War On Drugs

Cops in the Medellin suburb known as Bello inadvertently caused a contact high throughout the town due to lingering smoke from seized weed.

New data shows that the number of incarcerated African Americans declined during the Obama-era.

The Oakland City Council passed the Equity Permit Program; an initiative designed to offer reparations to those affected by the Drug War.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions taps a criminal justice hard-liner as his lieutenant, signaling an end to reforms.

The Change.Org request claims that the Former First Lady was America's most famous "Trap Queen."

A new report from MetricMaps details a shocking statistic — in 16 states in the nation, there are more people locked up in correctional facilities than those…

07/23/14- Roland Martin talks with Senator Rand Paul on voter suppression and his recent efforts to engage with the African-American community. He told Martin, “I want the Republican Party to compete for the African-American vote and I frankly think we haven’t competed in decades.” For iPhone users: (Photo: AP)

Much of what has been accepted as conventional wisdom when it comes to the effects illegal drugs have on humans may be wrong and the federal government’s drug policy needs an overhaul, according to a provocative new book by Dr. Carl Hart, a New York-based scholar and researcher. In “High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of […]