Oregon is the first state to eliminate simple drug possession as a crime and to adopt the policy that drug treatment should be voluntary.

Critics of the nation's failed so-called "War on Drugs" celebrated a number of victories Tuesday night as Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize personal drug possession and voters in five states backed the legalization of marijuana.

In this interview, investigative journalist Whitney Webb, who does both independent work and collaborations with The Last American Vagabond, discusses the little-known details of Operation Warp Speed, a joint operation between U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense to produce a fast-tracked COVID-19 vaccine and other therapeutics.

Colombian lawmakers introduce a plan calling for the government to take control of the cocaine market, buying harvests and regulating sales.

A reader who became sick with polio after being vaccinated in 1955 warns of the perils of rushing a COVID-19 vaccine.

Talk of 'warp speed' and 'moonshot' science misleads the public into expecting miracles

Church officials have agreed to stop celebrating public Mass indoors and to restrict outdoor services after the city attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter.

He saw Black lives destroyed by heavy-handed law enforcement during the crack epidemic and now advocates for harm reduction.

A fresh round of studies affirms that smart laws restricting easy access to firearms results in fewer people getting shot to death.

America responded to the 1980s crack epidemic with police and prisons instead of public health. Now look where we are.