Marijuana

Policy

Pot Is Legit Enough to Attract Its First Institutional Investor

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2015 1:27 PM

Policy

Forgetting Federalism, Oklahoma And Nebraska Demand That Colorado Ban Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2015 11:36 AM

Policy

Drinking Yourself to Death Is Not Quite As Easy As the CDC Implies

Jacob Sullum | 1.7.2015 2:35 PM

Politics

Have Legal Marijuana Prices in Washington 'Plunged' by 40%?

Jacob Sullum | 1.7.2015 12:33 PM

Policy

Legal Pot Slips Through a Loophole

Why an anti-drug rider failed to keep cannabis criminal in the capital

Jacob Sullum | 1.7.2015 8:20 AM

Policy

10 Things the New GOP Congress Should—and Can!—Do

The reason policy agenda for 2015-2016

Reason Staff | 1.6.2015 9:00 PM

Policy

Seattle City Attorney Urges Legalization of Home Cultivation and 'Marijuana Use Lounges,' Abolition of Medical Dispensaries

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2015 5:01 PM

Policy

D.C. Mayor Agrees That Marijuana Legalization Can Proceed Despite Anti-Drug Rider

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2015 3:06 PM

Policy

Republican Legislators Condemn Oklahoma's Attempt to Reverse Marijuana Legalization in Colorado

Jacob Sullum | 1.5.2015 3:40 PM

Policy

Is Obama the Drug Warrior Becoming Obama the Reformer?

The president has begun to deliver on promises of a more rational, less punitive approach to psychoactive substances.

Jacob Sullum | 1.5.2015 1:00 AM

Politics

Last (and Next) Year in Food Policy

A handful of food policy cognoscenti discuss the top food policy issues of 2014 and predict what might happen in 2015.

Baylen Linnekin | 1.3.2015 8:00 AM

Policy

Even the Supreme Court's Super-Elastic Commerce Clause Cannot Force States to Ban Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2015 1:18 PM

Policy

Is Obama Finally Ready to Dial Back the War on Drugs?

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2015 11:12 AM

Politics

Making Colorado Safe for Guns and Pot

A planned initiative would challenge federal prohibitions on marijuana smokers' right to carry guns

Brian Doherty | 12.31.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Don't Blame Me

The year's highlights in buck passing

Jacob Sullum | 12.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

D.C.'s New Attorney General Says Congress Has Not Blocked Legal Marijuana in the Nation's Capital

Jacob Sullum | 12.30.2014 6:39 PM

Policy

Marijuana Use Rose in Colorado and Washington Last Year. Boo?

Jacob Sullum | 12.30.2014 1:06 PM

Policy

Police Informant Says His Lies Killed a Harmless Pot Smoker

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2014 2:27 PM

War on Drugs

The 5 Best Drug Scares of 2014

A deluge of drunks, deadly synthetics, ecigs and smoking, heroin hype, and THC-tainted treats.

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2014 12:01 AM

Policy

Can an Ethical Lawyer Work for a Marijuana Merchant?

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2014 2:58 PM

Policy

The 5 Best Drug Scares of 2014

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2014 10:42 AM

Policy

Oklahoma and Nebraska Try to Force Pot Prohibition on Colorado

Jacob Sullum | 12.18.2014 6:28 PM

Policy

Andy Harris Explains Why He Blocked Marijuana Legalization in D.C., Although It Looks Like He Didn't

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2014 4:55 PM

Policy

Congress Did Not Repeal the Ban on Medical Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2014 6:26 PM

Policy

Survey Finds Teen Pot Smoking Fell This Year Despite the Message Supposedly Sent by Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2014 3:35 PM

Policy

Will the Rohrabacher Amendment Actually Block Federal Prosecution of Medical Marijuana Patients and Their Suppliers?

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2014 3:58 PM

Policy

Did Congress Stop Marijuana Legalization in D.C.?

An anti-pot rider reflects prohibitionist weakness.

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

DOJ Gives Yellow Light to Pot Shops on Indian Reservations

Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2014 1:24 PM

Policy

Marijuana Kills! But Not Very Often. Especially When Compared to Alcohol and Tobacco.

Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2014 12:35 PM

Policy

Rider Aimed at Stopping Marijuana Legalization in Washington, D.C., Reflects Prohibitionist Weakness

Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2014 10:42 AM

Politics

On The Independents: Penn Jillette and Thomas Massie! Also Dick Cheney's Torture, Cromnibust, Smith Apology, Trigger-shy SNL, and More

Matt Welch | 12.10.2014 8:25 PM

Politics

Will the Rider Aimed at Stopping Marijuana Legalization in D.C. Actually Do That?

Jacob Sullum | 12.10.2014 4:46 PM

Policy

Spending Bill That Blocks Marijuana Reform Also Blocks Federal Interference With Marijuana Reform

Jacob Sullum | 12.10.2014 2:09 PM

Policy

Senate Democrats Surrender to Republican Pot Prohibitionists, Nullifying Legalization in D.C.

Jacob Sullum | 12.10.2014 11:49 AM

Policy

Nevada Measure Is First Marijuana Legalization Initiative to Qualify for 2016 Ballot

Jacob Sullum | 12.9.2014 5:11 PM

Policy

Congress Plans to Allow Legal Marijuana in D.C. but Not Legal Marijuana Businesses

Jacob Sullum | 12.9.2014 3:23 PM

Policy

Trial of Kettle Falls Five for Growing Medical Marijuana Postponed

Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2014 3:30 PM

Policy

Did Marijuana Kill Michael Brown?

Prosecutors suggested to a grand jury that reefer madness caused the behavior that led to a police shooting.

Jacob Sullum | 12.2.2014 8:15 AM

Policy

Did Marijuana Kill Michael Brown?

Jacob Sullum | 11.25.2014 10:29 AM

Policy

A Cannabis Crackdown Contracts

After rising dramatically, marijuana arrests are falling and the trend seems likely to continue.

Jacob Sullum | 11.24.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

After Rising Dramatically, Marijuana Arrests Are Falling in New York City and Across the Country

Jacob Sullum | 11.21.2014 7:15 AM

Marijuana

Bob Marley's Name Hoped to Launch Global Marijuana Brand

Ed Krayewski | 11.19.2014 1:59 PM

Politics

Marijuana Entrepreneurs Should Follow Joseph P. Kennedy's Example

Anthony Fisher | 11.18.2014 4:45 PM

Policy

Rand Paul Last Week: 'I Want to End the War on Drugs'

Jacob Sullum | 11.18.2014 3:50 PM

Policy

Why Congress Is Unlikely to Stop Marijuana Legalization in Washington, D.C.

Republicans may decide they love liberty and limited government more than they hate pot.

Jacob Sullum | 11.17.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

Why Congress Probably Won't Block Marijuana Legalization in Washington, D.C.

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2014 12:24 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Justin Amash, Jeffrey Miron, TV's Andy Levy, and Your Host Matt Welch!

Matt Welch | 11.12.2014 8:52 PM