Drug Policy

Policy

Mexican "Drug Queen" Extradited to US To Face Charges

Sandra Avila, known as "The Queen of the Pacific", is facing cocaine smuggling charges in Miami.

Reason Staff | 8.10.2012 9:16 AM

Policy

Leukaemia Drug Given the Green Light

FDA declined a marketing application for the drug in 2005.

Reason Staff | 8.10.2012 7:56 AM

War on Drugs

GAO: Federal Funds for Drug Rehab Are Going to Programs That Don't Work

Mike Riggs | 8.8.2012 4:16 PM

War on Drugs

The Obama Administration Is About to Make It Very Difficult to Get Pain Medicine

Mike Riggs | 8.8.2012 2:22 PM

Civil Liberties

Another "Drug Treatment" Horror Story From Florida

Mike Riggs | 8.7.2012 1:58 PM

War on Drugs

Mexico's President-Elect Peña Nieto Wants to Expand Drug War

Melanie Kruvelis | 8.6.2012 7:02 PM

War on Drugs

U.S. Tax Court Says Pot Is Deductible for Medical Marijuana Suppliers, but Wages Are Not

Jacob Sullum | 8.6.2012 4:16 PM

War on Drugs

ANOTHER Athlete kicked Out of the Olympics

Judoka Nicholas Delpopolo has been expelled after testing positive for marijuana.

Reason Staff | 8.6.2012 1:40 PM

Policy

Drug Addicts Banned From Driving Licenses in China

Applicants will be cross checked with list of "registered drug addicts".

Reason Staff | 8.6.2012 11:08 AM

Civil Liberties

How a Single Oxycontin Pill Nearly Ruined One Man's Life

Jail may be the worst thing that can happen to a drug offender, but it's not the only thing.

Mike Riggs | 8.6.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Just Imagine What Michael Phelps Might Have Done If He Hadn't Smoked Pot?

Nick Gillespie | 8.5.2012 3:16 PM

War on Drugs

The DEA Busted Fewer Marijuana Grow Operations In 2011 Than Previous Years

Lucy Steigerwald | 8.3.2012 5:41 PM

Politics

Bill Would Stop the DOJ From Using Forfeiture to Shut Down Medical Marijuana Suppliers

Jacob Sullum | 8.3.2012 3:40 PM

Policy

Colombia Changes Stance on Drugs

The government has decided drug addiction should be treated as a public health issue, not a crime.

Reason Staff | 8.1.2012 12:04 PM

Politics

New Jersey's Insane Seatbelt Law…For Your Dog!

Nanny of the Month for July 2012!

Ted Balaker | 7.31.2012 7:30 AM

Politics

Pro-Obama Super-PAC Donor Morgan Freeman: Banning Pot "Stupidest Law Possible"!

Nick Gillespie | 7.26.2012 10:14 AM

Policy

What We Saw at the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum

Joshua Swain | 7.25.2012 12:30 PM

Politics

L.A.'s Illegal Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2012 11:58 AM

Politics

Yet Another Reason to End the War on Drugs: It's Fueling HIV/AIDS

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.23.2012 4:46 PM

Policy

For the Obama Administration, Conceding Marijuana's Medical Potential Does Not Mean Rethinking the Federal Ban

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2012 12:41 PM

Politics

Obama Administration Will Review Clarence Aaron's Commutation Petition and the Clemency Process

Jacob Sullum | 7.19.2012 12:13 PM

Politics

Truth in Trials Act (H.R. 6134) to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients: Reps Barney Frank and Ron Paul are Supporters

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.18.2012 10:04 PM

Policy

"Good Samaritan" Laws For Overdose Emergencies Get More Good Press

Brian Doherty | 7.18.2012 4:01 PM

Politics

That Slam Against Pot Smokers Came Out of Nowhere, Man

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2012 6:29 PM

Policy

Newark's Mayor Calls the Drug War 'Big Overgrown Government at Its Worst'

Jacob Sullum | 7.16.2012 7:06 PM

Policy

Gabriel G. Nahas, Who Warned Us to Keep Off the Grass, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2012 3:07 AM

Policy

Isn't It a Shame the Less Well-to-Do Can't Afford to Have Their Relatives Kidnapped By the State Over Their Consumption Choices?

Brian Doherty | 7.11.2012 2:44 PM

Policy

Chuck Schumer Brags About Banning Already Banned Drugs; Time Claims He Also Banned Every Conceivable Substitute

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 12:10 PM

Politics

Prohibition Is an Awful Flop; We Like It: The Mexican Edition

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 9:16 AM

Politics

Violence Is Not Victory

Mexico's election results are the latest sign of Latin American dissent from the drug war.

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Your Terrible Anti-Marijuana Editorial of the Day is Somehow in Favor of Decriminalization

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.10.2012 1:55 PM

Politics

Former Drug Czar Advisor Says Obama's "Third Way" Drug Policy Involves "Short Stints in Jail"

Mike Riggs | 7.9.2012 10:50 AM

Politics

Mexico's New President Peña Nieto Is Probably Not Going to End the Drug War

Mike Riggs | 7.9.2012 8:35 AM

Politics

3 Accounting Tricks the Obama Administration Uses to Hide the Cost of the Drug War

From ditchweed to rehab, the Obama administration finds clever ways to cook the drug war books.

Mike Riggs | 7.8.2012 1:00 PM

Policy

Oliver Stone Says It's Time to Legalize Pot Already

Nick Gillespie | 7.6.2012 3:51 PM

Politics

Obama Scaled Back the War on Drugs, and I Missed It

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2012 2:05 AM

Policy

Is an Unknown Drug or an Unverifiable Mental Disorder a Better Explanation for Face Eating Than a Voodoo Curse?

Jacob Sullum | 7.5.2012 3:14 AM

Politics

Why the Acquittal of Roger Clemens Should Mean the End of Washington's Steroid Witch Hunt

Sorry, Ty Cobb, but it's time for you to stop making players and fans miserable.

Rob Bibelhauser | 7.4.2012 9:00 AM

Policy

Rob Bibelhauser on Why the Acquittal of Roger Clemens Should Mean the End of Washington's Steroid Witch Hunt

Reason Staff | 7.4.2012 9:00 AM

Policy

Mexico's President-Elect Wants a 'Broad Debate' About Drug Policy

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2012 3:09 AM

Policy

The DEA's Classification of Pot: Destroyed but Still Standing

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 3:44 PM

Politics

Obama "Will Pivot to the Drug War" in Second Term, Claim Anonymous White House Sources

Mike Riggs | 7.2.2012 1:19 PM

Politics

If Obama Really Believes Drug Addiction Is a Disease, Not a Moral Failing, Why Is He Putting Sick People In Prison?

Mike Riggs | 7.2.2012 12:50 PM

Policy

Police Dog Named "Bono" Plays By Own Rules, Plants Drug Evidence at Virtually Every Crime Scene

Nick Gillespie | 7.2.2012 10:14 AM

Politics

Obama's Secretive Drug War: DEA FOIA Rejections Have Increased 114 Percent Since End of Bush Administration

Mike Riggs | 6.29.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

The Bath Salt Panic Wall of Shame

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 4:43 AM

Policy

Chicago City Council Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana, 43-2

Mike Riggs | 6.27.2012 2:24 PM