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Phillip Smith is a senior writing fellow and the editor and chief correspondent of Drug Reporter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. He has been a drug policy journalist for the past two decades. He is the longtime author of the Drug War Chronicle, the online publication of the non-profit StopTheDrugWar.org, and has been the editor of AlterNet’s Drug Reporter since 2015. He was awarded the Drug Policy Alliance’s Edwin M. Brecher Award for Excellence in Media in 2013.

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DPA Study: New York City remains the world’s marijuana arrest capital, and it’s still mainly black and brown people getting popped

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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds a meeting with the heads of federal law enforcement components at the Department of Justice in Washington. When President Donald Trump spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast this month, he underscored his vow to defend the religious rights of the conservative Christians who helped propel him to power. Now, they expect the Justice Department under Sessions will reposition itself as a champion of what they see as that religious freedom. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) ((AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Jeff Sessions wants more asset forfeiture — especially in drug cases

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How America’s idiotic drug prohibition helped kill Philando Castile and give the policeman who killed him an excuse to walk free

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Here are 26 concrete policy steps to reduce opioid addiction and overdoses

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Capitalists come for the marijuana industry

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Trump threatens to defy Congress to go after medical marijuana

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Seven surprising signs of marijuana’s normalization in America

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Merle Haggard knows: 8 country cannabis classics for your listening (and smoking) pleasure

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Meet Trump’s pick for “drug czar”: A punisher of addicts and poor people in developing countries

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Can I fly with my legal weed? The skies are surprisingly friendly for marijuana users

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Trump goes full Nixon on law-and-order, vows “ruthless” war on drugs and crime

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Will Jeff Sessions start a war on pot smokers?

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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, file photo, Nikki Lastreto trims "little buds" from last season's harvest at her home near Laytonville, Calif. San Jose joined other cities on Nov. 1, 2016, by banning pot shops ahead of Tuesday’s vote on whether to legalize the drug in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (AP)

Get up to speed on weed: This book outlines both the history and future of marijuana

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December deaths in our eternal crusade: America’s drug war claims about one life per week

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, a marijuana joint is rolled in San Francisco. Newly-approved laws in four states allowing the recreational use of marijuana are seen as unlikely to change rules regarding use of the drug in the workplace. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) (AP)

Marijuana monster money: California makes more from cannabis than the next 5 largest crops combined

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You’ll get a serious buzz from hallucinatory Himalayan honey

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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, file photo, Nikki Lastreto trims "little buds" from last season's harvest at her home near Laytonville, Calif. San Jose joined other cities on Nov. 1, 2016, by banning pot shops ahead of Tuesday’s vote on whether to legalize the drug in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (AP)

Live long and smoke weed: The year’s 6 biggest drugs stories, good and bad

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United States of Marijuana: These might be the next 5 states to legalize weed

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What was Jonah Hill snorting in “Wolf of Wall Street”? Prop masters share set secrets about fake drugs

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A long, violent summer: Here are this season’s drug war victims in America

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Where the stoners are: America’s top 10 pot-smoking states

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The 8 most popular jobs in the marijuana industry

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Maybe this will inspire you to get your hands dirty: 6 steps to growing your own backyard pot plant

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10 athletes’ outrageous excuses for failing drug tests

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