Heroin usage is increasing globally and spreading at alarming rates in the U.S.

Within the past two weeks, there have been two stabbings, one of which proved eventually fatal at the Venice Beach Drum Circle, both believed to be with pocketknives.

The Mexican drug war continues to rage, demanding an immediate and proactive response from the US.

B.A.R.T. officer, Johannes Mehserle, is sentenced to 2 years in  prison for the involuntary manslaughter of Oscar Grant III.

LA County Sheriff, Lee Baca, and White House drug enforcement officials declare that they will continue to prosecute marijuana crimes, even in the event that  Prop. 19 passes with a popular vote.

Last Friday evening at the corner of Santa Monica and 7th, Santa Monica Police shot and fatally wounded a man who allegedly shot his wife. She was taken away in critical condition.

Gov. Schwarzenegger eliminates personal-use pot prosecutions, yet undermines bid for outright legalization.

LAPD's use of force entirely legitimate.

Fatal shooting should have been last resort, not first.

A local shooting leaves both a Santa Monica police officer and the perpetrator involved injured.

What stands at the heart of America's growing immigration problems however, is not racism but classism. It exists in nearly every facet of American life.

Arizona's new anti-immigration law, SB 1070, is cruel and racist.

Once again California stands on the verge of setting a precedent with marijuana policy reform. The "Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010," which will appear on November's ballot, will position California voters at the forefront of the marijuana legalization movement.