Phillip Smith

Phillip Smith is a senior writing fellow and the editor and chief correspondent of Drug Reporter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. He has been a drug policy journalist for the past two decades. He is the longtime author of the Drug War Chronicle, the online publication of the non-profit StopTheDrugWar.org, and has been the editor of AlterNet’s Drug Reporter since 2015. He was awarded the Drug Policy Alliance’s Edwin M. Brecher Award for Excellence in Media in 2013.

In historic vote, the UN no longer considers cannabis one of the most dangerous drugs Phillip Smith

Drug reform won a clean sweep in the 2020 election Phillip Smith

Recreational Marijuana

Will New Jersey be the next state to legalize marijuana? Phillip Smith

ICE Raid

Is the time of the no-knock drug raid coming to an end? Phillip Smith

Drug War Newspaper Ads

As the global war on drugs fades away, the only people who benefited were drug traffickers Phillip Smith

Israel Marijuana

Republican reefer reactionaries: Meet America’s worst 8 governors on marijuana reform Phillip Smith

Marijuana

11 states where you might be voting on major marijuana reforms this November Phillip Smith

Crystal Meth

West of the Mississippi, meth — not fentanyl — is the deadliest drug Phillip Smith

Guy Vaping

The vaping crisis is real, but the government reaction to it bizarrely misses the point Phillip Smith

Prison

Guess which state has the worst drug laws in America Phillip Smith

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown

Will Oregon be the first state to decriminalize all drugs? Phillip Smith

Will Cabaniss

How hemp legalization has made it much harder to prosecute people for marijuana Phillip Smith

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Peyote and mescaline aficionados who used drugs to open new doors Phillip Smith

Crystal Meth

Why are stimulant-related deaths spiking in the U.S.? Phillip Smith

Oregon-Marijuana Fair

Baby Boomers are taking up marijuana in a big way Phillip Smith

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