Denver residents voted to decriminalize magic mushrooms, in the process ending a 65-year smear campaign against an unwitting MKUltra study subject.
Xavier Becerra joined Julián Castro and Beto O'Rourke in calling to end criminal charges for those who enter the country illegally.
In their book, Juno Mac and Molly Smith examine sex workers' struggles in the modern world.
Pacific Standard dips into the archives for some hard numbers on pot.
If pot were legal — not decriminalized, but legal — it likely would knock a few props from beneath rampaging Mexican drugs cartels, argues Michael Scott Moore.
Portugal’s example suggests that de-escalating the war on drugs might create a new sort of peace dividend.