Harm-Reduction Initiatives Violate Hippocratic Oath
California propositions deal with cigarette taxes and condoms in pornos.
Nanny State
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.
How Celeste Guap, California Teen at Center of Oakland-Cop Prostitution Scandal, Wound Up in a Florida Jail
Celeste Guap claims she was flown to Florida for drug treatment by California police. Now she's in jail on a $300,000 bond.
Most Adolescent Vapers Are Not Nicotine Users
A new study makes the CDC's equation of vaping with tobacco use look even more ridiculous.
Pamela Anderson Warns That 'The Crack Babies of Porn' Are Nigh
In the Wall Street Journal, the ex-Playboy model blames online-porn for Anthony Weiner's texting troubles & kids propelled "warp-speed into the dark side."
The FBI Distributes Child Pornography to Catch People Who Look at It
By its own logic, the government victimized children thousands of times.
Cheers to American Beers, Triumphs of Capitalism and Technological Progress
What contributed to the revival of the U.S. brewing industry between the 1990s and the present?
Non-Religious Fundamentalists
Secular and socially-liberal Americans are blasting the French burkini bans. Yet when it comes to spreading "tolerance" here, will we get the message?
Alcohol Prohibition Was a Dress Rehearsal for the War on Drugs
Harvard historian Lisa McGirr on how our national ban on booze never really ended.
Drunken Foreign Policy Debate: The New Fifth Column
This is what happens when you send free craft beer to a libertarian podcast with ex-CIA Buck Sexton guesting
Chicago Culture Cops Tax Concert-Venues Because Rap, Rock, Country Aren't 'Art'
The taxman plays art critic
Watching Porn Predicts Divorce? A Few Reasons To Be Skeptical
Watching porn "may have negative effects on marital stability," said sociologist Samuel Perry.
Ramen Noodles Replacing Cigarettes as Prison Currency
The rise of ramen noodles as prison currency can be blamed on cost-cutting that leaves prisoners hungry, says a new study.
Experiment Confirms Lifesaving Potential of E-Cigarettes
Researchers measure big declines in toxin and carcinogen exposure among smokers who switch to vaping.
How Safe Is Our Food Supply?
Our food supply is safe, say 66 percent of Americans. And data backs them up.
FDA Says Nicotine-Free E-Liquids Are Tobacco Products in 'Certain Circumstances'
Manufacturers will have to guess which circumstances those are, because the FDA won't say.
D.C. Gov Goes After a Piece of Pub-Crawl Profits
You have a permit for that pub crawl, drunk Santa?
FDA E-Cigarette Regulations Give Smoking a Boost
The new rules will discourage smokers from switching to vaping, a much less dangerous alternative.
More Than 1,300 Prostitution Clients Arrests in Latest 'National Johns Suppression Initiative'
The initiative was launched by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, one of America's leading crusaders for the eradication of prostitution.
FDA Assigns Zero Value to Smokers Who Die Because of Its E-Cigarette Regulations
New rules will dramatically reduce competition, variety, and innovation, retarding the replacement of smoking with a much safer alternative.
The FDA's New Rules for E-Cigarettes Are Already Hurting Vape Shops
New regs took affect on Monday and could be too costly for small companies to compete with Big Tobacco.
Charging Child Sex-Trafficking Victims With Prostitution Is the Only Way to Save Them, Say California Prosecutors
Without the threat of jail time, victims won't have incentive to testify, prosecutors complain.
Philly Chinese Restaurants Looking to Get Late Night Curfew Lifted
2005 ordinance led to creation of the Chinese restaurant association.
About That Vanderbilt University Football Player Caught in a Sex-Trafficking Sting…
If you're looking for yet another example of sexually predatory acts from athletes at Vanderbilt, this isn't it.
Gadsden Goes Safe Space: Twitter Offers Kinder, Gentler Versions of Iconic Flag
These Gadsden flag alternatives offer cuddlier featured creatures and more polite requests to be left alone.
Gary Johnson Clarifies: Sex Workers Are 'Victims' of Prohibition
"Is prostitution a victimless crime?" Not in a black market.
Teen Girl Sells Sex. Teen Boy Serves as Bodyguard. Teen Boy Gets Arrested by Homeland Security for Child Sex-Trafficking
If convicted, the boy-an 18-year-old homeless refugee from Ghana-faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison, with life imprisonment possible.
Transgender DNC Delegate Calls Out Sex-Work Shamers
"Some people like to paint. Some people like to dance. Some people like to express themselves in an erotic way," says Sharron Cooks.
