Was Bowe Bergdahl High on Hash When He Defected?
The Army soldier exchanged for Taliban prisoners, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared from his base in Afghanistan in 2009, may had been stoned before he was captured.
Steve Bloom
ASA Responds to Mark Kleiman's Criticism
Drug-policy maven Mark Kleiman thinks "ASA has crossed an ethical line by charging opponents of legislation it favors with wanting to put four-year-old epilepsy patients and their mothers in federal prison." ASA strongly disagrees.
Reviled Congresswoman Opposes Medical Marijuana
DNC chairwoman and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is taking heat from activists over her failure to vote for the Rohrbacher-Farr Amendment and her lack of support for the state's medical-marijuana initiative.
NIDA Review Says Marijuana Users Have 'Lower Satisfaction with Life'
Leave it to NIDA to remind us of the "Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana Use." In a new article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, four doctors report that "the question of whether marijuana is harmful remains the subject of heated debate."
Maureen Dowd: Too High
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd went to Denver to check out the new legal marijuana scene there. After eating a cannabis-infused chocolate bar, she found herself "in a hallucinatory state for the next eight hours."
Former Drug Czar Now Customs and Border Commish
The Obama administration's leading proponent in the War on Drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, exited his position as Drug Czar and has pivoted into the head job at Customs and Border Protection.
Free the Weed: It's Hemp History Week
Since it's Hemp History Week, we recommend that you buy a hemp product or two, like a few bars or bottles of Dr. Bronner's hemp-based soaps.
Police Brutality and Pot on Long Island
Nassau County police beat a 20-year-old man they pulled over for a cracked windshield. They say he was trying to eat marijuana, he says he was hit in the face and the officer kept punching for no apparent reason.