Drugs

Civil Liberties

Malaysian Drug Laws are Unfair to Australians

Australians are not presumed innocent when charged with crimes that could see them executed, says a Malaysian legal reform advocate.

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 8:12 AM

Politics

New Jersey's Insane Seatbelt Law…For Your Dog!

Nanny of the Month for July 2012!

Ted Balaker | 7.31.2012 7:30 AM

War on Drugs

Huge Drug Bust Down Under

Australian authorities have seized more than half a billion dollars worth of meth and heroin in Sydney.

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 7:08 AM

Civil Liberties

Scenes from the Drug War: DEA Secretly Commandeers Truck, Gets Driver Killed

Company owner did not authorize use, is trying to get reimbursed and fears for his family.

Reason Staff | 7.30.2012 10:02 PM

Politics

Marijuana on the Ballot in Five States in November

Scott Shackford | 7.27.2012 12:40 PM

Politics

New Mexicans Beating Heroin Addiction With Help of Drug Dealer

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.27.2012 10:22 AM

Politics

Pro-Obama Super-PAC Donor Morgan Freeman: Banning Pot "Stupidest Law Possible"!

Nick Gillespie | 7.26.2012 10:14 AM

Policy

What We Saw at the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum

Kennedy and Joshua Swain | 7.25.2012 12:30 PM

Politics

L.A.'s Illegal Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2012 11:58 AM

Politics

Los Angeles Gives Up on Intelligent Policy, Bans Medical Marijuana Storefront Dispensaries

Brian Doherty | 7.24.2012 7:40 PM

Politics

Yet Another Reason to End the War on Drugs: It's Fueling HIV/AIDS

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.23.2012 4:46 PM

Policy

Did the Vicodin Make Him Do It?

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2012 3:09 PM

Policy

For the Obama Administration, Conceding Marijuana's Medical Potential Does Not Mean Rethinking the Federal Ban

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2012 12:41 PM

Politics

Could Obama's Pot Crackdown Cost Him Colorado?

Matt Welch | 7.19.2012 3:37 PM

Politics

Obama Administration Will Review Clarence Aaron's Commutation Petition and the Clemency Process

Jacob Sullum | 7.19.2012 12:13 PM

Politics

Truth in Trials Act (H.R. 6134) to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients: Reps Barney Frank and Ron Paul are Supporters

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.18.2012 10:04 PM

Policy

"Good Samaritan" Laws For Overdose Emergencies Get More Good Press

Brian Doherty | 7.18.2012 4:01 PM

Politics

That Slam Against Pot Smokers Came Out of Nowhere, Man

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2012 6:29 PM

Policy

Newark's Mayor Calls the Drug War 'Big Overgrown Government at Its Worst'

Jacob Sullum | 7.16.2012 7:06 PM

Politics

Florida Police Knock on Wrong Door at 1:30 a.m. Without Identifying Themselves, Then Fatally Shoot Armed Resident

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.16.2012 11:15 AM

Policy

From Bootlegging to Pot Trafficking

The outlaws of Marion County, Kentucky, defy one Prohibition after another.

Mike Riggs | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

FBI: Zimmerman Not Racist, Occupy Riot in L.A., Anybody Serious About the Deficit?: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Gabriel G. Nahas, Who Warned Us to Keep Off the Grass, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2012 3:07 AM

Policy

Isn't It a Shame the Less Well-to-Do Can't Afford to Have Their Relatives Kidnapped By the State Over Their Consumption Choices?

Brian Doherty | 7.11.2012 2:44 PM

Policy

Chuck Schumer Brags About Banning Already Banned Drugs; Time Claims He Also Banned Every Conceivable Substitute

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 12:10 PM

Politics

Prohibition Is an Awful Flop; We Like It: The Mexican Edition

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 9:16 AM

Politics

Violence Is Not Victory

Mexico's election results are the latest sign of Latin American dissent from the drug war.

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Deadly Hug Shooting Under Review, Obama Also Outsources, Doctors on Lance Armstrong's Team Banned: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.10.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Your Terrible Anti-Marijuana Editorial of the Day is Somehow in Favor of Decriminalization

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.10.2012 1:55 PM

Politics

Police Ask for More Cell Records, Oregon May Vote to Legalize Pot, "Fast and Furious" Suspects Named: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.9.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Former Drug Czar Advisor Says Obama's "Third Way" Drug Policy Involves "Short Stints in Jail"

Mike Riggs | 7.9.2012 10:50 AM

Politics

Mexico's New President Peña Nieto Is Probably Not Going to End the Drug War

Mike Riggs | 7.9.2012 8:35 AM

Politics

3 Accounting Tricks the Obama Administration Uses to Hide the Cost of the Drug War

From ditchweed to rehab, the Obama administration finds clever ways to cook the drug war books.

Mike Riggs | 7.8.2012 1:00 PM

Policy

Oliver Stone Says It's Time to Legalize Pot Already

Nick Gillespie | 7.6.2012 3:51 PM

Politics

Obama Scaled Back the War on Drugs, and I Missed It

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2012 2:05 AM

Politics

Police Stand on Volunteer's Neck, Destroy Surveillance Cameras During Dispensary Raid

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.5.2012 2:55 PM

Policy

Is an Unknown Drug or an Unverifiable Mental Disorder a Better Explanation for Face Eating Than a Voodoo Curse?

Jacob Sullum | 7.5.2012 3:14 AM

Politics

Why the Acquittal of Roger Clemens Should Mean the End of Washington's Steroid Witch Hunt

Sorry, Ty Cobb, but it's time for you to stop making players and fans miserable.

Rob Bibelhauser | 7.4.2012 9:00 AM

Policy

Rob Bibelhauser on Why the Acquittal of Roger Clemens Should Mean the End of Washington's Steroid Witch Hunt

Reason Staff | 7.4.2012 9:00 AM

Policy

Mexico's President-Elect Wants a 'Broad Debate' About Drug Policy

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2012 3:09 AM

Policy

The DEA's Classification of Pot: Destroyed but Still Standing

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 3:44 PM

Politics

How to Convince Drug War Skeptics That Obama Is Secretly On Their Side

Jesse Walker | 7.3.2012 11:30 AM

Politics

Drug War Foes, Don't Expect Much From Mexico's New President

Scott Shackford | 7.2.2012 5:05 PM

Politics

Obama "Will Pivot to the Drug War" in Second Term, Claim Anonymous White House Sources

Mike Riggs | 7.2.2012 1:19 PM

Politics

If Obama Really Believes Drug Addiction Is a Disease, Not a Moral Failing, Why Is He Putting Sick People In Prison?

Mike Riggs | 7.2.2012 12:50 PM

Policy

Police Dog Named "Bono" Plays By Own Rules, Plants Drug Evidence at Virtually Every Crime Scene

Nick Gillespie | 7.2.2012 10:14 AM

Politics

5 Most Unlibertarian Supreme Court Rulings Still Standing

Individual mandate doesn't even make the list!

Damon Root, Mike Riggs, Peter Suderman, and Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 5:10 PM