From the rising cost of prescription drugs to the debate over medical marijuana legalization, independent voters can play an increasing role how governments will treat the unique social and economic issues that drug policy presents.
A look into the origins and history of the War on Drugs is necessary to understand its present scope and its future direction.
If we start with a ban on pharmaceutical advertising to mitigate harm to Americans, where will it end?
In the last decade, the United States has seen a massive increase in prescription drug usage and abuse, the cause of which can be traced to irresponsible advertising and lobbying by pharmaceutical companies, collectively known as Big Pharma.
The Connecticut House of Representatives voted 96-51 late Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana in defiance of federal law.
The freshman congressman from Michigan believes Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over the scandal surrounding the Justice Department’s “Operation Fast and Furious”.
1. Marijuana prohibition violates liberty. America has a long and proud tradition of believing in, and increasingly upholding, the right of its citizens to make their own choices about their own bodies, their own property, their own finances, and their own lives.
There can be no doubting where Pat Robertson stands on drug policy in the United States after he made another televised call for the legalization of marijuana earlier this month.
The entire experience left me wondering just how many other government officials wish they could tell their story without it being distorted, misreported, or spun by the time it got to a media source’s audience.
My experience over the weekend helped crystallize the image of inconsistency surrounding federal drug policy.
In a major milestone for advocates of marijuana legalization, The Journal of the American Medical Association has published the results of a study which found that casual marijuana use does not harm lung function.
