Over a dozen NYC maternity wards regularly test new mothers for drugs, then hand the results over to child-protection authorities if they test positive for marijuana. Surprise…...
The New York City Police Department cannot keep tabs on more than 360,000 people entered into a stop-and-frisk database for subsequent investigation, a state appeals court ruled....
012, 11:21am In some ways, 2012 has been a year of dramatic, exciting change in drug policy, as the edifice of global drug prohibition appears to crumble...
Arresting and prosecuting low-level marijuana offenders in New York City has little or no impact on law enforcement efforts to reduce violent crime, according to a study...
Staten Island borough president James Molinaro is riled up about Lady Gaga: “Stop glorifying the drug use. There’s Gaga. Here’s this… this… I would call her a slut. This...
– 01:30PM You can’t miss a van covered in pictures of weed nuggets, lollipops, and smiling gals in bikinis. Look closer and you’ll wonder, “Wait… Are they...
Ever think back on friends you smoke with on occasion now that were once acquaintances with no knowledge you each used cannabis and how the relationship evolved? Sharing...
There has been a mysterious NYC weed van spotted at 14th Street and 7th Avenue selling pot “it’s just flavor” lollipops. Read more at Gothamist to find...
Racism and marijuana go back to the early days of prohibition. New York City is notorious for the racial skewing of its marijuana arrests. Over the last...
A Manhattan criminal court judge ordered Twitter to hand over data, including non-public constitutionally protected information, on a user that was involved in the Occupy Wall Street protest movement...
Up host Chris Hayes and his guests, including New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and comedian Michael Ian Black, discuss the surprising politics of the debate over...
NYT article covers civil lawsuit filed by Legal Aid Society because “police officers have continued to unlawfully charge New Yorkers with crimes – rather than with non-criminal violations –...
On February 2, 2012 18 year old Ramarley Graham was killed by the NYPD in his own apartment with his grandmother and 6-year-old brother present. NYPD chased...
