Drug Policy

Policy

The Price of Prohibition

Forty years after Nixon declared war on drugs, it's time to give peace a chance.

Jacob Sullum | 6.15.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

The Government's Addiction Expert Says We Like What We Like Because We Like It

Jacob Sullum | 6.14.2011 6:27 PM

Policy

Was Nixon a Drug Warrior or a Reformer?

Jacob Sullum | 6.14.2011 1:35 PM

Policy

Happy 40th, War on Drugs! Now Drop Dead Already!

Nick Gillespie | 6.14.2011 1:04 PM

Politics

Gary Johnson: "Opposition to the drug war is perfectly consistent with true Republican Party values"

Damon Root | 6.13.2011 5:34 PM

Politics

Holder Promises to Lift the Marijuana Haze He Created

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2011 12:29 PM

Policy

Is Bitcoin Really So Evil That Sen. Chuck Schumer Must Shut it Down?

Nick Gillespie | 6.13.2011 9:49 AM

Policy

Wire Creator David Simon Says He'll Make Another Season Just As Soon as AG Eric Holder Reconsiders Drug Prohibition

Peter Suderman | 6.10.2011 5:19 PM

Politics

All Aboard the Latin American Drug War Gravy Train

Waging the war on drugs in Latin America is a gold mine for contractors, a waste for taxpayers

Mike Riggs | 6.10.2011 12:15 PM

Policy

Apple to Ban Apps that Include DUI Checkpoints; Why That's Stupid (Vid)

Nick Gillespie | 6.9.2011 7:19 AM

Policy

Connecticut Decriminalizes Real Pot, Criminalizes Fake Pot

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2011 5:34 PM

Policy

Jesse Jackson Wants to End the War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2011 4:31 PM

Policy

Declare Defeat and Go Home

The War on Drugs has failed. Let's try something else.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.7.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Holder Wants to Limit Crack Sentence Reductions

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 3:19 PM

Policy

Against the Drug War, but Not Ready to Give Peace a Chance

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 12:41 PM

Policy

Dutch Government Plans to Make Cannabis Cafés Member-Only Clubs; Foreigners Need Not Apply

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2011 5:02 PM

Politics

Vermont to Federal Drug Warriors: Mind Your Own Business

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2011 2:37 PM

Politics

Racism and the War on Drugs

Damon Root | 6.2.2011 1:44 PM

Politics

Rick Scott's Urine Fetish

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2011 12:25 PM

Policy

Reefer Mildness

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2011 3:31 PM

Policy

Online Poker and Steven Levitt's Daughter

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2011 12:32 PM

Policy

But Remember: Marijuana Is Not Medicine

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2011 5:29 PM

Policy

Be Thankful You Can Still Buy That Jumbo Bottle of Tylenol

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2011 6:16 PM

Politics

Washington Medical Marijuana Bill Dead for Now

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2011 4:39 PM

Policy

Drug Offenders in California's Overcrowded Prisons

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2011 4:07 PM

Politics

Jose Guerena Evidence: Don't Buy Your Kids the Jesús Malverde Bobblehead

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.22.2011 5:46 PM

Policy

How to Get Blacks & Whites to Agree to End Drug War with the Fierce Urgency of Now

Nick Gillespie | 5.20.2011 1:19 PM

Politics

Obama Courts Old Republican Church Ladies

Jacob Sullum | 5.20.2011 12:44 PM

Politics

A Fate Worse Than Death Panels?

Legislation that would improve access to pain medication for the elderly is five months behind schedule, and no one will say why.

Mike Riggs | 5.20.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

Alan W. Bock, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 5.19.2011 12:12 PM

Politics

Will the White House Smoke Weed With Willie Again?

Jesse Walker | 5.17.2011 5:54 PM

Politics

Now Delaware Can Enjoy Medical Marijuana Raids Too

Jacob Sullum | 5.13.2011 5:49 PM

Politics

ACLU Asks Holder to Clarify His Medical Marijuana Policy

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2011 6:23 PM

Politics

False Forbearance

Obama breaks his promise to respect medical marijuana laws.

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

How the Government Promotes Heroin Use

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2011 4:58 PM

Politics

Feds Threaten to Prosecute Medical Marijuana Providers 'Whose Actions Are in Clear and Unambiguous Compliance' With State Law

Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2011 2:33 PM

Politics

A Pragmatic Champion of Liberty

Gary Johnson's cross-political appeal will help both the country and the liberty movement.

Shikha Dalmia | 5.3.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

A Hundred Years of Reefer Madness

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2011 5:37 PM

Policy

NIU Student Government Concedes That Even Controversial Groups Have First Amendment Rights

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2011 3:50 PM

Policy

Oklahoma: America's Indonesia

Jacob Sullum | 4.28.2011 5:16 PM

Policy

DOJ Denies Marc Emery's Transfer Request

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2011 5:00 PM

Policy

Drug Control vs. Pain Control

A crackdown on opioid prescriptions will hurt patients.

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Smell of Privacy

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 5:44 PM

Policy

Happy 4/20! 3 Reasons to Legalize Pot Now!

Nick Gillespie | 4.20.2011 9:25 AM