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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.

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The 10 worst states for pot smokers

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The 10 friendliest states for marijuana enthusiasts

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Weed is winning: 4 signs the marijuana business is booming

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Reefer Madness lives: Witness 3 of the maddest, most over-the-top objections to the “killer weed”

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5 things you should know about methamphetamines — the “all-American” drug

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Legalization comes to Yankee country: Is this the year New England goes green?

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Fearmongers, listen up: Here are 4 things we now know about the impact of marijuana legalization

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Check out the states with the most dry counties — as if Prohibition never ended

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You can do better, New York: 7 ways the Empire State’s medical marijuana program falls short

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Rock Against Drugs was Reagan’s answer to the hedonism of the ’80s

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7 of 2015’s most outrageous drug war killings

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“Tequila crazy” and “martini maudlin”: Do different kinds of alcohol give us a different buzz?

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9 ways the disastrous war on drugs has eroded this year

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6 of the year’s most outlandish drug smuggling attempts

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Maybe the kids are alright after all: The truth about teen drug use

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6 classic movies in which cocaine is the driving force

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Soon we’ll all be getting high: The end of marijuana prohibition is closer than you think

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“The most heinous thing I have ever heard”: One Kansas woman’s ordeal over the use of medical marijuana

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Spotlight on CBD: We know marijuana can be helpful for sex, but what about sexual anxiety?

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The next 8 states that could legalize weed within the year

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Thanks for nothing, Buddie: 4 reasons Ohio’s marijuana legalization initiative failed

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Toke or treat: Another Halloween, another erroneous wave of panic over drug-laced candies

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There’s no need for your morning jog: Smoking pot already gives you a “runner’s high”

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7 wildly successful CEOs who have no reservations about smoking pot

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