Should Women Be Charged With Murder for Giving Birth to Stillborns Due to ‘Fetal Harm’?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2014 Rennie Gibbs, a 16-year-old in Mississippi when she gave birth to a stillborn child, is facing life in prison for taking cocaine during her pregnancy. Hers is among a burgeoning number of cases in which women are prosecuted for allegedly endangering their unborn children. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Today in Hypocrisy: Anti-Drug GOP Congressman Busted on Coke Charge

BLANK Nov 20, 2013 Trey Radel, one of the House of Representatives’ Republican votes for new rules that would require drug tests for welfare recipients, was sentenced Wednesday morning to probation on a cocaine-possession charge. The question is, will that bust humanize his outlook on drugs and the poor? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Asking Coca-Cola About Coca Has Never Been Easy

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2013 In "A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola," Ricardo Cortés shares the fruit of six years' worth of research into the connection between Coca-Cola and the coca leaf of South America.In "A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola," Ricardo Cortés shares the fruit of six years' worth of research into the connection between Coca-Cola and the coca leaf of South America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bureaucrat Torpedoes Plea for a Presidential Pardon

By Dafna Linzer, ProPublica May 14, 2012 The prosecutor and trial judge urged federal officials to commute Clarence Aaron's sentence, but the Justice Department had other ideas. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Dozens Arrested in Arizona Drug Bust

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2011 After a 17-month investigation led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal, state and local authorities cracked down on a vast drug-smuggling network in Arizona that officials tied to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, making 76 arrests in three separate raids. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Rogue: Sarah Palin or Joe McGinniss?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2011 Next week Joe McGinniss, the author and so-called journalist who moved in next door to Sarah Palin and her family more than a year ago, will officially release his book about the former Alaska governor, and already his work has received scathing reviews. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. to Throw More Money at Central America’s Drug War

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2011 At a regional conference this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged almost $300 million to the governments of Central America during 2011 to aid in their efforts to oppose cartels and others involved in the region's violent, illegal drug trade. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War on Drugs

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Study: Alcohol More Harmful Than Crack

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2010 Startling but true, according to one of those expert sources that make these kinds of pronouncements: Alcohol is more harmful to both users and those around them than crack cocaine. It's worse than heroin too. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stevens v. Scalia

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2010 Now that retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens no longer has to see his former colleague Justice Antonin Scalia in the lunchroom every day, he's free to tell tales out of the top court, which he did earlier this month in a speech criticizing Scalia's handling of a case from 1991. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colombian Rebel Leader Killed

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2010 Jorge Briceno, aka “Mono Jojoy,” had long operated as a senior leader of the FARC rebel force in Colombia. But on Thursday news came that Briceno had been killed in a military airstrike, dealing a blow to the guerrilla movement and providing a public relations coup for newly minted President Juan Manuel Santos. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Drug Traffickers Catch World Cup Fever

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2010 Whatever your take is on drugs, you have to give traffickers some credit for their innovation: A fake World Cup trophy has been seized by police in Colombia after the 14-inch, 24-pound replica was discovered by investigators and found to be made entirely of cocaine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )