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Many drug addicts, problem gamblers, and alcoholics will find it harder to kick their habits in New York than anywhere else in the country now that smoking will be banned in all public and private recovery centers.

Timothy Leary is smiling somewhere. More than 40 years after the U.S. government banned hallucinogens - those dangerous hippie indulgences - and scoffed at the Harvard psychologist and anyone else who suggested they might have a legitimate use, federal of

The future of Vancouver's controversial supervised-injection site is likely headed for the Supreme Court of Canada, says the lawyer representing a group fighting to keep the facility open.

Nonviolent drug offenders like Tatum O'Neal should be given an opportunity to receive treatment, not jail time, for their drug use. This would be a more effective (not to mention much more affordable) solution for both the individual and the community.

Just as McCain wants to continue Bush's failed policies in the "War on Terror," he wants to continue Bush's failed policies in the "War on Drugs" as well.

the arrest seems like the perfect culmination of Mr. Credico’s long crusade against Rockefeller drug laws in New York State, which are among the harshest in the nation, and he has been a longtime advocate for inmates serving sentences under them.

A survey of 17 countries has found that despite its punitive drug policies the United States has the highest levels of illegal cocaine and cannabis use.

governments all over the world commit egregious human rights abuses in the name of drug control. Not only are these abuses horrific, they also undermine efforts to fight HIV and AIDS.

Virginia Sen. Jim Webb began building a public case Thursday to change the nation's drug laws to stress treatment over incarceration for nonviolent offenders.

Over the last two decades or so, there has been a remarkable renewal of interest in the therapeuticuse of cannabis across Europe, despite the fact that governments have enacted a series of restrictive laws to rein in its use, according to a new research.