This week we look at the confirmation hearing of Loretta Lynch to be US Attorney General.

This week: The Justice Department makes minor changes to federal forfeiture policy, and Washington state legislators discuss how to combine their legal medical and adult use marijuana programs.

This week: CDC releases new data on alcohol overdose deaths, and we learn more about the new chair of Senate Judiciary, Charles Grassley.

This week: new CDC data on alcohol poisoning deaths, and we look at the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Charles Grassley (R-IA).

This week: The Botticelli and Lynch nominations will have to be resubmitted next year to the Republican Senate, and we have a discussion about sexual labor and human rights. It's the drug policy facts podcast.

This week we hear portions of a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, concerning civil rights and the US criminal justice system.

This week: The CDC reports new data on drug overdose deaths, and we hear an archived interview with Sanho Tree of the Institute for Policy Studies.

This week: we talk medical cannabis, international drug policy, and veterans' issues with Michael Krawitz, director of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access.

This week we talk about the US election and the impact on international drug policy with our guest Steve Rolles of Transform Drugs Policy Foundation in the UK, plus we hear from Ruth Dreifuss, the former president of Swi

This week: we look at the election results with journalist Kristen Gwynne and IPS's Sanho Tree, plus the FBI releases its annual Uniform Crime Report.