Laws specifically target whistleblowers and reporters revealing animal cruelty and poor conditions in factory farms

Recovering addicts say they're grateful to have learned from their mistakes. Personally, I wish I never made them

The evolution of mobile Chinese gaming has lessons for anyone who wants to make a buck in the smartphone economy

Raspberry Rally is the Thin Mint-fruit hybrid we didn't know we needed

Rising star Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin are luminous in the sickly sweet indie romance \"Like Crazy\"

When writers claim they can abuse drugs and alcohol and still have a great time, I think of their families

I was a former crack dealer and coke user. She was the love of my life. Too bad the guards wouldn't let us touch

Readers respond to Daniel Costello's profile of an organization that provides voluntary paid sterilization services to drug addicts. Plus -- Saddam Hussein and the return of the mustache.

The San Jose Mercury News' CIA-crack story: Anatomy of a journalistic train wreck.

The history of drug criminalization in America is a history of social panics rooted in racism and xenophobia

Officials are cracking down on dance clubs that provide health information about recreational drugs. They may shut down some raves, but kids will die.

The author of "One Woman Short" and "Hip Hop America" picks five great urban books.

The tobacco-industry settlement may ban the icons and images that make cigarettes cool. But it's the drug they contain that keeps the customers coming back.

Their mission: to increase competition without decreasing innovation in the industry

The President's justification for his crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries has to be heard to be believed