Oklahoma Cops Jail Four Men for Transporting Legal Hemp
The first wrinkle in the era of legal hemp comes into focus: Police officers do not appear capable of distinguishing hemp from marijuana.
The first wrinkle in the era of legal hemp comes into focus: Police officers do not appear capable of distinguishing hemp from marijuana.
The outlaw of the production and sale of alcohol was a racist policy that failed on its own terms.
The bureaucracy-beleagured beermakers are suing the feds.
Trump's fast-food feast at the White House earned jeers, then backlash to the jeers. But who cares? This is comedy gold.
Respect federalism and leave the states alone.
A new bill would fine businesses up to $300 for giving customers unsolicited paper receipts.
Why do we need the government to do that in the first place?
David Leyonhjelm will pursue state office instead to fight restrictive, nannying laws.
Notre Dame student bravely responds, "Give Me Pornhub or Give Me Death."
Catoctin Creek Distillery's tariff woes show that no one wins a trade war.
Styrofoam bans, cigarette restrictions, and Uber taxes are just some of the regulations New Yorkers will have to contend with in 2019.
Most are serving mandatory minimums, usually for crimes that did not involve assault or sexual abuse.
Fortunately, fireworks regulations have been getting more liberal with each passing year.
When Europe's beer-brewing, liquor-distilling monks combine Catholicism and capitalism, the results are delicious.
In order to fight obesity, a U.K. health agency wants calorie caps on everything.
2018 was a mixed bag, but that means there was still a lot of good news.
What explains the rapid spread of the ultimate nanny state policy?
A national strategy for arresting sex buyers and letting local cops wiretap sex workers are among the approved changes.
DC9's Garbage BARge touts straw bans, sea turtles, and a few inaccurate statistics.
In a case SCOTUS will hear next month, victims of Tennessee's protectionism argue that it flouts the 14th Amendment as well as the Commerce Clause.
Once again, politicians in the Empire State want to leave nowhere to hide from their control.
In the name of fighting "the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use," Jerome Adams wants to raise prices and ban indoor vaping.
Is e-cigarette use by teenagers a public health disaster or a public health boon?
Plus: Obamacare unconstitutional?
Creating more food waste to help the environment
A lawsuit argues that the state's elaborate restrictions, ostensibly aimed at preventing underage vaping, violate the right to freedom of speech.
A Tucson Weekly investigation finds that federal funds to "fight sex trafficking" are actually perpetuating it.
New rules ban erotic art, talk of shared sexual interests, kink groups, and anything that "encourages sexual encounters between adults."
It's been dubbed "NYC's Anti-Airdrop Dick Pic Law," but the bill is much broader than that.
Drinks Reform editor Jarrett Dieterle talks about how Prohibition came about, and his new report on America's dumbest booze restrictions.
Plus: RIP The Weekly Standard?, America loves exercise science, and court says no to ban on speech promoting illegal immigration.
Research shows a fifth of its users seek out sexual images. But the sharing site is now part of a massive media conglomerate.
South Carolina used to mandate tiny bottles for the same reason.
Businesses owners, not politicians, should have the final say over how their customers pay.
Plastic toys, sí! Plastic straws, no!
Misguided health police are cracking down on e-cigarettes.
This is not just about kids, but about the adults they will become.
A federal judge overturns a state ban on telling customers they can bring their own beer or wine.
The snitch crusade is ostensibly about making sure hot women aren't making money off their hotness without giving the government a cut.
The city's Staple Food Ordinance mandates that stores carry products customers don't want.
Even among teenagers, efforts to prevent underage e-cigarette use may do more harm than good.
Brewers are reinvesting more money back into their businesses as a result of last year's tax cuts.