News NYPD proudly stages seizure of 106 pounds of legal hemp Mark Frauenfelder

drug wars Federal judge says people in Indiana are allowed to smoke hemp Mark Frauenfelder

politics EL CHAPO GUILTY: Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman CONVICTED in U.S. trial Xeni Jardin

medicine Médecins Sans Frontières is on the front lines of the Mexican drug war Seamus Bellamy

drug wars Colorado has had a 6% drop in opioid deaths since legalizing marijuana Mark Frauenfelder

drug wars 653,249 people were arrested in the US last year for breaking marijuana laws Mark Frauenfelder

drug wars Canadian woman banned from US for life after border agent searches phone, finds email to doctor about drug use Mark Frauenfelder

picks Woman, 19, sues U.S. over anal and vaginal search for which she was billed $575 Mark Frauenfelder

snowden Edward Snowden on the global war on encryption: "This is our new battleground" Cory Doctorow

Cola The Pepsi Challenge: a blind taste test started an expensive war Jason Weisberger

late stage capitalism Artist Nan Goldin leads protests at the Guggenheim and the Met over their reputation-laundering of the Sacklers' opioid epidemic fortunes Cory Doctorow

music Devo's open letter on "Drowning in a Devolved World" Cory Doctorow

Business As Canada-US trade-war draws nigh, so does the threat to nationalise US pharma patents Cory Doctorow

Free Speech for White Supremacists Trump is the Lorax who speaks for the Nazis Jason Weisberger

roleplaying games What's new in the world of tabletop gaming? (Early August Edition) Gareth Branwyn

tabloids The Queen’s Nazi shame, JonBenet’s killer found, and Owen Wilson’s baby mama revealed, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan