Drug Legalization

Policy

U.S. Attorney in Washington Probably Won't Crack Down on Dispensaries but Will Treat Marijuana Regulators Like Teenagers

Jacob Sullum | 3.17.2014 6:53 PM

Policy

Former Marijuana Regulator Joins Cannabis Consulting Firm

Jacob Sullum | 3.17.2014 2:17 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: What's the Matter With Libertarians? (Bumped)

Matt Welch | 3.14.2014 8:01 PM

Policy

Taxing Phantom Marijuana Transactions in Colorado

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2014 6:58 PM

Politics

Coloradans Can Challenge Sentences for Marijuana Offenses That Are No Longer Crimes

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2014 3:35 PM

Politics

New Medical Marijuana Restrictions Look Dead for Now in Washington

Jacob Sullum | 3.13.2014 12:17 PM

Policy

Anti-Pot Group Complains That Coloradans Are Not Buying Enough Pot

Jacob Sullum | 3.12.2014 2:15 PM

Policy

Colorado Couple to Open First Officially Approved Cannabis Café

Jacob Sullum | 3.11.2014 5:19 PM

War on Drugs

Colorado Raised Roughly $2 Million in Pot Taxes in January – Marijuana News Roundup

According to officials

Scott Shackford | 3.10.2014 5:37 PM

Policy

Washington Senate Approves Less Restrictive Medical Marijuana Bill

Jacob Sullum | 3.10.2014 12:11 PM

Policy

The Helpless Anger of U.N. Drug Warriors

The International Narcotics Control Board stands athwart reform, yelling, "Stop!" Is anyone listening?

Jacob Sullum | 3.10.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Jacob Sullum on the Helpless Anger of U.N. Drug Warriors

Reason Staff | 3.10.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Pot Prohibitionist at CPAC Says He Is 'Fighting Against the Tide'

Jacob Sullum | 3.7.2014 5:14 PM

Policy

Drunk and Drugged Driving Arrests Fall in Washington As Anti-Pot Group Warns That Legalization Undermines Road Safety

Jacob Sullum | 3.7.2014 1:07 PM

Policy

As Drug War Dissent Mounts, U.N. Agency Rails Against Reforms It Cannot Stop

Jacob Sullum | 3.7.2014 8:12 AM

Policy

Washington's First Marijuana Licensee Talks About His Past and Plans

Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2014 9:01 PM

Policy

Does Marijuana Legalization Violate International Law?

U.N. drug warriors falsely claim that treaties compel U.S. states to ban pot.

Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

5 Reasons Washington's Proposed Restrictions on Medical Marijuana Have Patients Worried

Jacob Sullum | 3.3.2014 4:27 PM

Policy

Top U.S. General Says Marijuana Legalization Makes Latin American Officials Less Eager to Join the Futile War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 2.28.2014 2:05 PM

Politics

Citing Joke, Annapolis Police Chief Testifies That Pot Killed 37 People on the First Day of Legalization in Colorado

Jacob Sullum | 2.25.2014 5:30 PM

Marijuana

"Citizen's Initiative" Seeks to Legalize Marijuana Across the European Union

Calls current drug policies "liberticidal"

Ed Krayewski | 2.24.2014 3:25 PM

Policy

The Perils of Central Pot Planning in Washington

Jacob Sullum | 2.20.2014 12:58 PM

Policy

E-Cigarettes, Cocaine in Vending Machines, and the NSA: Katherine Mangu-Ward on Stossel

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.19.2014 4:19 PM

Politics

Does the First Amendment Protect Marijuana Ads?

Jacob Sullum | 2.18.2014 6:39 PM

Policy

Washington House Overwhelmingly Approves Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Jacob Sullum | 2.18.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

If Medical Marijuana Laws Cause a 'Surge in Drugged Driving Deaths,' Why Are Fatalities Falling?

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2014 5:28 PM

Policy

The Feds' Scary Reassurances to Banks That Deal With State-Licensed Marijuana Businesses

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2014 10:35 AM

Policy

DOJ Gives Guidelines for Banks to Serve Marijuana Sellers

Where it's been legalized

Reason Staff | 2.14.2014 5:30 PM

Policy

Colo. Sued Over Restrictions on Marijuana Advertising

Two publications take state to court

Reason Staff | 2.13.2014 6:15 PM

Policy

Why Reschedule Marijuana?

Reclassifying cannabis could have an important impact on the debate about how to handle this much-maligned plant.

Jacob Sullum | 2.11.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Coloradans Think Marijuana Legalization Hurts State Image

Nevertheless, voters support the law

Reason Staff | 2.10.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

Why Reschedule Marijuana?

Reclassifying cannabis could have an important impact on the debate about how to handle this much-maligned plant.

Jacob Sullum | 2.10.2014 7:00 AM

War on Drugs

Legal Pot Coming Soon? 50-State Marijuana Law Roundup.

John Ross | 2.8.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Alaska Could Be the Next State to Legalize Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 2.7.2014 4:07 PM

Policy

Jacob Sullum in Forbes: What Would Rescheduling Marijuana Accomplish?

Reason Staff | 2.7.2014 10:29 AM

Policy

Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Cleared to Gather Signatures in California

One a proposal from the Drug Policy Alliance

Reason Staff | 2.6.2014 7:00 PM

Politics

Thomas Massie on Congressional Snowden-Bashing, Mandatory Minimums, and Self-Sufficient Farming…Plus The Independents Get Their Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 2.6.2014 11:14 AM

Politics

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Is Government's Fault, Says Congressman

Zenon Evans | 2.5.2014 3:53 PM

Politics

The Rand Paul/Ron Paul Disconnect on Drugs

Brian Doherty | 2.5.2014 3:09 PM

Policy

Bankers Still Wary of Accepting Legal Marijuana Trade Money

New DOJ memo not enough of a comfort

Reason Staff | 2.3.2014 2:45 PM

Policy

Bankers Wary of Marijuana Money Say a New DOJ Memo Won't Be Enough to Make Them Comfortable

Jacob Sullum | 2.3.2014 11:39 AM

Politics

Obama, You're No Stranger to the Bong: An Open Letter to the President

Paul Feine | 2.1.2014 7:00 PM

Policy

Why Smoking Pot Is Not a Crime or a 'Public Health Problem'

Jacob Sullum | 1.31.2014 4:27 PM

Policy

Obama, Who Evidently Has Not Read the Controlled Substances Act, Denies That He Has the Power to Reclassify Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 1.31.2014 1:00 PM