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Silk Road doubles sales to $1 million a month, Wall Street mulls marijuana opportunities, and Sen. Rand Paul speaks out against drug criminalization. MORE
By Nina Puro
A fifth-grader brings it to school—leading to vomiting, dizziness and confusion. MORE
After hearing family testimonies, California lawmakers push for a database to identify doctors who overprescribe. MORE
Killing kingpins won't stop cartels, Brits drink 40% more than they think they do, and Lindsay Lohan wants to help young people avoid drugs. MORE
A judge rules that highly controversial searches outside certain private residential buildings can resume—for now. MORE
Japanese gambling addiction fuels multibillion dollar industry, energy drinks are blamed for 20,000 hospital visits, and a Russian drunk drives a tank into a house. MORE
By Will Godfrey
On a visit to Rikers Island, Eugene Jarecki—director of this year's Sundance-winning anti-drug war film The House I Live In—tells The Fix about his campaign to change America's drug laws for good. MORE
By Sarah Beller
The campaign to pass California's Proposition 36, reforming the state's draconian "Three Strikes" law, is going well, activists tell The Fix. MORE
California's three-strike law locks up many nonviolent drug offenders for 25 years to life. That could now change. MORE
California could end its "three strikes" law, how Valium changed America, and a DUI suspect sprays cologne in his mouth to cover the smell. MORE
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This graphic shows which nations hit which hard liquors the hardest, fueling some stereotypes and confounding others.
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Caffeine's "pick-me-up" could just be the body fighting withdrawal, according to a new study.
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A budget hearing was suspended due to claims that the finance minister "reeked" of vodka.
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A missing enzyme in the brain could put some people at higher risk for opioid addiction.
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