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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

A. Barton Hinkle on the Fight to Legalize Hemp

Reason Staff | 12.9.2011 12:00 PM

House Approves Bill Banning Fake Pot and Imitation Speed

Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2011 2:09 PM

Florida Drug Search Claims Flunk the Smell Test

Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2011 11:36 AM

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

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

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

Jacob Sullum | 12.7.2011 11:42 AM

Smart Kids Do Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 12.6.2011 4:28 PM

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

Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2011 3:48 PM

L.A. Can Still Regulate Medical Marijuana Shops

Jacob Sullum | 12.2.2011 12:47 PM

Appalling Moments in Newtspeak

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2011 4:04 PM

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

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2011 10:48 AM

'The Bill of Rights Is Not a Trick'

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2011 10:44 AM

Two Governors Ask the DEA to Reschedule Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2011 6:22 PM

Colorado Drug Warrior Busted for Meth Distribution

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2011 5:35 PM

Should Judges Continue Imposing Sentences Congress Has Rejected as Unfair?

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2011 12:57 PM

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

Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Traffic Fatalities?

Jacob Sullum | 11.29.2011 4:25 PM

California vs. The Feds: Obama's DOJ Cracks Down on Medical Marijuana

Reason Staff | 11.29.2011 12:00 AM

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

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

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 1:29 PM

Digital Drugs: The Gateway to the Gateway

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 12:07 PM

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

More of These, Please: Obama's First Commutation

Jacob Sullum | 11.22.2011 4:26 PM

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

20 Years Later, Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Still Mindlessly Draconian

Jacob Sullum | 11.18.2011 1:23 PM

Review Questions Warnings About Meth's Mental Effects

Jacob Sullum | 11.17.2011 12:07 PM

Drop Those Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 4:37 PM

Obama War on Medical Pot Sweeps Washington Yesterday

Brian Doherty | 11.16.2011 12:45 PM

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

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 12:35 PM

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

Jacob Sullum | 11.15.2011 5:24 PM

The Best Way to Fight Mexico's Drug Cartels

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2011 3:49 PM

California Appeals Court Upholds Local Bans on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Jacob Sullum | 11.11.2011 3:53 PM

Reason.tv: Pot Prevails! Rob Kampia Discusses Marijuana's Recent Political Triumphs

Tracy Oppenheimer and Nick Gillespie | 11.11.2011 12:44 PM

Pot Prevails: Rob Kampia Discusses Marijuana's Recent Political Triumphs

Reason Staff | 11.11.2011 10:00 AM

Cato Conference: Ending the Global War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 11.9.2011 6:48 PM

U.S. Attorney Cracking Down on Medical Marijuana Says 'California Law Doesn't Matter'

Jacob Sullum | 11.9.2011 1:32 PM

Will Obama 'Reassert Himself' on Medical Marijuana?

Jacob Sullum | 11.8.2011 4:49 PM

10th Amendment Challenge to Medical Marijuana Crackdown

Jacob Sullum | 11.1.2011 3:27 PM

The Drug Czar Just Says No to Marijuana Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 10.31.2011 3:24 PM

Colorado Issues Licenses to Medical Marijuana Suppliers

Jacob Sullum | 10.28.2011 1:04 PM

Chicago May Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

Jacob Sullum | 10.28.2011 11:34 AM

Colombia's President Wants to Give Pot Peace a Chance

Jacob Sullum | 10.27.2011 11:29 AM

RAND Pot Dispensary Crime Study Retracted

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.25.2011 9:17 PM

Reason.tv: Former MTV VJ and Radio Host Kennedy on Medical Marijuana, The Politics of Alt Rock, and How She Went From Conservative to Libertarian

Tim Cavanaugh and Zach Weissmueller | 10.25.2011 1:06 PM

Heaven for Medical Marijuana Patients Is Hell for the DOJ

Jacob Sullum | 10.24.2011 4:27 PM

Reason.tv: Guatemalan Drug Gangs & Me - The Human Cost of Prohibition

Alex Manning and Paul Feine | 10.24.2011 4:00 PM

Guatemalan Drug Gangs and Me

Reason Staff | 10.24.2011 1:00 PM

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