Drug Legalization

Policy

'You Can Never Drive'

Washington's new standard for drugged driving puts patients in peril.

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

Washington's Legal Marijuana Mess

Can pot regulators beat the law of supply and demand?

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

Another Study That Does Not Show Legalizing Pot Boosts Traffic Fatalities

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2014 10:40 AM

Policy

'I Have to Hire a Great Work Force to Compete With Those Cyber Criminals and Some of Those Kids Want to Smoke Weed on the Way to the Interview'

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.21.2014 10:06 AM

Politics

Newark's New Mayor Wants to Decriminalize All Drugs…Maybe

Ras Baraka's comments on the drug war.

Jesse Walker | 5.19.2014 10:33 AM

Marijuana

The Feds Say: Don't You Dare Call Marijuana Medicine

The Justice Department prosecutes medical marijuana patients while tolerating commercial cannabis.

Jacob Sullum | 5.19.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

Uruguay's Buttoned-Down Version of Marijuana Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2014 5:54 PM

Policy

If Pot Is Legal in Washington, Why Do These Medical Marijuana Users Face At Least 10 Years in Prison?

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2014 11:12 AM

Policy

What Does Denver Have Against Getting Stoned and Listening to Music?

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 5:09 PM

Policy

Anti-Pot Group Trumpets Obama's 2011 Comment on Drug Legalization As 'Huge News!'

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2014 11:47 AM

Policy

Washington's Marijuana Lottery: Good Odds, Big Cash Prizes

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2014 4:52 PM

Marijuana

The Long Road to Dismantling Prohibition

Ed Krayewski | 5.9.2014 12:59 PM

Policy

Why Colorado's 'Cannabis Credit Co-Ops' Won't Solve the Marijuana Banking Problem

Jacob Sullum | 5.8.2014 12:04 PM

Policy

Feds Prosecute Medical Marijuana Users in Washington City Where Cannabusinesses Openly Operate

Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2014 1:50 PM

Policy

Can We End the War on Drugs Without Repealing Prohibition?

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2014 8:02 PM

Policy

Washington's First State-Licensed Pot Dealer May Share a Building With Its First State-Licensed Pot Grower

Jacob Sullum | 5.5.2014 3:59 PM

Policy

Washington's Marijuana Regulators Pick Retail License Finalists

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2014 1:39 PM

Policy

Washington Court Rejects Legal Rationale for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, but That's Not Why Their Days Are Numbered

Jacob Sullum | 4.30.2014 6:11 PM

Policy

Pot Prohibitionists Will Have to Do Better Than Bill Bennett's BS

Jacob Sullum | 4.28.2014 4:16 PM

Politics

John Paul Stevens, Leading Enabler of the War on Drugs, Says Pot Prohibition Was a Big Mistake

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2014 1:34 PM

Politics

Watch Matt Welch Debate Pot Prohibitionists Tonight at 10 p.m. on Hannity (Update: False Alarm)

Matt Welch | 4.23.2014 9:26 PM

Policy

Chris Christie Opposes Pot Legalization Because He Doesn't Want New Small Businesses or Tourists in His State

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.22.2014 5:23 PM

Policy

Pot, Poker, and Prohibitionism

Do Republicans want to be the party of unprincipled killjoys?

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2014 7:00 AM

War on Drugs

A Democratic Dilemma on Legalizing Pot

There's only one thing standing in the way of the Democratic Party using the pot issue to win elections: Democratic politicians.

Steve Chapman | 4.10.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Republicans Demand That the Feds Impose Pot Prohibition on States That Have Opted Out

Jacob Sullum | 4.9.2014 11:30 AM

Policy

When Holder Says Congress Can Reclassify Marijuana If It Wants, Is He Taking a 'Big Step' Toward Legalization?

Jacob Sullum | 4.7.2014 1:19 PM

Policy

Can Cannabis Cut Car Crashes?

If more pot smoking means less drinking, legalization could make the roads safer.

Jacob Sullum | 4.7.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

What Are You Going to Do Now That You've Lost the Drug War? Blame George Soros!

Matt Welch | 4.4.2014 10:43 AM

Policy

DEA Administrator Says Pot Prohibition Protects Dogs; Many Dead Dogs Would Disagree

Jacob Sullum | 4.3.2014 11:53 AM

Policy

Poll Finds Most Americans Support Legal Pot and Oppose Treating Drug Users As Criminals

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2014 1:15 PM

Policy

More Pot, Less Crime: Medical Marijuana States See Drops in Assaults and Homicides

Jacob Sullum | 3.27.2014 12:34 PM

Policy

Is a Cannabis Crackdown Coming?

How a U.S. attorney helped create a medical marijuana system she says is "not tenable"

Jacob Sullum | 3.24.2014 8:30 AM

Culture

How Much Is a Pack of Joints Likely to Cost?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.21.2014 3:30 PM

Politics

Will the Feds Crack Down on Medical Marijuana in Washington?

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Anti-Pot Rhetoric Out of Step With California Voters

Steven Greenhut | 3.21.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Dianne Feinstein Says Stoned Drivers Ruin Marijuana Legalization for Everyone

Jacob Sullum | 3.20.2014 6:30 PM

Marijuana

Chris Christie Worried About "Profit Motive" of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Ed Krayewski | 3.19.2014 11:16 AM

Marijuana

Bipartisan Effort in New Jersey Legislature To Put Marijuana on the Ballot

Would legalize possession of up to an ounce

Ed Krayewski | 3.18.2014 3:23 PM

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