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June 17 marks the 40th anniversary of President Nixon's declaration of war on drugs, an effort that has cost the US $1 trillion to date. What have we gotten for our investment? Not much that's good.

The global war on drugs has failed, a high-level commission comprised of former presidents, public intellectuals and other leaders studying drug policies concluded in a report released Thursday.

Police say they have arrested 25 drug cartel members or collaborators in central Mexico, including a police chief, two commanding officers and seven agents suspected of aiding traffickers.

They're up to three times more likely to use substances nicotine, cocaine and marijuana in adolescence and as young adults, research suggests. ...

Police in Baltimore say an actress who appeared on the HBO series "The Wire" was among dozens of people arrested in an early morning drug raid....

Contrary to long-held opinion, ecstasy, the popular rave-culture drug, does not harm your brain.This is according to one of the largest studies ever conducted on the illegal drug's effect on cognition, published last week in the journal Addiction.

A cruise passenger's trip came to an abrupt end when authorities allegedly found narcotics and about $51,000 in cash in his cabin.

A Kentucky man faces charges after Louisville Metro Corrections officers say they discovered suspected crack cocaine in the foreskin of his penis.

A man who fled his trial on drug and racketeering charges in 1979 and eluded police in several different countries while on the run was arrested Thursday at a Florida senior living community, U.S. Marshals said.

David Osborne was cruising along Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, when the Kansas Highway Patrol stopped his vehicle, which allegedly was packed with pounds of marijuana and cocaine. The indictment doesn't say whether the 72-year-old was driving 10 mph below the speed limit, but we have a feeling.