Legalized pot lets states experiment with kids' lives

Legalized pot lets states experiment with kids' lives
Our incarceration rate – the highest in the world – is indeed a horror, and rehab is a better answer to drug abuse than jail. But marijuana use is no longer treated a fraction as harshly as once upon a time – sometimes all you get is the equivalent of … Read more on Bellingham Herald

California parolee rearrest rate not improving
Leaders at the California State Association of Counties, the Chief Probation Officers of California and the California State Sheriffs' Association say they need more money for job training, mental health care and substance abuse treatment. But criminal … Read more on Fresno Bee

The Meth Mess: Adams County dealing with 'tsunami'
Pseudoephedrine is a decongestant medicine designed to treat stuffy noses and other problems caused by the common cold, hay fever or sinus infection. It also has replaced anhydrous ammonia as the key piece to the meth-making puzzle. It took the fight … Read more on Quincy Herald Whig

Golden Globes: '12 Years,' 'Hustle' win film Globes
Backstage, Bisset expanded on her remark that forgiving people is "the best beauty treatment." "I think if you get bitter you're … Star Bryan Cranston, who played the show's meth-mogul protagonist, won best actor in a TV drama. Backstage, he said he … Read more on Los Angeles Wave Newspapers