Nov. 13, 2024
The National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education, r... Read More
The Shame of TD Bank's Jolly Bankers Oct. 30, 2024
Woody Guthrie satirized Depression-era bankers who routinely gouged farmers and poor people. "I'm a ... Read More
What RFK Jr. and My Wife Convinced Me Of Aug. 27, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and my wife have done the impossible — make me want to buy organic food.... Read More
My Friend's Addiction Is Hurting Us Both Jun. 22, 2024
Dear Annie: I have a friend whose father recently died. They were incredibly close, and my heart hur... Read More
Hunter Biden Is Guilty. But You Knew That Jun. 12, 2024
WASHINGTON — Over the years, I've written a lot about drug offenders sentenced to decades in f... Read More
The Shadows Turned Away From the Sun Jun. 09, 2024
At 5:30 a.m., it was still dark when we — five cops, two city council members, and one city ma... Read More
Enduring Love Beyond Addiction Apr. 28, 2024
Dear Annie: I lost my 32-year-old son (the baby of my three kids) almost two years ago to a fentanyl... Read More
We Are Living in a Bizarro, 'Twilight Zone,' Zombie Apocalypse Nightmare. Exhibit A: Alejandro Mayorkas Apr. 21, 2024
I swear we are living in some kind of bizarro "Twilight Zone" episode, or a zombie apocalypse nightm... Read More
Haunted by Granddaughter's Addiction and Death Mar. 16, 2024
Dear Annie: Our granddaughter had been on drugs for several years. She had been in and out of jail a... Read More
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
Ooh That Smell Jan. 26, 2024
My wife, who worked at a desk 13 feet away from me in the newsroom, noticed it first. "The parking l... Read More
Trump Supports Mental Institutions Nov. 01, 2023
Former President Donald Trump "has called for the return of 'mental institutions" to get the homeles... Read More
You Can't Stop Fentanyl Oct. 17, 2023
Fentanyl has killed more Americans than the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined. And line... Read More
Don't Aid and Abet Addiction in Colorado Oct. 11, 2023
Call them needle exchanges; call them safe-use sites; sugar-coat them as "overdose prevention center... Read More
