Drugs

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

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