Elise Patkotak: Legalize Drugs, but Not the Crimes Linked to Them

Elise Patkotak: Legalize drugs, but not the crimes linked to them
I've know people who have used cocaine and walked away from it totally voluntarily, simply because they no longer wanted to use it. Conversely, I've known people with such pot addictions that they can't get … The common thread here is addiction. And … Read more on Anchorage Daily News

The Latest Chapter In The Pickens Story: Son of T Boone Accuses Family Of …
I began drinking beer and whiskey when I was 12 – by the time I was 17 I was a drug addict and an alcoholic smoking pot every day before and after school, eating my mother's valium and darvon and snorting cocaine and tripping on LSD.” This is what … Read more on International Business Times

Cameron Douglas, son of actor Michael Douglas, loses appeal to reduce prison …
The sentence is "unusually long" and "extraordinary" since most inmates with drug infractions are punished within prison, but judges are not required "to turn a blind eye to behavior that can reasonably be understood as demonstrating that a particular … Read more on CBS News