Drugs

Policy

Washington's Marijuana Regulators Pick Retail License Finalists

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2014 1:39 PM

Policy

Why America Leads the World at Putting People in Cages

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2014 9:35 PM

Policy

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Expands Police Power to Conduct Warrantless Car Searches

Damon Root | 5.1.2014 11:31 AM

Politics

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Reportedly Caught on Camera Smoking Crack… Again

Is taking a break from re-election campaign to seek help for alcohol abuse

Matthew Feeney | 5.1.2014 11:04 AM

Culture

'Classically Cannabis': Colorado Symphony Orchestra Goes to Pot

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.1.2014 10:46 AM

Policy

Washington Court Rejects Legal Rationale for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, but That's Not Why Their Days Are Numbered

Jacob Sullum | 4.30.2014 6:11 PM

Politics

Mediaite: 'Here Are the Best Moments from Hannity's Clownshow Weed Panel'

Matt Welch | 4.30.2014 12:47 PM

Politics

The State of Marijuana Legalization

A 50-state guide to the legality of pot

John Ross | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Obama Finds His Clemency Pen

Commutations could be the president's most admirable legacy.

Jacob Sullum | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

More States Moving to Legalize Industrial Hemp Farming

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.29.2014 4:10 PM

Politics

Obama Is Right on Clemency for Non-Violent Drug Offenders

Conservatives have no good reason to caterwaul this time.

Gene Healy | 4.29.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Pot Prohibitionists Will Have to Do Better Than Bill Bennett's BS

Jacob Sullum | 4.28.2014 4:16 PM

War on Drugs

DOJ to Attempt to Determine Just How Racist Police Are

Federal grants will be offered for more research.

Scott Shackford | 4.28.2014 2:30 PM

Marijuana

What We Saw at the Denver 4/20 Celebration of Marijuana Legalization

Paul Feine | 4.25.2014 6:00 PM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Up in Your Business! And Immediately After, Watch Matt Welch Debate Pot Prohibitionists on Hannity

Matt Welch | 4.25.2014 2:54 PM

Culture

AirTHC Aims to Connect Weed-Friendly Homeowners and Travelers

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.25.2014 2:46 PM

Politics

John Paul Stevens, Leading Enabler of the War on Drugs, Says Pot Prohibition Was a Big Mistake

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2014 1:34 PM

Nanny State

Beezin: The Awesome New Fake Teen Drug Panic Involving Lipbalm and Eyelids

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.25.2014 11:22 AM

War on Drugs

Virginia State Police Raid Grandmother's House for Drugs, Make an Arrest Two Doors Down

Ed Krayewski | 4.24.2014 11:35 AM

Politics

Watch Matt Welch Debate Pot Prohibitionists Tonight at 10 p.m. on Hannity (Update: False Alarm)

Matt Welch | 4.23.2014 9:26 PM

Policy

Arizona Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Convict Unimpaired Pot Smokers of Driving Under the Influence

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2014 4:58 PM

Policy

New Clemency Policy Could Free 'Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands' of Drug War Prisoners (and Yes, That Would Be Constitutional)

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2014 2:04 PM

Culture

Ohio Alt-Weekly 'Can't Locate' Anyone to Argue Against Legal Weed

The Dayton City Paper, an alt-weekly out of Dayton, Ohio, recently ran a "debate" on marijuana legalization. On one side of the page, a DCP staffer argued in favor of Ohio moving to legalize. The other side of the page was mostly blank.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.23.2014 12:55 PM

Policy

Of Course Recidivism Is High When Everything Is a Crime

Scott Shackford | 4.23.2014 11:53 AM

Sentencing

Criteria Set for DOJ Reviews of Clemency Application

Have to be non-violent with no significant criminal history and already in jail 10 years

Ed Krayewski | 4.23.2014 11:16 AM

Policy

Go to Heaven, Bloomberg

The meddling ex-mayor thinks he is on a mission from God.

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Earth Day Hysteria, Drone-War Accountability, Palcohol Panic, Affirmative Action Boredom, AirBnB Agonistes, Aereo's Dealio, a Facebook Vote…Plus Sexy After-show!

Matt Welch | 4.22.2014 8:07 PM

Policy

Chris Christie Opposes Pot Legalization Because He Doesn't Want New Small Businesses or Tourists in His State

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.22.2014 5:23 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Mike Riggs on Drug-sentence Clemency, Garrett Quinn on Boston Security, Ben Powell on Sweatshops…Plus Drone Killings, More 9/11 Conspiracy Talk, and Sexy After-show!

Matt Welch | 4.21.2014 8:08 PM

Policy

Is a Major, Merciful Change in Presidential Pardon Policy Brewing?

Scott Shackford | 4.21.2014 4:00 PM

Politics

"Pot, Meth, Heroin, Gay": Stephen Colbert on the Ultimate Gateway-Drug Progression

Nick Gillespie | 4.21.2014 9:12 AM

War on Drugs

Marijuana Has Come A Long Way Since Last 4/20

The Huffington Post | 4.20.2014 11:42 AM

Marijuana

7 Weed Products To Buy Your Loved One This 4/20

The Huffington Post | 4.18.2014 4:10 PM

Policy

Study of Pot Smokers' Brains Shows That MRIs Cause Bad Science Reporting

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2014 3:41 PM

Marijuana

South Dakota Clinic Offers Parents Free Drug Tests for Kids, No One Takes Offer Yet

Ed Krayewski | 4.18.2014 2:30 PM

Police Abuse

Five Cops on Desk Duty After Dashcam Video Contradicts Their Story About Drug Bust

Ed Krayewski | 4.18.2014 1:05 PM

War on Drugs

Wisconsin Legalizes Medical Marijuana—But Only for the Children!

Scott Shackford | 4.17.2014 4:05 PM

Policy

Obama Surpasses the Awful Commutation Records of Three Republicans but Still Falls Far Short of Nixonian Mercy

Jacob Sullum | 4.17.2014 12:35 PM

War on Drugs

State Attorneys General to Google: Censor or Be Censored

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.17.2014 11:09 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Ron Paul, Nick Gillespie, Dave Barry, Andy Levy, and…John Bolton!

Matt Welch | 4.16.2014 7:53 PM

Policy

Heroin Epidemic? Not So Fast, Says Carl Hart

Matt Welch | 4.16.2014 11:50 AM

Policy

Pot, Poker, and Prohibitionism

Do Republicans want to be the party of unprincipled killjoys?

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: (Un)happy Tax Day, With John Stossel, Gavin McInnes, Sherrod Small, Dr. Carl Hart, Philip Howard, Plus a Woman Who Renounced Her U.S. Citizenship Rather Than Comply With FATCA

Matt Welch | 4.15.2014 8:16 PM

Marijuana

Even The Nation's Top Law Enforcement Official Has Smoked Pot

The Huffington Post | 4.15.2014 10:07 AM

Police Abuse

Miami Cop Accused of Murder-for-Hire Plot, Working for Drug Traffickers, Released on $500,000 Bail

Ed Krayewski | 4.14.2014 3:20 PM

Policy

Mistaking Hibiscus for Marijuana, DEA Raids Gardener's Home

Jacob Sullum | 4.14.2014 12:26 PM