Pozen is the Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law at Columbia University and the author of The Constitution of the War on Drugs. After decades of waging a ruinous and counterproductive war on drugs ...

The Uniform State Narcotic Law aligned state drug laws with federal law, first drafted in 1925 but adopted in 1932. Then-President Herbert Hoover signed it, fixing the loopholes in The Harrison ...

WASHINGTON — Health officials want you to think twice before buying one of those brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops. Sometimes called “gas ...

Jemma Kremer had a team-high softball batting average of .459 as a high school senior, but it was also then that a different high began to control her life. The 2007 high school sport standout said ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Heroin is a cheap, easy to get and can hook a user almost immediately. Law enforcement faces challenges when working on drug cases. Scott, who is a recovering heroin addict, said ...

Elaine Bartlett was a 26-year-old mother of four living in East Harlem when she was sentenced to 20-to-life for selling four ounces of cocaine to an informant. It was her first offense; the same ...

In 1972, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller persuaded the legislature to enact his draconian "drug laws." That was part of his failed quest to be president, wanting to appear "tough on crime" to offset his ...

It was an unanticipated consequence of the war in Vietnam--young soldiers finding relief from the horrors of combat with stimulants and sedatives. The Pentagon reported in 1973 that one in five U.S.