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Marijuana legalization needs to be a gateway to broader drug reform

A new stance on pot can lead the nation’s retreat from its misguided drug war.

Suddenly it’s election season again—and swimming season too.

A trip to Denver shows the financial promise of legalizing pot.

Chicago DEA special agent in charge Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming.

The open-air drug market on the west side thrives in the same way that legal businesses do.

Kelvin “Shorty” Wallace has been given one more chance to beat a two-decade heroin addiction.

People all over Chicago smoke pot—but almost everyone busted for it is black