Drugs

Politics

Sen. Rand Paul: "The war on drugs has had a racial outcome…and I want to try to fix it."

"Why are the prisons full of black and brown kids?"

The Huffington Post | 6.23.2014 12:02 PM

Policy

Colorado's Cannabis Consumption Conundrum

For visitors to Denver, legally buying marijuana is easy, but legally smoking it is hard.

Jacob Sullum | 6.23.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Pope Condemns Marijuana & a Rabbi Wants to Sell it

Amanda Winkler | 6.22.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

The Drug War is the Other War Bush-Era Neocons Can't Quit

Nick Gillespie | 6.21.2014 9:41 AM

Policy

Colorado's Cannabis Conundrum: Marijuana Everywhere, but Not a Spot to Smoke

Jacob Sullum | 6.20.2014 10:59 AM

Politics

New York State Reaches Deal On Medical Marijuana, But There's A Huge Catch

What it took to get Gov. Cuomo to agree to sign the bill

The Huffington Post | 6.19.2014 10:03 PM

War on Drugs

Door-to-Door Dope Delivery: "Pot Is the New Pizza" in Washington State

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.19.2014 5:31 PM

War on Drugs

New Pot Breathalyzer May Be the Solution to Marijuana's DUI Problem

Paul Best | 6.19.2014 12:23 PM

Policy

Former Drug Czar Likens Legal Marijuana Merchants to Afghan Warlords

Jacob Sullum | 6.18.2014 7:20 PM

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Governor's Republican Primary Challengers Both Support Legalizing Marijuana

Ed Krayewski | 6.18.2014 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Jacob Sullum on Washington's Legal Marijuana Mess

"We've got to really legalize it for everyone, every way they need it."

Reason Staff | 6.18.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Benghazi Suspect Nabbed, Hillary Dodges NSA, Rep. Thomas Massie on GOP Leadership Fight, Ex-Drug Czar Attacks 'Libertarians,' and Michelle Obama's Elitist Bad Parenting Justifies the Nanny State

Matt Welch | 6.17.2014 8:36 PM

Policy

Does Using Drugs 'Even Just Once' Change Your Brain Forever?

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2014 3:04 PM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Itchy Trigger Finger

Charles Oliver | 6.16.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

3 Drug Scares Undermined by New Survey Data

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2014 5:15 PM

Policy

Washington's Looming Pot Shortage

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2014 11:49 AM

Policy

This Just Smells Bad

Charles Oliver | 6.13.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: This Just Smells Bad

Charles Oliver | 6.13.2014 6:00 AM

War on Drugs

Weed Isn't All That Scary

At pot dispensaries the people you really have to watch out for are the drinkers.

Steve Chapman | 6.12.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

How Pot Went Legit: Livestream with Weed Land author Peter Hecht Tonight at 7PT/10ET

Reason Staff | 6.11.2014 7:15 PM

Policy

De Blasio Is Busting Just As Many Pot Smokers As Bloomberg Did

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

The Price of Pot: $45 per Eighth, Plus Your Second Amendment Rights

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2014 2:32 PM

Politics

The Growing Epidemic of Useless Government

As government grows, so do our problems.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.11.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

The DEA's 'Four Decades of Impeding and Rejecting Science'

Jacob Sullum | 6.10.2014 4:24 PM

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