Marijuana

Politics

The 3 Worst Arguments for Legalizing Marijuana

Hey kids, don't make these rookie mistakes!

Mike Riggs | 3.23.2012 10:00 AM

Policy

Marijuana Smuggler Who Served 30 Years in Prison Wants to Convince Florida Old Folks to Support Medical Marijuana

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.16.2012 5:55 PM

Policy

Marijuana's Disappearing Stigma

Jacob Sullum | 3.16.2012 2:46 PM

Policy

Bill Bennett Takes Drug Policy Advice From Bruce Springsteen

Jacob Sullum | 3.15.2012 2:04 PM

Politics

California Dispensary Fights City Extortion Scheme, Gets Raided By DEA Twice in Four Months

Zach Weissmueller | 3.13.2012 2:00 PM

Policy

California Pot Legalization Initiatives in Disarray

Brian Doherty | 3.12.2012 1:23 PM

Policy

Colorado Medical Marijuana Users Got the Full SWAT Treatment Because of Their Legal Plants

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.28.2012 9:15 PM

Politics

Pot Legalization Initiative Qualifies for Colorado Ballot

Jacob Sullum | 2.27.2012 4:15 PM

Politics

Drug Trafficking Drug Warrior Could Get 20 Years

Nick Sibilla | 2.24.2012 1:25 PM

Policy

Prohibitionist County Commissioner Arrested for Drug Trafficking

Nick Sibilla | 2.23.2012 11:25 AM

Policy

D.C.'s "Love Affair With Marijuana"

Matt Welch | 2.21.2012 11:56 AM

Policy

Medical Marijuana Laws Send 'the Wrong Message': Don't Smoke Pot, Kids!

Jacob Sullum | 2.9.2012 11:33 AM

Politics

Another Example of How New York Cops Make Their Own Law

Jacob Sullum | 2.8.2012 1:01 PM

Policy

New York's Illegal Pot Crackdown

The NYPD continues to make bogus marijuana busts.

Jacob Sullum | 2.8.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Veterans for Weed Threatened by That Other VFW

Nick Sibilla | 2.2.2012 4:44 PM

Policy

Bogus Pot Busts Continue Apace in New York City

Jacob Sullum | 2.1.2012 4:29 PM

Politics

A New Pot Legalization Proposal in California Gets Good Poll Numbers

Brian Doherty | 2.1.2012 3:45 PM

Policy

"The war on drugs is a war on people." Meet Law Enforcement Against Prohibition's New Anonymous Blogger, an Active-Duty Cop

Lucy Steigerwald | 1.27.2012 4:25 PM

Policy

O Cannabis

Nick Sibilla | 1.18.2012 11:04 AM

Culture

American Spectator Article is a Helpful Reminder That Prohibitionists Never Stop Making the Same Stupid Arguments

Lucy Steigerwald | 1.17.2012 5:08 PM

Politics

Romney Dodges Questions About the Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 1.10.2012 6:56 PM

Policy

The Raw Milk Party vs. the Party of Pot and Veganism

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2012 5:00 PM

Politics

Don't Come Sniffing Around Here Unless You Have a Warrant

Jacob Sullum | 1.4.2012 12:48 PM

Policy

Cops Total BMW While Looking for Nonexistent Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2012 2:15 PM

Policy

Sir, Your Perfectly Legal Plants Smell Like Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 12.27.2011 5:57 PM

Policy

Modern-Day Prohibition

The eternal temptation to ban things that give people pleasure

Jeff Stier | 12.20.2011 7:00 AM

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

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

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

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

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2011 10:48 AM

Policy

Dog Bites Man: What Sounds Like an Everyday Narcotics SWAT Raid

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.30.2011 6:05 PM

Policy

Subjects of Missouri Drug Raid That Went Viral Have Their Civil Suit Dismissed

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.22.2011 6:20 PM

Policy

Government Worker Fired for Signing Pro-Pot Legalization Petition

Brian Doherty | 11.21.2011 3:56 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

Politics

CBS Poll: Yes to Medical Marijuana, But What We Have Now Isn't So Medicinal

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.18.2011 6:35 PM

Policy

Another Depressing Story of a Kid Narcing on His Parents

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.17.2011 10:20 AM

Policy

Study: Medical Marijuana Doesn't Make the Kids More Reefer-Mad in Rhode Island

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.3.2011 6:45 PM

Politics

Libertarian-leaning Comedian Runs for Mayor of Miami Beach

Seth McKelvey | 10.31.2011 4:46 PM

Policy

The Drug Czar Just Says No to Marijuana Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 10.31.2011 3:24 PM

War on Drugs

A 14-Year-Old Pittsburgh Boy Didn't Die From Smoking Synthetic Marijuana, He Died From Smoking it Out of a Pez Dispenser

Lucy Steigerwald | 10.28.2011 6:13 PM

Politics

Occupy L.A.'s Civil War Over Weed

Matt Welch | 10.28.2011 2:42 PM

Policy

Chicago May Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

Jacob Sullum | 10.28.2011 11:34 AM

Policy

Colombia's President Wants to Give Pot Peace a Chance

Jacob Sullum | 10.27.2011 11:29 AM

Politics

RAND Pot Dispensary Crime Study Retracted

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.25.2011 9:17 PM

Politics

Dazed and Confused No More

A full 50 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana

Steve Chapman | 10.20.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

New Gallup Survey: A Majority of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use

Emily Ekins | 10.18.2011 12:15 PM