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03/28/2020

The Risk of Exempting Marijuana Businesses During COVID-19 Closures Hudson Insitute

07/12/2019

Return of the Cocaine Nemesis The Hill

05/20/2019

The False Arguments for Legal Marijuana Hudson Institute

05/07/2019

Former Drug Czar Speaks Out Against Marijuana Legalization in NH WMUR

03/28/2019

George Will Misunderstands Drug Control Policy Hudson Institute

01/18/2019

Criminal Justice Reform and the First Step Act’s Recidivism Reduction Provisions: Preliminary Issues for Policymakers Hudson Institute

01/13/2019

Many Media Sources Report That a Border Wall Won't Stop Drugs From Coming Into the Country: Is That True? Fox News

08/17/2018

John Walters Discusses the Opioid Epidemic on the Michael Knowles Show The Daily Wire

07/03/2018

Mr. Trump, Please Don't Legalize Marijuana at the Federal Level Fox News

05/17/2018

CDC Neglect Is Killing Americans Real Clear Health

11/22/2017

Don’t Make Anti-Opioid Laws the Villain Here Law and Liberty

11/22/2017

Kill All the Poppies Foreign Policy

10/26/2017

Trump Declares Opioid Crisis a Public Health Emergency Fox News

09/21/2017

Stopping the Drug Epidemic Real Clear Policy

08/14/2017

Trump Can Save Lives by Stopping Illegal Opioids at Their Source Wall Street Journal

07/29/2017

The Opioid Crisis Is Creating a Labor Crisis Weekly Standard

07/26/2017

The Opioid Epidemic's Impact on the U.S. Job market BBC World Service

06/08/2017

Opioid epidemic could derail Trump’s infrastructure plans Market Watch

05/21/2017

John Walters Discusses America's Opioid Epidemic with Bill Kristol Conversations with Bill Kristol

05/16/2017

John Walters on the Seth and Chris Show 960 The Patriot, Phoenix, AZ

05/14/2017

Former Drug Czar Reacts to Justice Department's New Policy Fox News

02/27/2017

Countering the Threat of Legalized Marijuana: A Blueprint for Federal, Community, and Private Action Hudson.org

02/07/2017

The Risky Business of Commercial Marijuana Weekly Standard Online

12/22/2016

Distorting the Colorado Youth Drug-Use Data Hudson.org

12/22/2016

New Federal Reporting: The Colorado Marijuana Experiment is Producing Staggering Rates of Drug Use Hudson.org

12/15/2016

Obama's Drug Policy Legacy: Overdose Deaths and Youth Pot Use Weekly Standard Online

11/03/2016

Marijuana Threat Assessment, Part Two: The Opioid Epidemic, Fentanyl Deaths, and Marijuana Hudson.org

11/02/2016

Marijuana Threat Assessment, Part One: Recent Evidence for Health Risks of Marijuana Use Hudson.org

10/28/2016

The Opioid Crisis Weekly Standard

08/30/2016

America's Opioid Problem CNBC

08/26/2016

Smack Down Weekly Standard

08/10/2016

Marijuana Use On the Rise in America Weekly Standard Online

08/05/2016

Is Marijuana Smuggling Declining Under President Obama? Hudson.org

07/07/2016

Fentanyl, the New Drug Epidemic Weekly Standard Online

07/03/2016

Misrepresenting Colorado Marijuana Use Hudson.org

07/02/2016

Misrepresenting Colorado Marijuana Hudson.org

06/03/2016

Why is the Washington Post Dishonestly Pushing Marijuana Legalization? Hudson.org

05/30/2016

Should Congress Give Marijuana to Our Veterans Suffering from PTSD? Weekly Standard Online

05/19/2016

Mexican Heroin Production Soars Weekly Standard Online

05/16/2016

Heroin Injection Sites Perpetuate Harm USA Today

05/11/2016

Don't Get Soft on Criminals Bill Bennett Interview

05/09/2016

Drug Dealing is a Violent Crime Washington Examiner

05/06/2016

Why Texas' Criminal Justice Reforms Don't Translate to the Federal Level Hudson.org

04/29/2016

What Should Be Done about the Heroin Problem? Cato Institute

04/25/2016

Sentencing Reform Loses Its Way Weekly Standard Online

04/18/2016

Could Obama Make the Global Drug Problem Much Worse? Hudson.org

04/13/2016

Obama Causes a Drug Epidemic and Makes It Worse Hudson.org

04/01/2016

Opiates of the Masses Weekly Standard

03/30/2016

Manufacturing Consent -- to Legal Marijuana Weekly Standard Online

03/20/2016

Seattle Group Wants 'Safe' Injection Sites for Heroin Users Fox News

03/18/2016

What George Will Gets Wrong About Sentencing Reform Weekly Standard Online

03/15/2016

Obama Drug Policy Creates Conditions for Cocaine Epidemic Weekly Standard Online

03/11/2016

Nancy Reagan's 'Just Say No' Campaign Helped Halve Number of Teens on Drugs Daily Signal

03/10/2016

Botticelli Faults Botticelli for Drug Failures on Fox and Friends Hudson.org

03/07/2016

Nancy Reagan--Drug Warrior Weekly Standard Online

02/24/2016

When Smart People Make Mistakes: Economists Wage War on Drug Facts Hudson.org

02/04/2016

New Obama Policies Can Only Worsen The Opiate Epidemic Hudson.org

02/01/2016

Playing Politics with the Heroin Epidemic Weekly Standard Online

01/21/2016

New Study Shows Increased Heroin Availability at Root of Heroin Crisis, not Prescription Painkillers Hudson.org

01/20/2016

Marijuana Policy Architectures: A Reply to Jon Caulkins Hudson.org

01/19/2016

Marijuana's Toll on Colorado's Kids The Oklahoman

01/12/2016

Last Thing Struggling Students Need is More Marijuana Hudson.org

12/17/2015

Based on the Evidence, Obama Drug Policy Fails to Meet Its Own Goals Weekly Standard Online

12/11/2015

Even Greater Rise in Overdose Deaths for 2014 Confirms Drug Policy Failure Hudson.org

12/11/2015

Former Federal Officials Cite "Serious Concerns" About Sentencing Reform Hudson.org

12/04/2015

The Threat of Mass Release: Criminal Justice Run Amok Hudson.org

11/13/2015

State-Level Marijuana Legalization: Myths and Facts Hudson.org

11/13/2015

The Mortality Study and Early Substance Abuse Hudson.org

11/11/2015

Mexican Heroin Surge Revealed by the White House Hudson.org

11/09/2015

Candidate Clinton Goes Wobbly on Dope Weekly Standard Online

11/05/2015

About that Chris Christie Video on Drug Addiction Weekly Standard Online

11/03/2015

Mismanaging the Heroin Crisis American Interest

11/02/2015

Will Ohio Fall to Dope? Hudson.org

10/29/2015

Criminal Justice Reform and Drugs: Myths and Facts Hudson.org

10/22/2015

The Crack Epidemic and Punishment Hudson.org

10/20/2015

The Real Connection of Drugs to Crime Hudson.org

10/19/2015

California's Proposition 47, So Far Weekly Standard Online

10/07/2015

Jailbreak: Obama's Mass Release Hits the Streets Hudson.org

09/23/2015

Synthetic Problem: Has D.C. Created a Health Crisis? Hudson.org

09/19/2015

Clinton Confronts Addiction Crisis She Helped Make Worse New Hampshire Union Leader

09/18/2015

Colorado's Marijuana Industry Violates Federal Law and Even Obama Guidelines Hudson.org

09/16/2015

Want to Legalize Marijuana? Colorado School Counselors Would Like a Word with You Hudson.org

09/10/2015

New Drug-use Report — Big Increases Hudson.org

09/09/2015

Bring Back the War on Drugs Boston Globe

08/06/2015

Should We Celebrate a Study Not Finding Adverse Health Impact for Teen Marijuana Users? Hudson.org

08/06/2015

What Presidential Candidates Can Learn from Chris Christie About the Drug Problem Weekly Standard Online

07/30/2015

Marijuana Legalization Movement Makes No Sense San Diego Union-Tribune

07/22/2015

Legal Marijuana and Youth: New Evidence Real Clear Policy

07/17/2015

Deals for Dealers and the Phony Charge of 'Broken Justice' Weekly Standard Online

07/14/2015

Obama Can’t Find Victims of 'Mass Incarceration' in Federal Prisons Weekly Standard Online

06/24/2015

Marijuana and the Rule of Law Hudson.org

06/22/2015

Obama's Coming Epidemic of Drugs Washington Times

06/10/2015

Is This a Good Idea? Christie Would Go After Legalized Pot Fox News

06/02/2015

The 'Mass Incarceration' Myth Suffers a Heavy Blow Weekly Standard Online

06/01/2015

Not-so-Smart Proposals on Marijuana Research Hudson.org

05/18/2015

Marijuana and School Failure Real Clear Education

04/29/2015

Hillary Clinton Calls for Criminal Justice Reform Weekly Standard Online

04/11/2015

Obama's Jamaican Fantasy Weekly Standard Online

04/04/2015

Dangerous New Drugs Being Abused by Your Kids Fox News

03/17/2015

Has The War On Drugs Been Lost? The Inquiry - BBC World Service

03/12/2015

Is Medicinal Marijuana for Veterans a Good Idea? Fox & Friends

03/10/2015

Legal Dope for Native Americans? Real Clear Politics

02/25/2015

Support for Recreational Marijuana: Weights and Measures Hudson.org

02/23/2015

Drug Testing Welfare Recipients: Punitive or Humane? Washington Times

02/13/2015

Misrepresenting the Colorado Marijuana Results Hudson.org

02/08/2015

Year One of Colorado's Marijuana Law Real Clear Politics

01/08/2015

Colorado Kicks Off $5.7 Million Campaign to Encourage 'Safe' Pot Use Weekly Standard

12/25/2014

Justice or Politics? Weekly Standard Online

12/17/2014

The Future of Teen Drug Use? Hudson.org

12/16/2014

Drug Enforcement is Not Racist New York Post

12/11/2014

Drug Control Policy in Senate Republicans' Grasp Washington Times

12/02/2014

Illegal Drugs and Civil Rights Hudson.org

11/19/2014

Why Are There So Few Arrests for Marijuana Violations? Hudson.org

11/07/2014

Why We Believe Marijuana is Dangerous Hudson.org

10/04/2014

Premature Closure? CDC Report Concerning the "Link" between Prescription Pills and Heroin Overdose Deaths Misreported by Reuters Hudson.org

10/01/2014

Does Eric Holder’s Successor Face A Momentum Shift on Dope? Weekly Standard Online

09/25/2014

Why Pregnancy and Pot Don't - and Shouldn't - Mix San Diego Union-Tribune

09/19/2014

Self-Inflicted Wounds: The Toll is Mounting from More Accessible Drugs Hudson.org

09/13/2014

Commission Suggests Legalizing Heroin, Cocaine Fox News

09/09/2014

Hard to Study: The Difficulty in Measuring Marijuana’s Value Hudson.org

09/05/2014

Duck and Cover: How the Obama Administration Mishandled the 2014 National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health Hudson.org

08/31/2014

Drug Use and Drug Spending: How the Washington Post and the President Get It Wrong Hudson.org

08/27/2014

Should We Decriminalize Heroin? Former Detective Lieutenant Says ‘Yes’ WBUR Radio (NPR), Boston

08/09/2014

Are Marijuana and Alcohol Substitutes? Another Faulty Analysis from the Washington Post Hudson.org

08/08/2014

Pot, Radley Balko, and Statistics Hudson.org

07/30/2014

New York Times Plays Politics in Pot Editorial Hudson.org

07/28/2014

David Murray on The Seth Leibsohn Show The Seth Leibsohn Show

07/27/2014

Hudson COO John Walters Responds to New York Times Editorial on Marijuana Legalization Fox News

07/27/2014

Comparing Alcohol and Marijuana: Seriously Hudson.org

07/26/2014

Marijuana Isn't Necessarily Safe to Treat What Ails Us Houston Chronicle

07/21/2014

Bad Science: The Marijuana Experiment Has Failed Hudson.org

07/20/2014

Justice Dept. Charges FedEx For Online Drug Shipments National Public Radio

07/10/2014

The Devastation That’s Really Happening in Colorado Weekly Standard Online

06/18/2014

Hillary Flips on Pot Weekly Standard Online

06/16/2014

Why Libertarians Are Wrong About Drugs Politico Magazine

06/12/2014

Medical Marijuana: No Proven Clinical Value Miami Herald

06/10/2014

Marijuana Legalization Undermines Obama Administration’s Health Goals The Hill Online

05/26/2014

First Legalization, Then Lawsuits: Can Marijuana Retailers Survive the Tort Bar? Weekly Standard

05/07/2014

George Soros Claims the Drug War Is a Failure Fox News

04/24/2014

America's Former Drug Czar Warns Against Releasing Felons Fox News

04/17/2014

Casual Pot Smoking May Damage Your Brain Fox News

02/16/2014

White House OKs banks' business with legal marijuana dealers Fox News

02/06/2014

What happened to the war on drugs? Fox News

02/03/2014

The Presidency Goes to Pot Weekly Standard

01/24/2014

Interview: President Obama's Comments on Enforcement of Marijuana Laws Fox News TV

01/24/2014

Former drug czar: Like other baby boomers, Obama hasn't kept up with science of pot CNN

09/02/2013

Who Gets Sent to Federal Prisons? Weekly Standard

07/29/2013

Obama Signals Retreat in the War on Drugs Wall Street Journal

05/07/2012

Legalized Drugs: Dumber Than You May Think Weekly Standard

08/25/2010

Why California Should Just Say No to Prop. 19 Los Angeles Times

03/22/2010

Obama Just Says No to Soros Weekly Standard

04/25/2009

Drugs: To Legalize or Not Wall Street Journal

03/17/2009

Up In Smoke Weekly Standard Online

03/06/2009

Drug Legalization Isn't the Answer Wall Street Journal

02/19/2009

Crack Deal Weekly Standard Online

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