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Never Before Has Our Approach to Drugs Improved So Much, So Fast

We're winning: More progress has been made toward enlightened drug policies and treatment in the past five years than in the previous 25. Here's an advocacy agenda to take us even closer to the future we need.

Maia Szalavitz

News in Brief

Alcohol Prohibition in America Is Not Over Yet

There are still many areas where selling and even possessing alcohol is illegal. Research shows that they are probably not faring as well as their wet counterparts.

Scott Keyes

Social Justice

Placebo Power: The Superior Efficacy of ‘Expensive’ Fake Drugs

New research finds people suffering from Parkinson’s responded more strongly to a placebo if it was described to them as an expensive drug.

Tom Jacobs

News in Brief

Faster Justice, Closer to Home: The Power of Community Courts

Community courts across the country are fighting judicial backlog and lowering re-arrest rates.

Lauren Kirchner

Social Justice

Prescription Painkiller Abuse Linked With Heroin

As states crack down hard on pain prescriptions, some are seeing a resurgence in abuse of the harder stuff.

Lauren Kirchner

News in Brief

SWAT Pranks and SWAT Mistakes

The proliferation of risky police raids over the decades.

Lauren Kirchner

Social Justice

The Elusive Link Between Casinos and Crime

With a study of the impact of Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino, a heated debate gets fresh ammunition.

Lauren Kirchner

Social Justice

Doctors Are Not Prescribing the Right Kind of Drugs for the Flu

If you come down with the flu, your doctor is more likely than not to write out a prescription for the wrong type of drug.

John Upton

Social Justice

The Limitless Drug: What If It Were Possible to Learn Any New Skill as If We Were Children?

You’ve heard to start studying foreign languages (and music and reading and memorization skills and more) at a young age, when your brain is better prepared to retain that information. New research suggests a drug typically used to combat epilepsy and bipolar disorder could help us retain that skill even as we age.

Cody C. Delistraty

Social Justice

What Happens When Penalties for Pot Smoking Are Reduced? Hardly Anything

At least, that has been the experience in Great Britain, according to a new analysis.

Tom Jacobs