In 2014, Reason reported on the misbehavior of Rod Ponton, who has suddenly risen to internet stardom after being unable to turn off an adorable filter during an online legal case.
Voters approved it, but the governor resisted. A court came down on her side.
His new book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, is a provocative manifesto for legalizing all drugs.
Contemporary psychonauts are looking for insight, relief, fun, escape, and a million other things to make their lives more interesting and bearable.
The state used civil asset forfeiture to seize Tyson Timbs' car in 2013. His nightmare hasn't ended.
If passed, the bill would allow for legal possession by July 1.
We can’t eliminate the virus, but we can reduce its harm to our lives and livelihoods.
The new administration nixes a change that would have allowed more physicians to prescribe buprenorphine.
Some doable libertarian ideas for the new president
The new documentary hammers home the senselessness of the war on drugs.
Alex Winter's new film celebrates the Rock Hall of Famer's individualism, anti-authoritarianism, and entrepreneurship.
No home cultivation? Increased criminal penalties? This is not the way to end a drug war.
Theresa Mathis was in the middle of a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence when she sent Reason a letter asking for help.
The Columbia neuroscientist talks frankly about using heroin responsibly and "chasing liberty in the land of fear."
"It's like taking a chemical helicopter ride above my life," says psychotherapist Charles Wininger. "Then I can come back down and rededicate myself to the way I want to be living."
The rock legend fought for free speech and self-expression in ways that appealed to dissidents in America and communist countries alike.
The original formulation of OxyContin didn’t create the opioid crisis, argues psychiatrist Sally Satel, and removing it from the market didn’t make the problem go away.
Nationwide, marijuana arrests peaked at nearly 873,000 in 2007; the 2019 number was 37 percent lower.
After a slight drop in 2018, fatalities involving opioids jumped last year, setting a new record that is apt to be broken this year.
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Protected financial access for politically targeted industries
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States where recreational use has been legalized now include about a third of the U.S. population.
The bill is unlikely to make headway in the Senate, but it could nudge President-elect Joe Biden toward more ambitious reforms.
Violators face fines of up to $1,000.
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The MORE Act, which would repeal federal prohibition, is scheduled for a vote this week.
A documentary describes a drug-fueled countercultural romance.
While fentanyl is a dangerous drug, it is very difficult to overdose on it through accidental exposure.
Depending on how soon Mexico acts, Israel could be the third country in the world to allow recreational use.
A bill under consideration by the city's Board of Supervisors would ban smoking in private dwellings located in apartment buildings with three or more units.
The reformed drug warrior opposes marijuana legalization and supports "mandatory rehabilitation" for people who violate the government’s pharmacological decrees.
Gallup shows 68 percent supporting legalization.
Voters came out for legalizing marijuana, removing criminal penalties for psychedelic use, and treating drug addiction as a public health concern.
Tax hikes? Drug wars? Racial Preferences? Not today.
Voters in four states voted to legalize recreational marijuana. In Oregon, they went much further.
Ballot initiatives continue to reverse marijuana prohibition while making the treatment of other drugs less oppressive and more tolerant.
Plus: Presidential results still unclear (but Trump declares victory in a few states anyway), California approves Proposition 22, and more...
The ballot initiative allows recreational consumers to grow their own or buy cannabis from state-licensed stores.
It is the first state to do both at the same time.
The ballot initiative allows adults to use the promising psychedelic at state-licensed "psilocybin service centers."
The initiative makes Arizona the 13th state to allow recreational use.
Mississippi is the 35th state, and the second in the Deep South, to recognize marijuana as a medicine.
The ballot measure applies to noncommercial production, distribution, and possession of "entheogenic plants and fungi."
The constitutional amendment charges state legislators and regulators with writing specific rules.
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