When the DEA is seen in a negative light by Americans, it is due almost entirely to the agency's relatively small relationship to the domestic war on drugs.
CIA cold war and hot war activity was coming to light for the first time and was falling into the crosshairs of Congress and the media. Anti-communist arguments had been a sufficient rationale, up to this point, to conduct black ops in the foreign a
Las Vegas police and federal agents arrested 10 people and seized drugs over the weekend at Hempcon, a marijuana education convention at the Cashman Center.
After nearly 20 years on the job, Jim Jeffries, the police chief in LaFollette, Tenn., has seen his share of marijuana seizures -- dry green buds stashed in trunks or beneath seats, often double-bagged to smother the distinctive scent. But these day
Federal affidavit says employees carried duffels containing bags of the drug into airport and handed them to passengers who had been through TSA checkpoints
Spanish scientist Cristina Sanchez was the first to discover the medicinal properties of marijuana in the fight against cancer. In this fascinating interview by Cannabis Planet, she explains the plant's therapeutic properties.
THE DESCENT WAS stunning. Chris Tarbell, a special agent from the New York FBI office, was in a window seat, watching a green anomaly in a sea of blue as it resolved into Iceland's severe, beautiful landscape. On approach to Keflavík International
The plants grow bigger, faster, use less water than seeds they've used before, and give up to double the amount of opium. No one seems to know where the seeds originate from. The farmers say they were hand-delivered for planting by the same men who c
Oh the irony of arresting people who freely decide what to put into their bodies and then becoming someone who's been arrested for providing people with things they want to put in their bodies.
Paul Armentano is the Deputy Director of NORML and the NORML Foundation. He has reviewed and commented upon thousands of academic studies and white papers pertinent to cannabis use and its impact on behavior.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 6:30 PM @ the A.E. England Building at Civic Space Park; 424 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ. The purpose of this debate is to promote meaningful conversation about an issue that is becoming increasingly relevant in the
Yesterday Shona Banda, the Kansas medical marijuana activist whose home was searched after her 11-year-old son challenged anti-pot propaganda at school, failed to regain custody of the boy, who is now under the control of Child Protective Services (C
Jury nullification occurs when a jury votes "not guilty" even when there is clear evidence that the defendant violated the law. But why would a jury do this?
Agency repeatedly caught working with violent drug cartels
Now that DEA head Michelle Leonhart has retired off into the sunset with a glorious benefit package, it's time to look at what they are not telling you about the agency that is fighting th
Jim Ostrowski - Libertarian, adjunct scholar Mises Institute, 1st Amendment attorney, author, activist, somewhat regular on Lew Rockwell's site, asked me to make a trailer film to help unite the Liberty Movement.
Looking back on the American Revolution, John Adams (in 1813) wrote:
"But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced.