Drug Policy

Policy

Ken Burns on Prohibition, Pot, and PBS

Q&A with America's top documentarian

Nick Gillespie | 12.22.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

If You Are a Potential Juror, Do Not Read This Post

Jacob Sullum | 12.21.2011 11:11 AM

Policy

Space Mogul Richard Branson Defends Our Rights to Explore Outer Space and Inner Space

Brian Doherty | 12.20.2011 2:05 PM

Policy

Modern-Day Prohibition

The eternal temptation to ban things that give people pleasure

Jeff Stier | 12.20.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Awful Obama Poll Numbers; New Penn State Charges; New Fannie/Freddie Charges; Barry Bonds Sentenced: PM Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.16.2011 6:41 PM

Politics

Republicans Restore Ban on Needle Exchange Funding

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2011 2:36 PM

Politics

Brewer Stands Up for the 10th Amendment by Asking a Federal Judge to Overturn Her State's Medical Marijuana Law

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2011 12:53 PM

Policy

Criminal Justice Reform Is on the Docket In Florida

Conservative groups and businesses are pushing for better drug laws in the Sunshine State.

Mike Riggs | 12.14.2011 6:00 PM

Politics

Mike Riggs on the Prospect of Criminal Justice Reform in Florida

Reason Staff | 12.14.2011 6:00 PM

Policy

Weed Wars: Medical Marijuana Hits Reality TV

Meredith Bragg and Anthony Fisher | 12.14.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Did Teen Pot Smoking Rise or Hold Steady This Year? Yes.

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2011 2:16 PM

Politics

Not Newt

If you're looking for a profligate authoritarian, Gingrich is your man.

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Ending the Global Drug War: Voices from the Front Lines

Anthony Fisher | 12.13.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Ending the Global Drug War: Voices From the Front Lines

Anthony Fisher | 12.13.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

Holder Proves Once Again That He Is Not Really in Charge of the Justice Department

Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2011 11:54 AM

Policy

Drug War's Mission Creep Hurts Farmers

The nation's drug warriors fret that hemp cultivation would make pot prohibition harder.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.9.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

A. Barton Hinkle on the Fight to Legalize Hemp

Reason Staff | 12.9.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

House Approves Bill Banning Fake Pot and Imitation Speed

Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2011 2:09 PM

Policy

Florida Drug Search Claims Flunk the Smell Test

Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2011 11:36 AM

Policy

After Illegally Busting Pot Smokers for More Than a Decade, the NYPD Starts Following the Law a Little More Often

Jacob Sullum | 12.7.2011 7:32 PM

Policy

Judge: Using Helicopters, National Guard, and New Mexico State Police to Raid 72-Year-Old Man's House Was "Excessive"

Mike Riggs | 12.7.2011 2:17 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Declines to Review Appeals Court Decision Upholding California's Medical Marijuana Law*

Jacob Sullum | 12.7.2011 11:42 AM

Policy

Smart Kids Do Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 12.6.2011 4:28 PM

Policy

Obama's 'Innovative, Compassionate, and Evidence-Based Drug Policies'

Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2011 3:48 PM

Politics

L.A. Can Still Regulate Medical Marijuana Shops

Jacob Sullum | 12.2.2011 12:47 PM

Politics

Appalling Moments in Newtspeak

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2011 4:04 PM

Policy

DC Police Say Knowing Your Rights is an Indicator of Criminal Activity!

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2011 10:48 AM

Politics

'The Bill of Rights Is Not a Trick'

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2011 10:44 AM

Politics

Two Governors Ask the DEA to Reschedule Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2011 6:22 PM

Policy

Colorado Drug Warrior Busted for Meth Distribution

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2011 5:35 PM

Politics

Should Judges Continue Imposing Sentences Congress Has Rejected as Unfair?

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2011 12:57 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Gary Johnson Gives up on New Hampshire, 200 Arrested at Occupy Los Angeles, Greece "Saved Overnight"

Mike Riggs | 11.30.2011 8:53 AM

Policy

Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Traffic Fatalities?

Jacob Sullum | 11.29.2011 4:25 PM

Politics

Newt Gingrich Says Drug Use Is "Antithetical to Being an American," Wants to Escalate Drug War by Impoverishing More Users

Mike Riggs | 11.28.2011 10:36 AM

Policy

'Oh Yeah Man, We Got the Water Pipes Bro'

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 1:29 PM

Policy

Digital Drugs: The Gateway to the Gateway

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 12:07 PM

Policy

Claiming Control of an Element, the DEA Puts an Old Man Out of Business. For the Children.

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 11:15 AM

Politics

More of These, Please: Obama's First Commutation

Jacob Sullum | 11.22.2011 4:26 PM

Politics

Two Decades of Peace, Love, and Marijuana

Every August since 1991, Seattle Hempfest has shown what the world will be like when pot is legal.

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 11.21.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

20 Years Later, Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Still Mindlessly Draconian

Jacob Sullum | 11.18.2011 1:23 PM

Policy

Review Questions Warnings About Meth's Mental Effects

Jacob Sullum | 11.17.2011 12:07 PM

Policy

Drop Those Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 4:37 PM

Politics

Obama War on Medical Pot Sweeps Washington Yesterday

Brian Doherty | 11.16.2011 12:45 PM

Politics

Everyone's a Federalist on Medical Pot, Until He's Elected

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 12:35 PM

Policy

Colombia's President: 'I Would Talk About Legalizing…More Than Just Marijuana'

Jacob Sullum | 11.15.2011 5:24 PM