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Strong Weed Is No Reason for Prohibition

New research on cannabis use could reshape the debate around marijuana legalization and revive old arguments for restricting legal markets.

Reason · Aug 27

3 Disasters That Legal Weed Didn't Unleash—Despite the Forecasts

From higher crime to teenage stoners, here are things that the weed debate got wrong.

Reason · Apr 20

The hidden victims of the opioid crisis: the ones who lived

After overdoses left them with brain injuries and lasting complications, Americans are struggling to get proper care. Experts call it another epidemic

The Guardian - US · Oct 21, 2025

Overdoses decline but not for everyone

The country is still losing more than 100,000 people to drug overdoses every year, with stark racial disparities

Salon · Oct 5, 2024

A Study of 'Problematic' Opioid Use Among Pain Patients Is Less Alarming Than It Seems

The authors of the meta-analysis misleadingly imply that pain treatment should be blamed for recent increases in drug-related deaths.

Reason · Aug 8, 2024

Americans have demonized drugs for decades. Now we’re doing them every day

Regular drug use – from caffeine to psychedelics – has become a fundamental part of modern life. A first-person Guardian US series explores America’s shifting relationship with mind-altering substances

The Guardian - US · May 29, 2024

As 'magic mushrooms' got more attention, drug busts of the psychedelic drug went up

Busts of psilocybin mushrooms went way up from 2017 to 2022, a new study finds, even as the psychedelic drug's potential benefits have been explored by scientists.

WEKU · Feb 6, 2024

'Just say no' didn't actually protect students from drugs. Here's what could

For years, programs like D.A.R.E. told students to "just say no" to drugs. But research shows that approach alone didn't work. Now experts are backing a new approach that could help save lives.

WEKU · Nov 9, 2023

Overdose deaths involving street xylazine surged years earlier than reported

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found U.S. deaths involving xylazine, known on the street as Tranq, had already risen 35-fold by 2021.

WEKU · Jun 30, 2023

A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it'll happen again

A dangerous chemical called xylazine is being mixed into fentanyl across the U.S., but who's doing it and why is a mystery. The government still doesn't identify and track new drug threats.

WEKU · Jun 17, 2023