Drugs

Policy

Will a Congressional Rebuke Stop the DEA From Treating Hemp Like Pot?

Jacob Sullum | 6.9.2014 1:35 PM

Policy

Chuck Schumer's Bogus Heroin Cure

Why more money to fight trafficking won't reverse drug use trends

Jacob Sullum | 6.9.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Alexander Shulgin, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2014 5:10 PM

Policy

Chuck Schumer's $100 Million Cure for the Heroin 'Epidemic' Is Snake Oil

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2014 3:38 PM

Economics

Meet the Good Guys of the Deep Web

Paul Best | 6.6.2014 11:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Lessons in Precision of Language When Dealing with Public Officials, Or, "Drug Task Force? What Drug Task Force"?

Brian Doherty | 6.5.2014 2:06 PM

Politics

Will Arkansas Voters Be Next to Legalize Marijuana?

Ed Krayewski | 6.5.2014 1:37 PM

Politics

This Is Your Country on Drugs Drug-War Raids

Matt Welch | 6.5.2014 12:24 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Buck Sexton and Charles Cooke on Bergdahl and Gitmo, Chris Moody on Yesterday's Elections, John Stossel on Common Core, Plus MoDo's Trippin' and the 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

Matt Welch | 6.4.2014 8:30 PM

Civil Liberties

New York Cop Pleads Not Guilty in Police Beating Caught on Tape

Ed Krayewski | 6.4.2014 2:38 PM

Politics

In Defense of Maureen Dowd's Risible Col About Her Bad Trip on a Pot-Laced Candy Bar

Nick Gillespie | 6.4.2014 1:50 PM

Marijuana

10 Really Successful Pot Smokers

These folks challenge the stereotype of marijuana users as lazy, unmotivated slackers.

Nick Gillespie | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Science & Technology

Of Course the Internet Can Help You With Your Weed

A few arbitrarily selected online resources that can help you meet your recreational and medicinal needs.

J.D. Tuccille | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Marijuana

Reason's Best Marijuana Content (That We Can Remember)

Ed Krayewski and Nick Gillespie | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

War on Drugs

FAQ: All About Legal Pot

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

Marijuana in Vending Machines Is the American Way

Matthew Feeney | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

The DIY Drug Prize

The federal government should offer prize money for the creation of a safer, better high.

Greg Beato | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Culture

The Sultan of Sewers

William Burroughs' anti-authoritarian vision.

Jesse Walker | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

Why Morphine Matters

It's the most significant chemical substance our species has ever encountered.

Reason Staff | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

How Not to Legalize a Drug

Yanking alcohol back out of the black market left America with a wicked Prohibition hangover.

Garrett Peck | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

Marijuana Money in the Mattress

Banks remain leery of deposits from cannabusinesses.

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

'You Can Never Drive'

Washington's new standard for drugged driving puts patients in peril.

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

Washington's Legal Marijuana Mess

Can pot regulators beat the law of supply and demand?

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

California's Unlikely Pot Crackdown

Scenes from the federal clampdown on medical marijuana in the Golden State after Proposition 19.

Peter Hecht | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Welcome to Marijuana on Main Street, USA! Reason.com's Special Page About Legalizing Pot!

Nick Gillespie | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

How Cops Became Baby Burners

The horrifying collateral damage inflicted by the war on drugs

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2014 7:00 AM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Radley Balko on the Flash-Grenaded Baby, Lea Gabrielle and Tom Shillue on the Bergdahl Perplex, Tim Carney on Crony EPA Capitalism, Brian Wise on Operation Chokepoint, Plus Smokin' After-show

Matt Welch | 6.3.2014 8:36 PM

Policy

Republicans Say Obama Has a Crappy Clemency Record—and They Want to Keep It That Way

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2014 4:53 PM

Civil Liberties

DOJ Appealing Decisions Against ATF Sting Operations

Ed Krayewski | 6.3.2014 1:31 PM

Black Markets

Researchers Ponder Whether Online Drug Markets Like Silk Road Reduce Violence

Scott Shackford | 6.2.2014 4:45 PM

Policy

Why Did Baby-Burning Drug Warriors Think There Were No Children in the Home They Attacked? [UPDATED]

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2014 1:31 PM

Policy

Anti-Pot Prejudice vs. Federalism

Growing Republican support for letting states go their own way on medical marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Thin Mint Munchies

Girl Scout entrepreneurship

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Police Abuse

Sheriff in Burned Baby Raid Wants Your Prayers; Target of Warrant Could Be Charged For Injuries to Toddler

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2014 7:36 PM

Policy

U.S. Sentencing Commission Pinpoints Billions in Savings in Retroactive Mercy to Those in Prison for Mandatory Minimum Drug Crimes

Brian Doherty | 5.30.2014 7:23 PM

Politics

Anti-Pot Republicans Forsake Federalism in Medical Marijuana Vote

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2014 11:29 AM

Policy

House Approves Measures to Keep DEA Hands Off Hemp

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.30.2014 10:03 AM

Policy

House Votes to Stop Medical Marijuana Raids

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2014 7:54 AM

Police Abuse

SWAT Team Reportedly Throws Flash Bang, Burns Toddler During No-Knock Raid

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2014 7:47 AM

Politics

Reason Nominated for 13 Southern California Journalism Awards

Matt Welch | 5.29.2014 4:01 PM

Civil Liberties

Mexico Dabbling With Drug Courts

Ed Krayewski | 5.28.2014 5:19 PM

Civil Liberties

Nothing Changes: In Bill de Blasio's New York, Cops Still Making Petty Marijuana Arrests

Ed Krayewski | 5.28.2014 4:35 PM

Militarization of Police

The Battlefield War Games Series Embraces Police Militarization

Scott Shackford | 5.28.2014 4:29 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Jacob Sullum on the I.V. Massacre, Thaddeus McCotter on Afghanistan, I.J.'s Robert McNamara on Eminent Domain Abuse, Kmele Foster on Reparations, Plus Sexy After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.27.2014 8:29 PM