Pacific Standard dips into the archives for some hard numbers on pot.
A researcher who compared the Netherlands' marijuana use with that of other European countries and the U.S. finds the Dutch regime of tolerated small sales of cannabis does not lead to a drug free-for-all.
When the United States starts talking about illicit drugs, why does the word "war" always makes its way into the conversation?
The Netherlands' netherworld of tolerated-but-still-illegal marijuana has its homegrown critics who argue for outright prohibition or outright legalization.
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.
European governments have taken two divergent paths in dealing with the resurrected flow of narcotics from Afghanistan, legalization and an American-style war on drugs.
While a legalized marijuana crop wouldn’t solve all of California’s agricultural woes, it might still keep the state in the green.