War on Drugs

Policy

Florida Police Changed The Real Suspect's Charges to Attempted Murder After They Fatally Shot Andrew Scott Instead

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.23.2012 6:07 PM

Politics

Yet Another Reason to End the War on Drugs: It's Fueling HIV/AIDS

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.23.2012 4:46 PM

Policy

Did the Vicodin Make Him Do It?

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2012 3:09 PM

Politics

Boston Police Overtime Scandal: Drug Unit Clocked in 900 Court Hours Not Needed by DA's Office

Ed Krayewski | 7.23.2012 2:03 PM

Politics

North Dakota the New Center for Drone Concerns

Calvin Thompson | 7.23.2012 1:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Anaheim Cops Shoot Rubber Bullets, Unleash Dog on Crowd Protesting Police Shooting

Nick Gillespie | 7.22.2012 5:30 PM

Policy

Cop Took Cell Phone Used to Film Him, Lawsuit Alleges Retaliation

Ed Krayewski | 7.20.2012 3:22 PM

Policy

For the Obama Administration, Conceding Marijuana's Medical Potential Does Not Mean Rethinking the Federal Ban

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2012 12:41 PM

Politics

Could Obama's Pot Crackdown Cost Him Colorado?

Matt Welch | 7.19.2012 3:37 PM

Politics

Obama Administration Will Review Clarence Aaron's Commutation Petition and the Clemency Process

Jacob Sullum | 7.19.2012 12:13 PM

Politics

Truth in Trials Act (H.R. 6134) to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients: Reps Barney Frank and Ron Paul are Supporters

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.18.2012 10:04 PM

Politics

California's Ballot Initiatives: A Top Ten List Too Boring for Letterman or Buzzfeed

Scott Shackford | 7.18.2012 4:52 PM

Policy

"Good Samaritan" Laws For Overdose Emergencies Get More Good Press

Brian Doherty | 7.18.2012 4:01 PM

Politics

Constitution, Schmonstitution, Bloomberg Says

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 1:14 PM

Policy

Caitlin Moran Knows How To Be a Woman and You Don't

Popular feminist yuk-fest is really a class-based etiquette book.

Brendan O'Neill | 7.17.2012 7:00 PM

Politics

That Slam Against Pot Smokers Came Out of Nowhere, Man

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2012 6:29 PM

Politics

Enyclopedia Brown: The Grown-Up Years

Jesse Walker | 7.17.2012 12:33 PM

Politics

Detroit Police Unions Seriously Wonder Why Their Officers Are Paid So Little

Scott Shackford | 7.16.2012 7:07 PM

Policy

Newark's Mayor Calls the Drug War 'Big Overgrown Government at Its Worst'

Jacob Sullum | 7.16.2012 7:06 PM

Politics

Democrats and Republicans Agree: More Power for the President

Calvin Thompson | 7.16.2012 2:59 PM

Politics

Seth Adams Investigation Findings Imminent; Sheriff Says They "Verify Exactly" What He's Thought Since the Beginning Anyway

Ed Krayewski | 7.16.2012 1:23 PM

Politics

Florida Police Knock on Wrong Door at 1:30 a.m. Without Identifying Themselves, Then Fatally Shoot Armed Resident

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.16.2012 11:15 AM

Policy

Houston Police Kill Unarmed Man, Allegedly Took Witness' Cellphone When She Tried to Record

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.13.2012 8:00 PM

Policy

From Bootlegging to Pot Trafficking

The outlaws of Marion County, Kentucky, defy one Prohibition after another.

Mike Riggs | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

FBI: Zimmerman Not Racist, Occupy Riot in L.A., Anybody Serious About the Deficit?: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Why Not Let Cops Stop People for Unbuckled Seat Belts?

Jacob Sullum | 7.13.2012 3:50 AM

Politics

What to Do About Zombies at the Polls?

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2012 1:52 PM

Policy

Gabriel G. Nahas, Who Warned Us to Keep Off the Grass, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2012 3:07 AM

Politics

353-Day Probe Exonerates BART Cop Who Shot Transient 25 Seconds After Showing up at Platform

Ed Krayewski | 7.11.2012 3:17 PM

Policy

Isn't It a Shame the Less Well-to-Do Can't Afford to Have Their Relatives Kidnapped By the State Over Their Consumption Choices?

Brian Doherty | 7.11.2012 2:44 PM

Policy

Chuck Schumer Brags About Banning Already Banned Drugs; Time Claims He Also Banned Every Conceivable Substitute

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 12:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Video Shows San Antonio Cop Beating a Handcuffed Pregnant Woman [UPDATED]

Mike Riggs | 7.11.2012 11:58 AM

Politics

Killing California's Costly Death Penalty

Tracy Oppenheimer | 7.11.2012 11:13 AM

Politics

Prohibition Is an Awful Flop; We Like It: The Mexican Edition

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 9:16 AM

Politics

Violence Is Not Victory

Mexico's election results are the latest sign of Latin American dissent from the drug war.

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Stopping Crime Before It Starts

Predictive policing helps police protect citizens. It could also be used to oppress them.

Ronald Bailey | 7.10.2012 5:00 PM

Politics

Houston Student Detained for 12 Hours After Warning Drivers of Speed Trap

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.10.2012 4:58 PM

Politics

Deadly Hug Shooting Under Review, Obama Also Outsources, Doctors on Lance Armstrong's Team Banned: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.10.2012 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Roughed Up Ex-Nun Visiting Nursing Home, Lawsuit Alleges

Ed Krayewski | 7.10.2012 3:56 PM

Politics

Drone Code of Conduct Says and Accomplishes Nothing

Calvin Thompson | 7.10.2012 3:05 PM

Policy

Your Terrible Anti-Marijuana Editorial of the Day is Somehow in Favor of Decriminalization

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.10.2012 1:55 PM

Politics

Police Ask for More Cell Records, Oregon May Vote to Legalize Pot, "Fast and Furious" Suspects Named: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.9.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Former Drug Czar Advisor Says Obama's "Third Way" Drug Policy Involves "Short Stints in Jail"

Mike Riggs | 7.9.2012 10:50 AM

Politics

Mexico's New President Peña Nieto Is Probably Not Going to End the Drug War

Mike Riggs | 7.9.2012 8:35 AM

Politics

3 Accounting Tricks the Obama Administration Uses to Hide the Cost of the Drug War

From ditchweed to rehab, the Obama administration finds clever ways to cook the drug war books.

Mike Riggs | 7.8.2012 1:00 PM

Policy

Oliver Stone Says It's Time to Legalize Pot Already

Nick Gillespie | 7.6.2012 3:51 PM

Policy

Why Wouldn't a Small-City Police Department Need an Armored Vehicle?

J.D. Tuccille | 7.6.2012 10:59 AM

Politics

Voting with Your Feet (Police Edition)

Jesse Walker | 7.6.2012 10:09 AM