Losing by Less

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2006 6:00 PM

The Marijuana Policy Project reports that the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment, aimed at stopping the federal attack on the medical use of marijuana, was defeated today but attracted more votes in the House than ever before: 163, up two from last year.

Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books).