Drugs

Policy

Marco Rubio Stonewalls on His Pot Smoking—for the Children

Jacob Sullum | 5.19.2014 1:58 PM

Politics

Newark's New Mayor Wants to Decriminalize All Drugs…Maybe

Ras Baraka's comments on the drug war.

Jesse Walker | 5.19.2014 10:33 AM

Marijuana

The Feds Say: Don't You Dare Call Marijuana Medicine

The Justice Department prosecutes medical marijuana patients while tolerating commercial cannabis.

Jacob Sullum | 5.19.2014 8:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Another Drug Bust Gone Bad

Cops can't get their story straight in the killing of Eugene Mallory.

Zach Weissmueller | 5.18.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Uruguay's Buttoned-Down Version of Marijuana Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2014 5:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Pregnant Women Increasingly Face Criminal Prosecution for Positive Drug Tests

Hello fetus, goodbye civil liberties

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.16.2014 1:30 PM

War on Drugs

DEA Chief Dials Back Drug War Bluster After Talk With Holder

The Huffington Post | 5.16.2014 12:25 PM

Policy

If Pot Is Legal in Washington, Why Do These Medical Marijuana Users Face At Least 10 Years in Prison?

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2014 11:12 AM

Politics

Ron Paul on GOP Fear of Pot Legalization: 'They still perceive that it's a risky political position to take'

Matt Welch | 5.16.2014 8:33 AM

Policy

There's a Food Truck That Hawks Legal Cannabis-Laced Edibles

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.15.2014 3:31 PM

Politics

Rick Santorum: Libertarian Ideas 'don't work in practice'

Matt Welch | 5.15.2014 8:57 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Ron Paul, Robert Bryce, Jedediah Bila, Tom Shillue…and Rick Santorum!

Matt Welch | 5.14.2014 8:17 PM

Policy

What Does Denver Have Against Getting Stoned and Listening to Music?

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 5:09 PM

Civil Liberties

Don't Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

Charles Oliver | 5.14.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Don't Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

Charles Oliver | 5.14.2014 6:00 AM

War on Drugs

U.S. Customs Seize Kentucky-Bound Hemp Seeds

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.13.2014 10:45 AM

Culture

Responses to Reason's Gamer Poll: Is Personal Choice Really a Libertarian Thing?

Scott Shackford | 5.12.2014 5:30 PM

Marijuana

The Medical Marijuana Debate in Minnesota Continues

Paul Feine | 5.12.2014 4:25 PM

Uruguay

Uruguay's President Lectures Americans on Cigarettes and Becoming a Bilingual Country

Recently signed a bill into law that legalized and regulated marijuana

Ed Krayewski | 5.12.2014 1:50 PM

Policy

Anti-Pot Group Trumpets Obama's 2011 Comment on Drug Legalization As 'Huge News!'

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2014 11:47 AM

Policy

The Need for Speed and the Politics of Panics

The results of meth hysteria have been uglier than a tweeker in an anti-drug ad.

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

It's Not Racist to Hate the Government

Democrats and progressives are flat-out wrong about libertarians.

Nick Gillespie | 5.11.2014 3:30 PM

Policy

Washington's Marijuana Lottery: Good Odds, Big Cash Prizes

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2014 4:52 PM

Politics

Happy 90th Birthday! Feds Send WWII Vet to Prison for Drug Smuggling

Zenon Evans | 5.9.2014 4:00 PM

Policy

Will Congress Keep D.C. From Decriminalizing Marijuana?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.9.2014 3:25 PM

Policy

NYPD Busts Lots of Pot Smokers Despite Drop in Street Stops

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2014 2:25 PM

Policy

School Drug Testing All Its Students Censors 'Seditious' Dissent

Zenon Evans | 5.9.2014 1:25 PM

Marijuana

The Long Road to Dismantling Prohibition

Ed Krayewski | 5.9.2014 12:59 PM

Policy

The Politics of Meth Panics

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2014 10:35 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: How Appealing

Charles Oliver | 5.9.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Is Reason's New Video Game Cover Sexist?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.8.2014 7:22 PM

Culture

Operation Grow4Vets Is Helping Colorado Veterans With Free Marijuana and Grow Lessons

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.8.2014 2:29 PM

Politics

Did Massachusetts' High Quality Health Care System Give Romneycare a Boost?

Peter Suderman | 5.8.2014 2:10 PM

Policy

Why Colorado's 'Cannabis Credit Co-Ops' Won't Solve the Marijuana Banking Problem

Jacob Sullum | 5.8.2014 12:04 PM

Policy

Minnesota Now Requires Folks to Actually Be Convicted Before Seizing Their Stuff

Scott Shackford | 5.8.2014 11:23 AM

Policy

Drug Warriors Target Dangerous Pot Substitutes Popularized by Prohibition

Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2014 7:26 PM

Policy

Feds Prosecute Medical Marijuana Users in Washington City Where Cannabusinesses Openly Operate

Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2014 1:50 PM

Policy

Can We End the War on Drugs Without Repealing Prohibition?

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2014 8:02 PM

Sentencing

Obama's DEA Chief Refuses To Support Drug Sentencing Reforms

The Huffington Post | 5.6.2014 12:46 PM

Policy

British Deputy PM Backs 'Ending the Drug Wars' Report

Matthew Feeney | 5.6.2014 10:55 AM

Politics

Update: School District Sues County in Case of Autistic Teen Entrapped for Selling Pot

Amanda Winkler | 5.5.2014 5:00 PM

Policy

Washington's First State-Licensed Pot Dealer May Share a Building With Its First State-Licensed Pot Grower

Jacob Sullum | 5.5.2014 3:59 PM

Politics

How the Drug War Threatens Privacy Rights Around the World

The war on drugs drives a greater demand for police wiretaps, which in turn erodes society's support for privacy rights.

S.M. Oliva | 5.4.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Read Reason's Complete May 2014 Issue

Reason Staff | 5.3.2014 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

2,770 Teens Drug Tested by Company Headed by School Principal's Brother

Drug war crusaders are stripping high school students of privacy and trust.

Zenon Evans | 5.2.2014 4:31 PM

Police Abuse

Rapper Meek Mill Loses Lawsuit Over 10-Hour Traffic Stop in Philadelphia

Ed Krayewski | 5.2.2014 3:25 PM