War on Drugs

Sir Richard Branson believes NSW should adopt an approach to drugs similar to that of the ACT.

Commentary We all have our private biases so let me confess mine: I loathe the smell of marijuana. ...

We have a dire drug problem in America. About 100 thousand people will die this year from a ...

MANILA—Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he took full responsibility for the bloody war on drugs that ...

Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes is speaking out against a proposed bill that would legalize the possession and ...

Commentary Protesters say America’s criminal justice system is unfair. It is. Courts are so jammed that innocent people ...

Commentary Did we learn nothing from the so-called crack-cocaine plague of the '80s and '90s? For those with ...

MEDELLIN, Colombia—Regarding drug abuse and drug-related problems, there is a global consensus: Drug usage is bad and should ...

Prince died of an overdose of fentanyl. That's just one of hundreds of deadly synthetic drugs flooding into ...

Freedom is pizza, and swimming, but it can also be frustrating, confusing, and not so limitless.

In April, "legal highs" will join the list of illegal highs under the much criticized Psychoactive Substances Act ...

A former Richard Nixon aide reportedly said that the drug war was set up to target black people.  ...

There is something very special about illicit drugs. If they don't always make the drug user behave irrationally, ...

Conservative criminal justice reform advocates are making the case that reducing the prison population, treating drug addiction, and ...

With a press freedom index on par with the United States as recently as 10 years ago, the ...

Argentine President Mauricio Macri on Monday vowed to crack down on drug trafficking as federal police led a ...

Stephanie George has never used drugs, but she earned a prison sentence of life without parole for a ...

Traditionally viewed as a problem in sport and one for sporting officials to tackle, performance and image-enhancing drugs ...

Most attentive parents today rarely allow their children to go unsupervised, particularly in public. This is what makes ...

This year, the  World Cup games in Brazil have turned into a blessing in disguise for social media ...

The United States currently has over 2.3 million prisoners incarcerated in federal, state, and local jails around the ...

The recent passage in Colorado and Washington of propositions declaring marijuana legal for personal use has changed the ...

At once engaging and shocking, the film recognises the seriousness of drug abuse but does not discuss the ...

The NYPD and the Drug Enforcement Agency discovered 36 kilos, or 86 pounds, of heroin during a court-approved ...

A boss in the powerful Gulf cartel, who was believed to be in charge of the organization’s drug ...

A Chinese-made herbicide used to kill off illegal crops, including coca, may cause a division between Colombia and ...

In Douglass Houses, a New York City Housing Authority complex on the Upper West Side, law enforcement officials ...