Surgeon General Gins Up a Questionable Drinking Causes Cancer Scare
Stealth alcohol prohibition in the guise of an anti-cancer campaign.
Stealth alcohol prohibition in the guise of an anti-cancer campaign.
Courts block laws regulating algorithms and online porn.
Reselling restaurant reservations helps allocate seats to those who most want them.
So let's all enjoy a moderate toast to a Happy New Year!
A growing body of evidence suggests bans on flavored vaping products will result in more young people smoking, but the FDA does not seem to care.
Temperance activists argued that "the people" should have a say in how many alcohol sellers could serve a given neighborhood.
How cops, politicians, and bureaucrats tried to dodge responsibility in 2024
The House Ethics Committee's findings, combined with Gaetz's lack of relevant experience, again raise the question of why Donald Trump picked him for attorney general.
The Biden administration's war on "junk fees" is emblematic of its nanny state instincts.
The bill is meant as a first step toward repealing FOSTA, the 2018 law that amended Section 230 and criminalized hosting adult ads.
December 17 is a day for mourning sex workers lost to violence and for drawing attention to conditions—like criminalization—that put sex workers at risk.
Plus: City-owned grocery stores, commentary on the OnlyFans sex stunt, and more...
More than a month after Election Day, the race has been called in favor of Amendment 2.
Burdensome taxes and red tape produce the same results as outright prohibitions.
Give us your money to keep the government out of your cocktails, your cherries, your raw milk, your psychedelics, and other forms of fun.
An e-liquid manufacturer is challenging the FDA's "arbitrary and capricious" rejection of flavored vaping products.
Plus: Idaho's "abortion trafficking" law can mostly take effect; updates on state age verification suits; the threat the Florida and Texas social media laws pose to X
The FDA’s regulations are burdensome and unnecessary to address the inflated high school vaping epidemic.
Belgian sex work groups are cheering the new law. But it could come with some downsides.
The policies pushed by some MAGA Republicans sound a lot like the ideas of socialist Democrats.
From art to vice to games and maybe a little magic, Reason's staff is here to help you with your gift giving.
Selling vintage spirits is better than pouring them down the drain, but the state shouldn't use the proceeds to fund a private corporation.
Criminal prosecution is an inappropriate response to tragedy.
Lacey can await the resolution of his appeal outside of prison.
Trump’s RFK Jr. nomination and another rumored cabinet ally may give raw milk legalization its biggest boost yet.
The proposal brings to mind the classic "bootleggers and Baptists" theory in which both moralists and competitors oppose a substance.
A Canadian Supreme Court case challenges the country's ban on benefiting financially from sex work.
Trump's pick for attorney general is manifestly unqualified for the job, even without considering the salacious details of the ethics charges against him.
Americans should plan for their futures rather than relying on a nonexistent Social Security “trust fund.”
A proposed alcohol tax hike will hit immigrant-owned liquor stores while city spending on nonessential projects remains high.
The states already overregulate alcohol. There's no need for a federal layer of red tape.
As a result of the internal affairs investigation, three Lewisville officers were fired, one was demoted, and seven were suspended without pay.
Under this restrictive measure, there will be no exceptions, even for parental consent.
It's Pretty Woman for the modern age, and one of the best movies of the year.
No matter who wins, we can expect bad policies surrounding sex and especially surrounding technology.
From tariffs to dietary guidelines, this election may bring the biggest federal changes to alcohol since Prohibition’s end.
Stop treating politics like team sports, even though you can now bet on both.
But if they admitted that, they would be out of a job.
The groups are challenging a Florida law that bans some teens from social media.
The Reason Sindex tracks the price of vice: smoking, drinking, snacking, traveling, and more.
In the heart of California Wine Country, rigid local rules are choking small businesses and stifling growth
"Invoking the innocence of children is not...a magic incantation sufficient for legislatures to run roughshod over the First Amendment rights of adults."
A trucker lost his job because he tested positive for marijuana after consuming a supposedly THC-free CBD tincture.
Polk County, Florida, continues to be one of the worst offenders for sham efforts to combat human trafficking.
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