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The Inevitable Man-Bites-Dog Story

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2012 2:48 AM

DEA Officials Complain That Synthetic Drug Ban Is Too Narrow

Jacob Sullum | 6.26.2012 10:26 AM

SCOTUS Says 'Pipeline' Crack Defendants Should Benefit From Shorter Sentences

Jacob Sullum | 6.22.2012 12:34 PM

Marijuana Reform Bill Fails in New York

Jacob Sullum | 6.21.2012 2:21 PM

Watch Rep. Jared Polis Shred DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart

Mike Riggs | 6.21.2012 9:18 AM

"Good Samaritan" Laws that Protect People who Call 911 For Overdose-Related Medical Emergencies Spread

Brian Doherty | 6.20.2012 2:35 PM

Spin Discovers a Drug 'Worth Freaking Out About'

Jacob Sullum | 6.19.2012 12:23 PM

Is TruNarc the Answer to the Bath Salts Menace? Or Just the Latest Breathalyzer?

J.D. Tuccille | 6.18.2012 3:48 PM

Ninth Circuit to DEA: Pointing* a Gun at an 11-Year-Old's Head Is Not OK

Mike Riggs | 6.18.2012 1:46 PM

From the Choom Gang to the White House

A new biography shows how Barack Obama the youthful pothead became Barack Obama the presidential drug warrior.

Mike Godwin | 6.18.2012 11:00 AM

Obama's Secret Weapon: Voters Too Stupid to Realize His Drug Policies Suck

Jacob Sullum | 6.14.2012 2:09 AM

Can Licenses Protect Medical Marijuana Businesses? (Part II)

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2012 1:21 AM

The Horror of Drug-Boosted Grades and SAT Scores

Jacob Sullum | 6.12.2012 7:36 AM

Mexican Voters Don't See Drug War Violence As a Sign of Success

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2012 3:26 AM

Expect Even More Medical Marijuana Raids Now That Obama is About to be Outed as a Past Big-Time Pot Smoker.

Nick Gillespie | 6.8.2012 4:13 PM

The Specter of Decatuple-Jointed Ears

Jacob Sullum | 6.8.2012 8:53 AM

Bath Salts, Naked Zombie Cannibals & Stupid Senators

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 6.7.2012 3:00 PM

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on Bloomberg's Food Narcissism

Reason Staff | 6.7.2012 9:57 AM

Bath Salts, Naked Zombie Cannibals & Stupid Senators

Meredith Bragg | 6.7.2012 12:00 AM

New WFOR Theory: The 'Love Drug' Made Rudy Eugene Gnaw a Man's Face Off

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 6:37 PM

The Devil in Rudy Eugene

The "Miami Cannibal" story reflects our perennial readiness to believe that drugs make people do evil.

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 7:00 AM

Obama's Drug Czar Blows Off Iraq and Afghanistan Vets Who Want to Treat PTSD With Medical Marijuana

Mike Riggs | 6.5.2012 3:09 PM

How Many Men Does It Take to Overcome the 'Superhuman Strength' of a Perp or Patient Fortified by 'Bath Salts'?

Jacob Sullum | 6.5.2012 3:04 PM

Synthetic Drug Ban Will Soon Become Law

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2012 4:42 PM

If Colorado's Licenses Can't Protect Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Why Would California's?

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2012 3:32 PM

Hemp History Week: Ending the War on George Washington's Favorite Crop

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.4.2012 1:40 PM

Cuomo Wants to Decriminalize 'Public Display' of Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2012 1:18 PM

Hemp History Week: Ending the War on George Washington's Favorite Crop

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.4.2012 12:00 AM

No Jail, No Rehab

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2012 11:01 AM

California Continues to Be Less Hippie Than Expected: Only 46 Percent of Residents Support Marijuana Legalization

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.31.2012 10:06 PM

How Charlie Rangel's Outrage Shifted From Drugs to Drug Penalties

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 8:31 PM

Voodoo Pharmacology Literalized: The Drug That Turns People Into Flesh-Eating Zombies

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 2:42 PM

Aided by Super PAC, Pot Legalizer Defeats Drug Warrior in Texas Congressional Primary

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 5:52 PM

You Can Sometimes Reduce Drug Use, if You Kill Enough People

Matthew Feeney | 5.30.2012 1:07 PM

If You Use Drugs, You Might End Up Eating Someone's Face

Jacob Sullum | 5.29.2012 5:43 PM

The Garden State Looks to Follow Portugal's Example

Matthew Feeney | 5.29.2012 2:48 PM

5 Classic Teen Sex-and-Drug Freakouts: Rainbow Parties, Butt-Chugging, And So Much More (By Which We Mean Less)

Nick Gillespie | 5.27.2012 8:00 AM

Drug Busts As Make-Work for Superfluous Cops

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 11:46 AM

Obama Still Bogarting Nation's Joints, Man.

Nick Gillespie | 5.25.2012 11:43 AM

"It's nice to see a popular Democrat take a strong stance against the drug war."

Damon Root | 5.24.2012 4:29 PM

George Soros and Other Lefty Moneybags Types Aren't Primarying Lousy Old Democrats Because the Party Is More Ideologically Diverse! Wait, What?

Matt Welch | 5.24.2012 12:16 PM

Asset Forfeiture: "A Process of Government Enrichment That Often Is Indistinguishable from Robbery"

Damon Root | 5.21.2012 4:51 PM

DC Capitol Hemp Shutting Down: Obama's War on Drugs to Blame

Joshua Swain and Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2012 3:00 PM

DC Capitol Hemp Shutting Down: Obama's War on Drugs to Blame

Joshua Swain and Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2012 12:00 PM

A Report From Obama's "Humane" Drug War: "My son screamed for his mother for what seemed like an eternity"

Mike Riggs | 5.20.2012 9:30 PM

We Had to Kill the Villagers to Save Americans From the Cocaine They Want

Jacob Sullum | 5.18.2012 11:33 AM

When Will Obama Evolve on the Drug War?

Much is made of how Obama's position on same-sex marriage has "evolved." One hopes his position on the "war on drugs" is also evolving.

Sheldon Richman | 5.16.2012 1:30 PM

Will President Obama Commute Clarence Aaron's Sentence?

Ed Krayewski | 5.16.2012 12:54 PM

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