Drug Policy

Politics

DEA Head Criticizes Obama for Telling the Truth About Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 1.27.2014 12:01 PM

Politics

Rep. Trey Radel To Resign Following Cocaine Possession Arrest

Went to rehab after pleading guilty

Reason Staff | 1.27.2014 8:46 AM

Politics

Ending the War on Pot is Obama's Best Hope for a Legacy

He knows it's wrong, so why won't he do something to change federal policy?

Nick Gillespie | 1.25.2014 11:00 AM

Policy

Anti-Pot Activist Concedes Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol

Jacob Sullum | 1.24.2014 5:34 PM

Civil Liberties

The Dangers of Federal Snooping into Our Prescription Drug Records

Brian Doherty | 1.24.2014 2:20 PM

Politics

"Obama's Unfathomable, Bottomless, Contemptible Cowardice on Pot"

Nick Gillespie | 1.24.2014 1:54 PM

Policy

Jacob Sullum in Forbes: The President Forgets to Lie About Marijuana, and Prohibitionists Are Outraged

Reason Staff | 1.24.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

How Candy Snorting Went From a Joke to an Epidemic (Yet Remained a Joke)

Jacob Sullum | 1.23.2014 8:55 PM

Politics

UPDATED With Video!: Nick Gillespie vs. Patrick Kennedy on Pot Legalization; CNN 7.10pm ET

Nick Gillespie | 1.22.2014 9:26 PM

Policy

Chris Christie Will End the War on Drugs—Just Like Obama Did

Jacob Sullum | 1.22.2014 1:16 PM

Politics

WTF: Your Pot or Your Guns?!?! Illinois, BATF Say It's One or the Other!

Nick Gillespie | 1.22.2014 12:53 PM

Politics

Gov. Christie Calls for Alternatives to Drug War During Inauguration Speech

Calls for bipartisanship to end incarceration tendencies

Reason Staff | 1.21.2014 7:20 PM

Politics

Nick Gillespie vs. Patrick Kennedy, Talking Pot Legalization Tonight TOMORROW on CNN

Nick Gillespie | 1.21.2014 12:07 PM

Politics

Yes We Cannabis!: Obama's Best Shot at a Legacy is Ending the War on Pot

Nick Gillespie | 1.21.2014 9:50 AM

Politics

Ending the War on Pot Would Help Complete Martin Luther King's Call for Civil Rights

Nick Gillespie | 1.20.2014 9:58 AM

Policy

Obama Worries About the Gateway Effect of Marijuana Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 1.20.2014 9:53 AM

Policy

Obama Concedes Pot Prohibition Is Unscientific and Unjust

Jacob Sullum | 1.20.2014 8:48 AM

War on Drugs

Houston Police Just Assume Guy Giving Change to Homeless Man Is Dealing Drugs

Quarters, not quarter bags, officer

Scott Shackford | 1.17.2014 10:25 AM

Policy

Washington Legislators Mull Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Competition for State-Licensed Pot Shops

Jacob Sullum | 1.16.2014 5:56 PM

Policy

Washington, D.C., on Verge of Decriminalizing Marijuana Possession

Scott Shackford | 1.15.2014 6:30 PM

Policy

DC City Council Panel Approves Marijuana Decriminalization

Would turn it into the equivalent of a parking ticket

Reason Staff | 1.15.2014 6:20 PM

Policy

Amnesty Boxes For Pot Set Up in Colorado Airport

For those who don't know it is illegal to have marijuana on a plane

Reason Staff | 1.15.2014 11:30 AM

Policy

Victim of Dog-Authorized Anal Assault Receives $1.6 Million Settlement

Jacob Sullum | 1.14.2014 5:58 PM

Policy

DC Council to Vote Wednesday on Marijuana Decriminalization

For one ounce or less for personal use

Reason Staff | 1.14.2014 3:40 PM

Policy

Study: Drug Testing in Schools Ineffective

Doesn't stop students from trying them

Reason Staff | 1.14.2014 1:40 PM

Policy

Krokodil Crock

How rumors of a "flesh-eating zombie drug" swept the nation

Jacob Sullum | 1.14.2014 10:00 AM

War on Drugs

See America's Longest War in Austin

Reason Staff | 1.13.2014 1:51 PM

Policy

Ted Cruz Faults Obama for Not Imposing Marijuana Prohibition on States That Have Rejected It

Jacob Sullum | 1.13.2014 12:18 PM

Policy

Syria Becomes "Major Amphetamines Exporter and Consumer" Amid Civil War

Matthew Feeney | 1.13.2014 9:59 AM

Politics

Reason TV: Rabbi Fights Feds to Open Pot Shop

Amanda Winkler | 1.11.2014 7:27 PM

Policy

When You're Covering the Bogus Krokodil Epidemic, Even Rumors of a Rumor Will Do

Jacob Sullum | 1.10.2014 1:26 PM

Policy

Jacob Sullum in Forbes: How Rumors of a 'Flesh-Eating Zombie Drug' Swept the Nation

Reason Staff | 1.10.2014 11:41 AM

Policy

How Pro Sports Should React to Pot Legalization (But Won't)

Nick Gillespie | 1.9.2014 7:01 PM

Policy

Cuomo's Medical Marijuana Plan: The Mystery Deepens

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2014 6:50 PM

Policy

Nuclear Launch Officers Tied to Narcotics Investigation

How comforting

Reason Staff | 1.9.2014 6:20 PM

Policy

Media-Induced Krokodil Hallucinations Sweep the Country

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2014 2:48 PM

Policy

Colorado Pot Sales Bring in More Than $5 Million in First Week

Around $600 million in sales projected annually

Reason Staff | 1.8.2014 12:10 PM

Politics

What Pot Legalization Could Teach Obamacare

Nick Gillespie | 1.8.2014 10:43 AM

Politics

Pathetic Pot Prohibitionists

Legalization in Colorado reveals the intellectual poverty of the war on marijuana.

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Bill O'Reilly Makes Millions of Marijuana Arrests Disappear

Jacob Sullum | 1.7.2014 6:57 PM

Politics

David Brooks' Anti-Pot NY Times Col No Dumber Than His Paper's Editorial

Nick Gillespie | 1.7.2014 4:59 PM

Politics

CNN Finds Most Americans Want to Legalize Pot, Demonstrating It Is Just As Unreliable As Gallup

Jacob Sullum | 1.7.2014 11:18 AM

Policy

CNN/ORC International Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana

55 percent support legalization

Reason Staff | 1.7.2014 10:10 AM

Policy

Where Will Cuomo Get His Medical Marijuana?

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2014 2:34 PM

Politics

Pat Buchanan: Legalization of Marijuana Reveals "Deeply Libertarian Trend" Across the Political Spectrum

Matthew Feeney | 1.6.2014 12:40 PM

Policy

Yes, Legal Pot Does Cost More Than Black-Market Pot (for Now at Least)

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2014 11:32 AM

Policy

Pat Buchanan: Legalization of Marijuana Reveals "Deeply Libertarian Trend" Across the Political Spectrum

Thinks the ending of pot prohibition will lead to "more high school dropouts and more automobile accidents involving marijuana"

Reason Staff | 1.6.2014 8:10 AM

Policy

NY Gov. Cuomo Expected To Announce Executive Action Loosening Marijuana Laws

Will allow those with serious illnesses to use limited amounts of marijuana

Reason Staff | 1.5.2014 9:17 AM