The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder ...

When it comes to legalizing drugs, the skeptics were right all along — and money, it seems, can’t buy everything.

New York's Senate Bill S3600 seeks to decriminalize drug possession, expunge past convictions and shift focus to public health.

but only by around 16%, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. It’s not clear how much decriminalization has contributed to the number of overdoses or drug abuse in the state. At least one New ...

From political maneuvering in Washington to major corporate developments across the global cannabis landscape, this week has ...

On Sept. 1, Oregon officially rolled back Ballot Measure 110, ending the state's four-year experiment with drug decriminalization. A new state law encourages police officers and prosecutors to ...

looking at the landscape of drug decriminalization on a national level and how the Saskatoon Police Service deals with enforcement around personal use of illegal drugs. In 2020, the Canadian ...

BANGKOK--The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of ...

A new report says Saskatoon police have "embraced" a shift around illegal drug possession, moving toward recognizing drug use as a public health concern as opposed to focusing on punishment, but one ...