Global Voices

Prohibition in India

Raksha Kumar / Truthdig Mar 15, 2023 Why women in India who wanted a ban on alcohol now regret it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: The Decade That Roared, and Wept

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 8, 2018 The Roaring ’20s ushered in a new modernity and energy but also held the seeds of a great and devastating economic depression. Dig deeper ( 30 Min. Read )

In Legalization Battles, Alcohol Defines the Politics of Marijuana

David Sirota / Truthdig Oct 25, 2014 Drug reform advocates are so sure marijuana is safer than alcohol, they are now challenging police to a "drug duel" to prove their point. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dennis Kucinich on the Responsibility to Speak Out About Gaza

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The former congressman says, "You can't just stay silent when you see a massacre of people going on." Also: Washington, D.C. will decide whether to legalize marijuana. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marijuana Injustices

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 9, 2014 I have come to believe that we should legalize or at least decriminalize marijuana use. The way we enforce marijuana laws is unconscionable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Satire: ‘I Smoked Pot With David Brooks’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 If you've read David Brooks' column about weed, in which The New York Times scribe presents himself as a once-cool kid who got wise and found more fulfilling and morally sound pleasures in the conservative movement, then you know it's begging to be made fun of. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mile High: Denver Celebrates 2014 With Legal Recreational Marijuana

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 2, 2014 The times, they are a changin', and in Denver, you can tell by the smoke signals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Majority of Americans Supports Legalizing Marijuana

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 23, 2013 We've come a long way since Gallup first starting asking the question in 1969, when only 12 percent favored legalized cannabis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ending the Drug War: The Next Serious Step Through the Haze of Comedy

David Sirota / Truthdig Nov 16, 2012 What's next? Amid all the munchie-themed jokes from reporters, political elites and late-night comedians, this remains the overarching question after Coloradans voted overwhelmingly to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in the same way alcohol is already legalized, regulated and taxed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Romney’s Tax Discrepancy, Bachmann’s Election Troubles, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 14, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the 21st-century version of prohibition and Ohio Gov. John Kasich's comment about women that sounds like it's straight out of the 1950s. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

George Soros Makes the Case for Legal Weed

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2010 The billionaire investor/activist has written a well-reasoned essay in the Wall Street Journal arguing for an end to marijuana prohibition The L Times reports that in California, Soros is backing the cause with more than words (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What the Pot Legalization Campaign Really Threatens

David Sirota / Truthdig Sep 24, 2010 By their actions, alcohol companies are admitting that more sensible drug policies could cut into their government-created monopoly on mind-altering substances. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )