Drug Policy

Politics

Sen. Portman Says He Smoked Pot

Doesn't support the legalized medical and recreational marijuana use that has been seen in Colorado and Washington

Reason Staff | 5.7.2013 10:44 AM

Policy

California Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Local Bans on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2013 1:57 PM

War on Drugs

CO Considers Drug Sentencing Reform

It's not legalization, but it's something

Reason Staff | 5.6.2013 1:16 PM

Policy

Colorado Cannabis Collectives Offer High-Quality Marijuana Consumption Assistance

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2013 12:41 PM

Politics

"Obama the Buzzkill": Nick Gillespie in Daily Beast on the President's Terrible Drug Policy

Nick Gillespie | 5.4.2013 2:28 PM

Science & Technology

Won't Some Folks Feel Stupid if it Turns Out Marijuana Fights HIV?

Initial research suggests it just might

Scott Shackford | 5.3.2013 5:10 PM

Politics

Iran Has Drug Policy Praised by UNODC and a High Rate of Opium Addiction

Matthew Feeney | 5.3.2013 4:25 PM

Policy

Colorado Bill Would Force Merchants to Hide Marijuana Magazines—for the Children

Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2013 4:15 PM

Policy

German and South African Sentenced to Life in Prison in Indonesia For Drug Smuggling

Avoided the death penalty

Reason Staff | 5.3.2013 9:56 AM

War on Drugs

White House Shooter Angry Over Marijuana Policy, Say Prosecutors

Should have calmed himself down with a hit or two

Reason Staff | 5.2.2013 6:08 PM

Policy

Colorado Legislators Drop Plans to Cancel Marijuana Legalization As Tax and Regulation Bills Advance

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2013 5:04 PM

Culture

New Restrictions on Attention-Deficit Drugs on College Campuses

Legalize everything already

Reason Staff | 5.2.2013 10:12 AM

War on Drugs

Video Released of Deadly Jamaican Drug Raid

Military assault to capture drug lord killed at least 73 civilians

Reason Staff | 5.1.2013 4:40 PM

Policy

Colorado Legislators Pile on Pot Restrictions While Some Propose Abandoning Legalization Altogether

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2013 6:15 PM

Policy

Psychedelic Science: Still Hassled by the Man

Brian Doherty | 4.26.2013 8:31 PM

Civil Liberties

Vice Magazine Co-Founder No Longer Sure We Should Legalize Marijuana

Mike Riggs | 4.26.2013 3:22 PM

Politics

Graph on Drug Overdose Deaths Highlights the Inconsistencies and Stupidity of the War on Drugs

Matthew Feeney | 4.26.2013 12:30 PM

Policy

Obama Ends the War on Drugs…Again

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2013 6:50 PM

Policy

Boise Police Seize Children of Marijuana Activists

Mike Riggs | 4.25.2013 4:44 PM

Policy

Should the Benefits of Legalizing Pot Be Measured by Tax Revenue?

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2013 3:57 PM

Policy

Stoned Driving Measure Revived As Part of Colorado Pot Shop Bill

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2013 12:11 PM

Politics

British Prison Governors Want Prohibition-Based Policy for Heroin, Meth, Other Drugs Reviewed

Matthew Feeney | 4.25.2013 10:53 AM

Policy

Cops Demand (and Get) Two Bad Amendments to Colorado's Pot Shop Bill

Jacob Sullum | 4.24.2013 4:27 PM

Culture

The Endless Futile War Against Synthetic Drugs

Brian Doherty | 4.23.2013 8:46 PM

Policy

Prohibitionists Regret Inconvenient (but True) Beliefs About Stimulants

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2013 5:38 PM

Policy

Colorado Legislature Kills Arbitrary Standard for Stoned Driving…Again

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2013 4:37 PM

Policy

Supreme Court Rejects Mandatory Deportation of Immigrant for Small-Scale Marijuana Crime

Damon Root | 4.23.2013 4:15 PM

Policy

Colorado Will Soon Decide the Rules for Selling Pot

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2013 2:13 PM

War on Drugs

DEA Charges Army Chief From "The World's Only Narco State" With Narcoterrorism

Matthew Feeney | 4.19.2013 3:07 PM

Policy

British Town Could Open the UK's First "Shooting Gallery"

Would allow users to take heroin and crack cocaine legally

Reason Staff | 4.19.2013 7:16 AM

War on Drugs

Federal Marijuana Laws Will Prevail Over States, Insists Drug Czar

The Congressional Research Service disagrees

Reason Staff | 4.18.2013 7:40 PM

Policy

Drug Czar, Posing As a Reformer, Emphasizes the Importance of Busting People for Pot

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2013 6:36 PM

War on Drugs

FDA Blocks Generic Oxycontin

Addiction fears means nobody can have it unless they make changes

Reason Staff | 4.17.2013 7:30 PM

Civil Liberties

New Poll Finds Overwhelming Majority of D.C. Residents Supporting Legalizing Marijuana

Mike Riggs | 4.17.2013 10:50 AM

Policy

Why Prohibitionists Have an Interest in Allowing Marijuana Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2013 5:54 PM

Policy

Colorado Legislative Committee Votes Against Pot Protectionism

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2013 4:36 PM

Politics

Stephen Colbert, Nick Gillespie Talk "America's Pot-astrophe" on Colbert Report

Nick Gillespie | 4.12.2013 9:50 AM

Policy

On Drug Policy, Rand Paul Is Not a Libertarian

He still has quite a bit of "evolving" to do.

Mike Riggs | 4.10.2013 4:37 PM

Politics

The Republican Party and the African-American Vote

A speech at Howard University.

Rand Paul | 4.10.2013 11:40 AM

Politics

Rand Paul Should Answer These Drug War Questions When He Speaks at Howard University This Week

Mike Riggs | 4.8.2013 4:21 PM

War on Drugs

VT Considers Decriminalizing Marijuana

Possession would draw a citation, not jail time

Reason Staff | 4.8.2013 11:32 AM

Civil Liberties

[UPDATED] The Hakken Child Abduction Story Apparently Started With a Simple Marijuana Arrest

Mike Riggs | 4.4.2013 11:53 AM

Science & Technology

An ADHD Diagnosis: The Difference Between Speed and Medicine

Jacob Sullum | 4.3.2013 2:28 PM

Policy

Peter Wehner: GOP Should Take a Stand Against Drug Legalization

Former director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives makes the usual arguments

Reason Staff | 4.3.2013 9:40 AM

Culture

Who Put the Coca in Cola?

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2013 1:30 PM

Politics

Covered at Reason 24/7: Marijuana Decriminalization Goes Into Effect Today in Rhode Island

Matthew Feeney | 4.1.2013 11:00 AM

War on Drugs

Army Veteran, Medical Marijuana Patient Jeff Crawford Not Evicted

John Walters | 3.29.2013 3:45 PM

Policy

The Illusion of Effective Marijuana Regulation in Colorado

Jacob Sullum | 3.29.2013 3:24 PM