Drug War

• Drug Busts As Make-Work for Superfluous Cops, Jacob Sullum, May 25, 2012
• “It’s nice to see a popular Democrat take a strong stance against the drug war.”, Damon W. Root, May 24, 2012
• DEA-Backed Honduran Commandos Put Gun to Honduran Boy's Head, Tell Him, "If you don't talk we'll kill you.", Mike Riggs, May 23, 2012
• Pro-Legalization Congressional Candidate Primarying a Democrat in El Paso, Matt Welch, May 23, 2012
• Mexican Congressional Candidate Wants to End Drug War. Also, She Poses Topless., Scott Shackford, May 22, 2012
• “They think of someone they knew… who has been deported,” Democrats May Lose Latino, Immigrant Voters, Ed Krayewski, May 22, 2012
• Asset Forfeiture: “A Process of Government Enrichment That Often Is Indistinguishable from Robbery”, Damon W. Root, May 21, 2012
• Penn Jillette, on Obama Locking Up People for Doing the Same Drugs He Did: "It's not a goddamn joke!", Matt Welch, May 21, 2012
• DC Capitol Hemp Shutting Down: Obama's War on Drugs to Blame, Joshua Swain, Kennedy & Nick Gillespie, May 21, 2012
• A Report From Obama’s “Humane” Drug War: “My son screamed for his mother for what seemed like an eternity”, Mike Riggs, May 20, 2012
• We Had to Kill the Villagers to Save Americans From the Cocaine They Want, Jacob Sullum, May 18, 2012
• Will President Obama Commute Clarence Aaron’s Sentence?, Ed Krayewski, May 16, 2012
• Cop Accused of Being Drug Trafficker's Inside Man at NYPD, Ed Krayewski, May 15, 2012
• How Psychiatrists Make Drugs More Addictive, Jacob Sullum, May 14, 2012
• How a Poster Boy for Commutation Falls Through the Cracks, Jacob Sullum, May 14, 2012
• Moms Say, "No More Drug War!", Zach Weissmueller, May 13, 2012
• How Many Law Enforcement Agencies Does it Take to Shut Down Three Podunk Head Shops?, Mike Riggs, May 11, 2012
• Former Polish President "Evolves" on Drug Policy, Doesn't Apologize For His Awful Drug Law, Ed Krayewski, May 11, 2012
• She Stole His Heroin, So She Was the Victim, Jacob Sullum, May 10, 2012
• Will Oregon's Next Attorney General Uphold Its Medical Marijuana Law?, Jacob Sullum, May 10, 2012
• New Surveillance Video Contradicts Cops’ Story About Beaten Bronx Teen, Ed Krayewski, May 7, 2012
• Will Obama Pay a Political Price for His Medical Marijuana Crackdown?, Jacob Sullum, May 4, 2012
• Cops in Cruisers Sniff Out Cars Carrying Pot Smokers, Jacob Sullum, May 4, 2012
• Former Drug Czar John Walters: Dumber Than You May Think, Jacob Sullum, May 3, 2012
• Why Is Nurse Jackie's Drug Habit a Problem?, Jacob Sullum, May 3, 2012
• The Real Breaking Bad: How the Drug War Creates Collateral Damage, Paul Detrick, May 3, 2012
• Teen Pot Smoking 'Surges' While Staying the Same, Jacob Sullum, May 2, 2012
• Mainstream Media Outlets Are Buying the Drug Czar’s “Third Way” Lie, Hook, Line, and Sinker, Mike Riggs, May 2, 2012
• College Student Daniel Chong Attempted Suicide After DEA Agents Locked Him in a Small Cell Without Food or Water for Five Days, Mike Riggs, May 2, 2012
• Dianne Feinstein: 'Just Say No' Is the Solution to Prohibition-Related Violence, Jacob Sullum, May 1, 2012
• Tiny Painkiller Junkies?, Jacob Sullum, May 1, 2012
• Destroying Latin America: Journalist Mary O'Grady on Populism, Protectionism, and Prohibition, Zach Weissmueller, April 28, 2012
• GOP-Controlled Legislature Passes a Medical Marijuana Bill; Democratic Governor Plans to Veto It, Jacob Sullum, April 27, 2012
• Victim of Warrantless, Wrong-Door Raid: “I’m not the same person”, Mike Riggs, April 27, 2012
• Rick Scott's Thirst for Urine Will Remain Unslaked, Jacob Sullum, April 27, 2012
• Seriously, This Is What's Passing for Liberal Political Discourse These Days, Matt Welch, April 27, 2012
• Obama Tries to Rewrite His History of Promising Forbearance for Medical Marijuana Suppliers, Jacob Sullum, April 25, 2012
• What We Saw at the Occupy the Justice Dept. Rally in DC!, Anthony L. Fisher, Joshua Swain & Lucy Steigerwald, April 24, 2012
• Your Government: Committed to Keeping the Drug Market As Dangerous As Possible, Jacob Sullum, April 17, 2012
• Secret Service Agents Should be Allowed to Rent Hookers, Tim Cavanaugh, April 15, 2012
• More From George Will on the Costs of Drug Prohibition, Jacob Sullum, April 12, 2012
• Florida Drug Warriors Say They Had to Erase Possibly Incriminating Surveillance Video—for Their Own Protection, Jacob Sullum, April 11, 2012
• Reason Writers on MSNBC: Matt Welch Talks POTUS vs. SCOTUS, the Social-Darwinism Slur, and the Constitution-Shredding War on Crime on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show, Matt Welch, April 10, 2012
• Gallup: Despite Mexico’s Drug Crackdown, Fewer Feel Safe and Trust the Police, Emily Ekins, April 9, 2012
• Gallup: Despite Mexico’s Drug Crackdown, Fewer Feel Safe and Trust the Police, Emily Ekins, April 9, 2012
• The Government's Medical Meddling Hurts Pain Patients, Jacob Sullum, April 9, 2012
• Bronx Legislators Push To Hold Incarcerated Parents Closer to Children, Ed Krayewski, April 6, 2012
• Oaksterdam Founder, Prop. 19 Funder, Driven Out of His Peaceful, Productive Business by Government, Brian Doherty, April 6, 2012
• Don't Call the Cops No. 359: Police Keep Suspiciously Large Tip, Brian Doherty, April 4, 2012
• Capitol Hemp Shuts Down As Government-Selected Vendors Plan to Grow Pot in D.C., Jacob Sullum, April 2, 2012
• SCOTUS Will Consider Dogs' Reliability As Probable Cause Generators, Jacob Sullum, March 30, 2012
• Study Finds a Third of Bronx Pot Busts Are Bogus, Jacob Sullum, March 30, 2012
• Why Was William Reddie So Agitated?, Jacob Sullum, March 30, 2012
• Smells Like Multiple Fourth Amendment Violations, Jacob Sullum, March 22, 2012
• It Might Be Premature to Blame 'Meth Babies' for Imposing 'Tremendous Burdens on Society', Jacob Sullum, March 19, 2012
• Drug War Incompatible with Human Rights, Says Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Brian Doherty, March 16, 2012
• Marijuana's Disappearing Stigma, Jacob Sullum, March 16, 2012
• Friday Fun Headline Self-Parody: Joe Biden Is a "Non-Embarrassment"?, Matt Welch, March 16, 2012
• Bill Bennett Takes Drug Policy Advice From Bruce Springsteen, Jacob Sullum, March 15, 2012
• Stratfor on the Futility of the War on Meth, Jacob Sullum, March 14, 2012
• California Dispensary Fights City Extortion Scheme, Gets Raided By DEA Twice in Four Months, Zach Weissmueller, March 13, 2012
• Ordeal by Trial: Sowing Chaos With the Sixth Amendment, Jacob Sullum, March 12, 2012
• California Pot Legalization Initiatives in Disarray, Brian Doherty, March 12, 2012
• New Orleans Police Kill Unarmed Man During Pot Raid, Jacob Sullum, March 9, 2012
• How About Fighting Meth Use by Not Requiring a Prescription for Pseudoephedrine? It Works Just As Well., Jacob Sullum, March 8, 2012
• The Christian Science Monitor Continues Its Crusade Against Marijuana, Mike Riggs, March 7, 2012
• Biden Opens His Government Aperture and Says Something Puzzling About Drug Legalization, Jacob Sullum, March 6, 2012
• U.S. Attorney in Colorado Says All State-Licensed Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Are Fair Game, Jacob Sullum, March 5, 2012
• Maybe We Need Less Democracy and More Corruption, Jacob Sullum, March 1, 2012
• Who Started That Deadly Shootout in Ogden?, Jacob Sullum, February 29, 2012