Drug Policy

Policy

New Clemency Policy Could Free 'Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands' of Drug War Prisoners (and Yes, That Would Be Constitutional)

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2014 2:04 PM

Sentencing

Criteria Set for DOJ Reviews of Clemency Application

Have to be non-violent with no significant criminal history and already in jail 10 years

Ed Krayewski | 4.23.2014 11:16 AM

Policy

Is a Major, Merciful Change in Presidential Pardon Policy Brewing?

Scott Shackford | 4.21.2014 4:00 PM

Politics

"Pot, Meth, Heroin, Gay": Stephen Colbert on the Ultimate Gateway-Drug Progression

Nick Gillespie | 4.21.2014 9:12 AM

Policy

Obama Surpasses the Awful Commutation Records of Three Republicans but Still Falls Far Short of Nixonian Mercy

Jacob Sullum | 4.17.2014 12:35 PM

Policy

Mistaking Hibiscus for Marijuana, DEA Raids Gardener's Home

Jacob Sullum | 4.14.2014 12:26 PM

Policy

Commission Reduces Drug Sentences; Now It's Congress's Turn

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2014 12:34 PM

Policy

Printed Bong Spells the End for the War on Drug Paraphernalia

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2014 5:32 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

Policy

Connecticut Drug Law Imposes a Three-Year Mandatory Minimum for Living in Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, or Waterbury

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2014 12:35 PM

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

Massachusetts Tackles an 'Epidemic of Opiate Abuse' by Banning One Version of Hydrocodone

Jacob Sullum | 3.31.2014 3:29 PM

Policy

Why Bother With Drug-Sniffing Dogs If a Cop's Nose Can Authorize a Search?

Jacob Sullum | 3.31.2014 1:27 PM

Policy

Mark Kleiman Says I Show My Red Team Loyalties by Criticizing Republicans

Jacob Sullum | 3.28.2014 5:38 PM

Civil Liberties

If You Don't Want a SWAT Team at Your Door, You Shouldn't Be Drinking Tea

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2014 2:31 PM

Nanny State

Reports of Four Loko's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated. For Now.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.25.2014 5:05 PM

Policy

Dianne Feinstein Says Stoned Drivers Ruin Marijuana Legalization for Everyone

Jacob Sullum | 3.20.2014 6:30 PM

Policy

Cops Say Any Change in Mandatory Minimums, Including Retroactive Application of Previous Reductions, Threatens Public Safety

Jacob Sullum | 3.19.2014 12:48 PM

War on Drugs

Illinois Mulls Requiring Prescriptions for Cold Medicine. Thanks Meth and the War on Drugs!

Scott Shackford | 3.19.2014 12:05 PM

Politics

Don't Republicans Abuse Executive Power?

A flawed indictment of presidential lawlessness

Jacob Sullum | 3.19.2014 7:00 AM

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

War on Drugs

HHS Approves Marijuana Study for Veterans With PTSD

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.17.2014 5:13 PM

Policy

Former Marijuana Regulator Joins Cannabis Consulting Firm

Jacob Sullum | 3.17.2014 2:17 PM

Politics

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

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2014 3:35 PM

Policy

General Says He Will Need More Ships If We Expect Him to Win the War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2014 1:29 PM

Policy

What You Need To Know About Holder's Drug Sentencing Proposal and the State of America's Prison Population

Attorney general urges U.S. Sentencing Commission to back reduced sentences for some drug offenders

Matthew Feeney | 3.13.2014 11:04 AM

Civil Liberties

Police Entrap Autistic Teenager in Drug Sting

Amanda Winkler | 3.12.2014 10:15 AM

Policy

How Many Daily Heroin Users Are There in the U.S.? Somewhere Between 60,000 and 1 Million. Maybe.

Jacob Sullum | 3.10.2014 5:55 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

Kill the FDA (Before It Kills Again!): Dallas Buyers Club

Nick Gillespie | 3.9.2014 11:15 AM

Policy

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

Jacob Sullum | 3.7.2014 8:12 AM

Politics

At CPAC Conservatives Criticize Obama's Foreign Policy, Question Drug Policy

Matthew Feeney | 3.6.2014 7:14 PM

Science & Technology

Sanjay Gupta Pushes Even Further in Support of Medical Marijuana

CNN to air new documentary about pot's medicinal value

Scott Shackford | 3.5.2014 5:20 PM

Politics

DEA: "Every Single Parent" Opposes Pot Legalization. Except For All the Ones That Don't.

Nick Gillespie | 3.5.2014 2:40 PM

Policy

On Sentencing Reform, Are Libertarian-Leaning Republicans Joining Holder, or Is It the Other Way Around?

Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2014 1:20 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

First Study of LSD's Psychotherapeutic Benefits in Four Decades Breaks Research Taboo

Jacob Sullum | 3.4.2014 6:41 PM

Policy

Washington State Wants to Eliminate Medical Marijuana Co-Ops, Bring Patients Under Tighter Control

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.3.2014 5:15 PM

Policy

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

Jacob Sullum | 3.3.2014 4:27 PM

Policy

Philip Seymour Hoffman's 'Mixed Drug Intoxication' Is Typical of So-Called Heroin Overdoses

Jacob Sullum | 3.3.2014 12:16 PM

Politics

Gov. Jerry Brown Worried Stoners Are Holding California Back

Nick Gillespie | 3.2.2014 4:41 PM

Medical Marijuana

DEA Agent Joins Marijuana Industry

Paul Detrick | 3.1.2014 8:00 PM