Drug Testing

Culture

A's Pitcher Suspended for Failing Drug Test

Bartolo Colon ordered to sit out 50 games.

Reason Staff | 8.22.2012 4:15 PM

War on Drugs

Lance Armstrong's Case Against Doping Agency Dismissed

Cyclist had claimed agency lacks jurisdiction and violates his constitutional rights.

Reason Staff | 8.20.2012 3:23 PM

War on Drugs

Baseball's Melky Cabrera Suspended for 50 Games for Drug Use

All-Star MVP tested positive for Testosterone.

Reason Staff | 8.15.2012 9:08 PM

Science & Technology

Alzheimer Drug Scrapped after Studies Fail

Highly anticipated experiments failed to produce results in stopping memory loss.

Reason Staff | 8.6.2012 7:00 PM

World

Olympic Race-Walker Booted for Doping

Important takeaway: Race-walking is an Olympic event.

Reason Staff | 8.6.2012 3:52 PM

Policy

The Bath Salt Panic Wall of Shame

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 4:43 AM

Policy

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

J.D. Tuccille | 6.18.2012 3:48 PM

Politics

Bath Salts, Naked Zombie Cannibals & Stupid Senators

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 6.7.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

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

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 6:37 PM

Policy

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

Policy

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

Policy

Synthetic Drug Ban Will Soon Become Law

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2012 4:42 PM

Policy

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

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 2:42 PM

Policy

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

Jacob Sullum | 5.29.2012 5:43 PM

Politics

Rick Scott's Thirst for Urine Will Remain Unslaked

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2012 12:50 PM

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

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

Politics

Sponsor of Florida Bill to Drug Test Public Workers Says Being An Elected Official Is Totally Different

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.27.2012 5:45 PM

Policy

Mandatory Drugs Tests by Record Companies, Media Scoldings, and Other Helpful Suggestions for Preventing Further Whitney Houstons

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.16.2012 4:42 PM

Politics

Leak Complaints End Federal Witch Hunt Against Lance Armstrong

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.3.2012 6:52 PM

Culture

Drug Test Every Student to Prepare Them for the Real World

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.8.2011 12:35 PM

Policy

Orrin Hatch: Drug-test Welfare Recipients

Matt Welch | 6.16.2010 11:28 AM

Politics

Drug Test Nation

Get a whiff of the new pot-sniffing technologies, coming to a highway near you

Paul Armentano | 2.9.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Urine — or You're Out

Drug testing is invasive, insulting, and generally irrelevant to job performance. Why do so many companies insist on it?

Jacob Sullum | 11.1.2002 12:00 AM