Stories by Russ Belville

A civil liberties disaster.

Some pot smokers are voting against prohibition. Here's why that's nonsense.

The media do not blast scandalous headlines about Olympians poisoning themselves with alcohol, a deadly drug whose cartels actually sponsor the Olympics.

The latest public opinion poll shows that a growing majority of American voters support the legalization and regulation of marijuana.

The government claims to fight the War on Drugs in the name of our health and safety, yet is complicit in the rising addiction to opioid pharmaceuticals that kill Americans.

From the pizza driver who snitched on a pot patient to cannabis 'deaths' and vodka tampons, 2011 was a year of great drug propaganda.

The response to the most popular petition on the 'We the People' website repeats tired lies and misdirections. Most of all, it fails to answer the petition's actual question.

In Montana, passing someone a bowl of your medical marijuana could put you in prison for life.

Four Loko, a 23.5 ounce can of booze with lots of calories and caffeine that’s popular with the young binge-drinking set, is being targeted by the prohibitionist crowd.

I've collected the eight craziest claims about a post-legalization state of California predicted by opponents of Prop 19.

Everywhere you look, corporate media are covering pot stories, except for the issue of its illegality and the lives ruined by prohibition.