Anything under the sun can be abused, yet scientific studies increasingly seem to confirm how relatively harmless cannabis smoking is compared with tobacco, alcohol, and other popular substances consumed by humans.

Glenn Greenwald recently debated former Bush drug czar John Walters on the virtues of drug legalization. Greenwald argues against the Drug War, which personifies the worst abuses of the harsh penal state America has created for its ordinary citizens.

Hungary has destroyed almost 1,000 acres of corn found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds, which are illegal in the country, International Business Times reports. The corn was plowed under so that pollen would not contaminate other crops.

Consumers International (CI) and its member organizations celebrated victory today as regulators from more than 100 countries agreed on long overdue guidance on the labeling of genetically modified (GM) food.

Marijuana has been approved by CA, many other states and the nation's capital to treat a range of illnesses, but in a recent decision the federal government ruled that it has no accepted medical use and should remain classified as a dangerous drug like heroin.