Drug Legalization

Politics

America's Bipartisan Reefer Madness

Both Democrats and Republicans support the pointless federal crackdown on medical marijuana

Steven Greenhut | 4.6.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

George Will: Drug Prohibition Is an Awful Flop. We Like It.

Jacob Sullum | 4.5.2012 4:21 PM

Politics

The 3 Worst Arguments for Legalizing Marijuana

Hey kids, don't make these rookie mistakes!

Mike Riggs | 3.23.2012 10:00 AM

Policy

Marijuana's Disappearing Stigma

Jacob Sullum | 3.16.2012 2:46 PM

Policy

Bill Bennett Takes Drug Policy Advice From Bruce Springsteen

Jacob Sullum | 3.15.2012 2:04 PM

Policy

California Pot Legalization Initiatives in Disarray

Brian Doherty | 3.12.2012 1:23 PM

Policy

The Christian Science Monitor Continues Its Crusade Against Marijuana

Mike Riggs | 3.7.2012 2:10 PM

Policy

Biden Opens His Government Aperture and Says Something Puzzling About Drug Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 3.6.2012 3:21 PM

Politics

Pot Legalization Initiative Qualifies for Colorado Ballot

Jacob Sullum | 2.27.2012 4:15 PM

Politics

Drug Trafficking Drug Warrior Could Get 20 Years

Nick Sibilla | 2.24.2012 1:25 PM

Policy

Who's Afraid of Balls on the Beach, Gay Marriage, & Drug Legalization?

Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, and Jim Epstein | 2.24.2012 10:55 AM

Policy

Prohibitionist County Commissioner Arrested for Drug Trafficking

Nick Sibilla | 2.23.2012 11:25 AM

Politics

Kennedy on Whitney Houston, Adele, &…Michelle Obama?

Nick Gillespie | 2.17.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

David Cameron's Drug-Induced Idiocy

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2012 1:58 PM

Policy

The Missing Parts of the Drug Czar's Whitney Houston "teachable moment"

Brian Doherty | 2.15.2012 2:09 PM

Politics

Veterans for Weed Threatened by That Other VFW

Nick Sibilla | 2.2.2012 4:44 PM

Politics

A New Pot Legalization Proposal in California Gets Good Poll Numbers

Brian Doherty | 2.1.2012 3:45 PM

Policy

O Cannabis

Nick Sibilla | 1.18.2012 11:04 AM

Politics

Rick Santorum Worries About the Drug War's Racial Impact

Jacob Sullum | 1.17.2012 1:21 PM

Policy

Ken Burns on Prohibition, Pot, and PBS

Q&A with America's top documentarian

Nick Gillespie | 12.22.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Space Mogul Richard Branson Defends Our Rights to Explore Outer Space and Inner Space

Brian Doherty | 12.20.2011 2:05 PM

Policy

Modern-Day Prohibition

The eternal temptation to ban things that give people pleasure

Jeff Stier | 12.20.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Criminal Justice Reform Is on the Docket In Florida

Conservative groups and businesses are pushing for better drug laws in the Sunshine State.

Mike Riggs | 12.14.2011 6:00 PM

Policy

Weed Wars: Medical Marijuana Hits Reality TV

Meredith Bragg and Anthony Fisher | 12.14.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Ending the Global Drug War: Voices From the Front Lines

Anthony Fisher | 12.13.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Drug War's Mission Creep Hurts Farmers

The nation's drug warriors fret that hemp cultivation would make pot prohibition harder.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.9.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

DC Police Say Knowing Your Rights is an Indicator of Criminal Activity!

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2011 10:48 AM

Politics

Newt Gingrich Says Drug Use Is "Antithetical to Being an American," Wants to Escalate Drug War by Impoverishing More Users

Mike Riggs | 11.28.2011 10:36 AM

Policy

Government Worker Fired for Signing Pro-Pot Legalization Petition

Brian Doherty | 11.21.2011 3:56 PM

Policy

Colombia's President: 'I Would Talk About Legalizing…More Than Just Marijuana'

Jacob Sullum | 11.15.2011 5:24 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Pot Prevails! Rob Kampia Discusses Marijuana's Recent Political Triumphs

Tracy Oppenheimer and Nick Gillespie | 11.11.2011 12:44 PM

Policy

Cato Conference: Ending the Global War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 11.9.2011 6:48 PM

Policy

The Drug Czar Just Says No to Marijuana Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 10.31.2011 3:24 PM

Policy

Colombia's President Wants to Give Pot Peace a Chance

Jacob Sullum | 10.27.2011 11:29 AM

Politics

RAND Pot Dispensary Crime Study Retracted

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.25.2011 9:17 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Guatemalan Drug Gangs & Me - The Human Cost of Prohibition

Alex Manning and Paul Feine | 10.24.2011 4:00 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: The Drug War in Guatemala - A Conversation with Giancarlo Ibarguen

Reason Staff | 10.21.2011 1:03 PM

Politics

Dazed and Confused No More

A full 50 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana

Steve Chapman | 10.20.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

New Gallup Survey: A Majority of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use

Emily Ekins | 10.18.2011 12:15 PM