Colorado Regulators Ban Marijuana Use in Businesses That Serve Alcohol
Denver's newly approved pilot program won't include bars or restaurants with liquor licenses.
Nanny State
Surgeon General's Report Mistakenly Treats All Drug Use As a Problem
Vivek Murthy does not acknowledge the possibility that nonmedical consumption of psychoactive substances could be beneficial.
Judge Says Backpage Protected by First Amendment, Rejects Pimping Charges for CEO… Then Backtracks a Few Hours Later
"Congress has spoken on this matter and it is for Congress, not this court, to revisit." Except for maybe later this afternoon...
Politicians vs. Tasty, Delicious Food: Q/A with "Food Freedom" Advocate Baylen Linnekin
New book Biting the Hands that Feed Us says too many dumb laws get in the way of a sustainable, freer, better food system.
Biting the Hands that Feed Us: Food Laws vs. Culinary Reality
"Food Freedom" advocate Baylen Linnekin says fewer, smarter laws would make our food system more sustainable.
The FBI May Have Run Not Just One But 24 Dark Web Child-Porn Websites
The sites are thought to have accounted for roughly half of all child porn websites on the dark web.
Californians Reject Condoms in Porn, Defeat Proposition 60
Proposition 60 was defeated 54 to 46 percent. Here's how the porn industry is reacting.
Vaping Is a Gateway to Quitting
A new study that links e-cigarettes to smoking has things backward.
Porn-Regulating Prop 60 Faces Final Showdown Tonight in California
Condoms-in-porn measure pits adult-film industry and public-health groups against public hysteria and a would-be porn czar
Porn Site Offers Tits for Votes in Clever Marketing Gimmick—Thanks, First Amendment!
CamSoda is offering voters free site credits if they snap a selfie at the polls and post it to social media.
Nick Gillespie on Stossel Tonight at 9 PM, Talking "Sin Taxes," Marijuana Legalization, and More
Have you heard about California's initiative that would require condoms in all porn movies?
Chicago Cop Arrested for Sex Trafficking and Child Porn, Accused of Paying Teens—Including Braces-Wearing 14-Year-Old—for Sex
A 26-year veteran of the department, William Whitley's record reveals 28 complaints against him, going back to 1991.
The New York Times Highlights U.S. Officials' Irrational Hostility Toward E-Cigarettes
By portraying vaping as a public health menace, the government promotes misconceptions that deter smokers from quitting.
Democratic Lawmaker Calls for Boycott of Brewery for Supporting Trump
Maybe make better arguments instead of trying to punish people.
Man Found Not-Guilty of Rape Charges by Two Juries Still Required to Report All New Sex Partners to Police
British 23-year-old Nicholas Crawshaw is subject to a civil "Sex Risk Order" after cops weren't content to let his trials-by-jury stand.
Operation Cross Country X: Everything You Need to Know About the FBI's Annual 'Underage Human Trafficking' Sting In One Chart
Sex workers and their customers made up 72 percent of arrests in this "underage human trafficking" operation. Human traffickers? One percent.
Former Backpage.com Heads Say Pimping Charges Motivated by Politics, Not Facts
"Make no mistake; Kamala Harris has won all that she was looking to win when she had us arrested."
Overzealous Washington State Gambling Regulators Target Popular Video Game Developer
Valve's Steam platform's been used by players to facilitate games of chance, and the company is in hot water with regulators who want their skim as a result.
'Woman' Offering Sex in Exchange for McDonald's Meal Was Part of FBI-Led Ploy to Stop Sex-Trafficking
"Hooking for cheeseburgers isn't normal," says detective from department that pretended to do so.
Why the World Health Organization is Wrong on Soda Taxes
WHO's proposal that countries enact steep fees globally is wrong and unjustified.
Texas Dad Pushes for Parents of Adult Women to Be Able to Have Them Committed for Selling Sex
Reforms would also raise minimum-age threshold for Texas strippers from 18 to 21.
More Lives Sabotaged by National Faux-Sex-Trafficking Witch-Hunt
Prosecutors drop charges against men arrested in prostitution sting...after costing them their jobs by portraying them as sex traffickers.
Harm-Reduction Initiatives Violate Hippocratic Oath
California propositions deal with cigarette taxes and condoms in pornos.
Here's How Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer Supposedly Profited From Child Sex Trafficking
Behold, 12 things the state of California considers sex trafficking that are totally not
Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer Arrested in Texas for Pimping, Conspiracy
The charges stem not from Ferrer's own actions but because he owned a user-generated ad website where these activities are said to take place.
Rep. Charles Boustany, Accused of Patronizing Murdered Sex-Workers in Louisiana, Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Reporter
The congressman is suing the author of Murder in the Bayou over claims the congressman patronized sex workers who were later killed.
SCOTUS Won't Hear Illinois Sheriff's Appeal of Order to Stop Threatening Credit Card Companies for Working With Backpage
Visa and Mastercard had ceased serving the site under threat of sanction from the Illinois sheriff.
Alaska's 'Panty Peeler' Beer Under Fire for Promoting 'Rape Culture'
If anything, Panty Peeler is a beer implicitly marketed to women-not men looking to take advantage of them.
Rape, Nude Catfighting, Prostitution… Your Fall Guide to Officer-Involved Sex Crimes in America
Three U.S. police units facing new, multi-officer sexual-misconduct allegations
Pennsylvania's New Tax on Vape Shops is Forcing Them Out of Business
Both parties are to blame for a bill that's also making it more expensive for smokers to switch to safer alternatives.
King County Sheriff Continues to Offer Distorted View of Seattle Sex Trafficking
Sheriff John Urquhart said Reason's reporting on the issue was not unfair but offers a "unicorn-ish" view of Seattle sex work. "This was not Pretty Woman."
Republican Senators (Including Mike Lee) Again Attempt to Blockade Online Gambling
Bill would subvert legal interpretation of Wire Act.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart Creating National Database of Sex Buyers
"We are well on our way to developing...new ways to change their behavior."
Courage House Claimed to Save Sex-Trafficked Girls. Instead, It Used Them As Funding Bait While Playing Evangelical Christian Missionary
Courage House received about $9,100 in government support per month per girl it took in.
More Evidence That Vaping Is Not a Gateway to Smoking
Very few nonsmoking teenagers vape regularly, and even fewer vape nicotine.
Oakland Police Follow Up Internal Sex-Crime Investigation by Launching Anonymous Online System for Reporting Prostitution
Oakland aims to shame "johns" with an anonymous online reporting system that triggers police warning letters.
Two New Studies Discredit the CDC's Dire Warnings About E-Cigarettes and Teenagers
Very few nonsmoking teenagers vape regularly, and even fewer vape nicotine.
Lewd Acts and Prostitution Among Charges for California Cops—If Alleged Victim Gets Out of Florida Jail
"If we don't have a witness," said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, "we can't prosecute these cases."
11 Oakland Cops Disciplined Over Prostitution Scandal Involving Exploited Teen
Four Oakland police officers have been fired and seven others suspended without pay.
Cash Means Freedom, Which Is Why So Many Officials Hate It
Opponents and proponents of folding money agree that the stuff protects you from the state-but they differ about the value of that protection.
