Millions for remote communities

Can pot save the California budget?

Marijuana Advocates Point to Signs of Change

Legalize marijuana

Drugs advice helpline to be investigated after teenagers were told to use cannabis

12 Depression Busters

Lift our Indian Reservations out of Poverty

American journalist Roxana Saberi charged with spying in Iran

Iran charges imprisoned journalist with spying

Roxana Saberi, who has dual U.S. and Iranian citizenship, was jailed in February. A prosecutor says Saberi admitted to espionage. Her lawyer is unsure about even basic details of the case.

Iranian judge calls detained journalist a U.S. spy

Owen Davies's top 10 grimoires

From ancient Egypt to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, grimoires - books of magic spells - have exerted a huge influence on religion and science. Owen Davies picks his top 10, and yes, HP Lovecraft makes the cut

Real debates about faith are drowned by the New Atheists' foghorn voices

More thoughtful sceptics warn that we should fear the consequences of the swift collapse of Britain's major belief system

Madonna, Mercy and Malawi

The hijab does not restrict - it liberates

Madonna without child

Hurrah for the Malawi court that has placed the rights of the child in adoption ahead of gratifying a wealthy celebrity

New York's new state of mind on drugs

The War on the War on Drugs

Marijuana ingredient may reduce tumours: Study

Canadian 'ganja granny' pleads guilty to drug charges

Malawian government backs pop singer Madonna's latest adoption bid

Raphael Alexander: Ottawa takes the wrong road on marijuana crimes

Aiding is Abetting

an interview with Dambisa Moyo

African author and economist Dambisa Moyo on ending western aid to Africa now, what Bono and Geldoff don’t get, and the deadening of African independence and entrepreneurship.

'Dead Aid,' Dead Wrong