Drug Policy

Policy

3 Reasons Obama Should End the Federal Crackdown on Medical Marijuana

It's time for the president to keep his word.

Mike Riggs | 5.11.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Former Polish President "Evolves" on Drug Policy, Doesn't Apologize For His Awful Drug Law

Ed Krayewski | 5.11.2012 2:46 PM

Policy

She Stole His Heroin, So She Was the Victim

Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2012 6:47 PM

Politics

Will Oregon's Next Attorney General Uphold Its Medical Marijuana Law?

Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2012 3:19 PM

Politics

Connecticut Legislature Approves Medical Marijuana; Governor Expected to Sign

Scott Shackford | 5.6.2012 12:43 PM

Politics

Will Obama Pay a Political Price for His Medical Marijuana Crackdown?

Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2012 1:59 PM

Policy

Cops in Cruisers Sniff Out Cars Carrying Pot Smokers

Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2012 11:37 AM

Policy

Former Drug Czar John Walters: Dumber Than You May Think

Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2012 5:08 PM

Policy

Why Is Nurse Jackie's Drug Habit a Problem?

Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2012 12:57 PM

Politics

The Real Breaking Bad: How the Drug War Creates Collateral Damage

Paul Detrick | 5.3.2012 12:11 PM

Policy

Teen Pot Smoking 'Surges' While Staying the Same

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2012 5:36 PM

Policy

Mainstream Media Outlets Are Buying the Drug Czar's "Third Way" Lie, Hook, Line, and Sinker

Mike Riggs | 5.2.2012 3:28 PM

Policy

College Student Daniel Chong Attempted Suicide After DEA Agents Locked Him in a Small Cell Without Food or Water for Five Days

Mike Riggs | 5.2.2012 1:13 AM

Policy

Dianne Feinstein: 'Just Say No' Is the Solution to Prohibition-Related Violence

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2012 6:16 PM

Politics

How the Obama Administration Plans to Convince Progressives That it Ended the War on Drugs

Mike Riggs | 5.1.2012 3:24 PM

Policy

Tiny Painkiller Junkies?

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2012 2:29 PM

Politics

Huffington Post Reporter Asks Eric Holder Why Obama Was Less Than Truthful to Rolling Stone About Marijuana Laws

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.30.2012 8:45 PM

Politics

Why Is the Center for American Progress Enabling Obama's Drug War Lies?

Mike Riggs | 4.30.2012 3:59 PM

Policy

GOP-Controlled Legislature Passes a Medical Marijuana Bill; Democratic Governor Plans to Veto It

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2012 5:40 PM

Policy

Judge Upholds Dutch Policy Banning Foreigners From Cannabis Cafés

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2012 2:41 PM

Politics

Rick Scott's Thirst for Urine Will Remain Unslaked

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2012 12:50 PM

Politics

Kennedy, Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch Talk 2012 Presidential Race

Anthony Fisher, Matt Welch, and Nick Gillespie | 4.27.2012 12:40 PM

Politics

Seriously, This Is What's Passing for Liberal Political Discourse These Days

Matt Welch | 4.27.2012 11:28 AM

Politics

Obama Tries to Rewrite His History of Promising Forbearance for Medical Marijuana Suppliers

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2012 3:11 PM

Policy

Why is the Bankrupt Fed Gov't Taking Roger Clemens to Court Over Steroid Lies?

Nick Gillespie | 4.23.2012 5:24 PM

Policy

Pot Pat-Downs

Manufacturing misdemeanors

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2012 6:34 AM

Policy

4 Industries Getting Rich Off the Drug War

Several industries owe their profit margins, market shares, and-in some cases-very existence to the war on drugs.

Mike Riggs | 4.22.2012 10:00 AM

Policy

Connecticut Medical Marijuana Legalization Gets Closer, But Politicians Still Have Some Stupid, Cruel, and Anti-Market Objections

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.20.2012 9:48 PM

Policy

Was Lawrence O'Donnell High as a Kite When He Said That Obama Would Might Legalize Drugs if Given a Second Term?

Nick Gillespie | 4.19.2012 12:13 PM

Policy

Former U.S. Prosecutor Who Took Down Marc Emery Calls for Legalization, But Doesn't Regret Prosecution of "Prince of Pot"

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.18.2012 10:00 PM

Politics

The 5 Dumbest Things the Obama Administration Has Said About Mexico's Drug War

How the Obama administration talks to its neighbors about drugs.

Mike Riggs | 4.18.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Crack Cocaine, Mandatory Minimums, and the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 4.18.2012 11:11 AM

Policy

Your Government: Committed to Keeping the Drug Market As Dangerous As Possible

Jacob Sullum | 4.17.2012 5:50 PM

Politics

Obama's New Drug Control Report Calls for More Workplace Drug Testing, Nationwide Zero Tolerance Laws, Prescription-Only Ephedrine Products, and the Return of the "Above the Influence" Campaign

Mike Riggs | 4.17.2012 4:26 PM

Policy

Why Medical Marijuana Providers Are Opposing Legalization Efforts in Washington and Colorado

Mike Riggs | 4.16.2012 11:47 AM

Policy

Reminder to the Rest of the Summit of the Americas Attendees: Canada Has No Interest in Legalizing Drugs

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.13.2012 8:04 PM

Policy

FDA Holds Hearing to Consider Over-the-Counter Naloxone Sales

Brian Doherty | 4.13.2012 4:33 PM

Politics

More From George Will on the Costs of Drug Prohibition

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2012 3:35 PM

Politics

You Are Now (Almost) Free to Discuss Ending the War on Drugs

Latin American leaders talk drug legalization. Will Obama join in?

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.11.2012 6:00 PM

Politics

Florida Drug Warriors Say They Had to Erase Possibly Incriminating Surveillance Video—for Their Own Protection

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2012 4:17 PM

Policy

Spanish Village Votes "No" on Big Field of Revenue-Raising, Probably Illegal Marijuana

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.10.2012 10:00 PM

Policy

San Francisco Bay Guardian Columnist Sad Oaksterdam Raid Turning People Off of Big Government

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.9.2012 7:44 PM

Policy

The Government's Medical Meddling Hurts Pain Patients

Jacob Sullum | 4.9.2012 3:31 PM