War on Drugs

Politics

Obama Scaled Back the War on Drugs, and I Missed It

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2012 2:05 AM

Politics

Police Stand on Volunteer's Neck, Destroy Surveillance Cameras During Dispensary Raid

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.5.2012 2:55 PM

Policy

Watch: New York Man Gets Tasered, Jumped on, Beaten by Pennsylvania State Troopers

Scott Shackford | 7.5.2012 12:36 PM

Policy

Is an Unknown Drug or an Unverifiable Mental Disorder a Better Explanation for Face Eating Than a Voodoo Curse?

Jacob Sullum | 7.5.2012 3:14 AM

Politics

Why the Acquittal of Roger Clemens Should Mean the End of Washington's Steroid Witch Hunt

Sorry, Ty Cobb, but it's time for you to stop making players and fans miserable.

Rob Bibelhauser | 7.4.2012 9:00 AM

Policy

Rob Bibelhauser on Why the Acquittal of Roger Clemens Should Mean the End of Washington's Steroid Witch Hunt

Reason Staff | 7.4.2012 9:00 AM

Policy

Mexico's President-Elect Wants a 'Broad Debate' About Drug Policy

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2012 3:09 AM

Politics

Cops Shoot Dog During Foot Chase; Petition Started for "Justice for Monkey"

Ed Krayewski | 7.3.2012 7:09 PM

Policy

The DEA's Classification of Pot: Destroyed but Still Standing

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 3:44 PM

Politics

Florida Cop Told Teenager: "I am the law…I can fuck you up and no one will say anything about it"

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.3.2012 12:57 PM

Politics

Florida Judge Orders Release of Elderly Man Serving 20 Years for Firing Two Warning Shots

Mike Riggs | 7.3.2012 12:40 PM

Politics

How to Convince Drug War Skeptics That Obama Is Secretly On Their Side

Jesse Walker | 7.3.2012 11:30 AM

Politics

NYPD Flyer Warns Cops About 'Professional Agitators' Armed With Cameras

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 10:20 AM

Politics

Drug War Foes, Don't Expect Much From Mexico's New President

Scott Shackford | 7.2.2012 5:05 PM

Politics

Who's the Alpha? Nevada K9 Drug Unit Lawsuit Is About Pack Leadership, Control

Scott Shackford | 7.2.2012 4:26 PM

Policy

"Out-of-Control" Cop Sued, Along with His Enablers, in Troubled Pennsylvania Town

J.D. Tuccille | 7.2.2012 4:12 PM

Politics

Obama "Will Pivot to the Drug War" in Second Term, Claim Anonymous White House Sources

Mike Riggs | 7.2.2012 1:19 PM

Politics

If Obama Really Believes Drug Addiction Is a Disease, Not a Moral Failing, Why Is He Putting Sick People In Prison?

Mike Riggs | 7.2.2012 12:50 PM

Policy

Florida Cop Fired for Planting Dope, Says He Did That and More Under Orders

J.D. Tuccille | 7.2.2012 11:53 AM

Policy

Police Dog Named "Bono" Plays By Own Rules, Plants Drug Evidence at Virtually Every Crime Scene

Nick Gillespie | 7.2.2012 10:14 AM

Politics

5 Most Unlibertarian Supreme Court Rulings Still Standing

Individual mandate doesn't even make the list!

Damon Root, Mike Riggs, Peter Suderman, and Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 5:10 PM

Politics

William Shatner Pantsed by TSA

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 4:53 PM

Policy

More Universities Set To Ban Outdoor Smoking

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.29.2012 3:23 PM

Politics

Obama's Secretive Drug War: DEA FOIA Rejections Have Increased 114 Percent Since End of Bush Administration

Mike Riggs | 6.29.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

As Goes New York, So Goes San Francisco; Stop and Frisk Coming to the West Coast, Edgy!

Ed Krayewski | 6.29.2012 1:46 PM

Policy

Police Raid Wrong House, Steal 18-Year-Old Girl's Computer Thanks to Unsecured WiFi Connection

Calvin Thompson | 6.29.2012 12:05 PM

Policy

The Bath Salt Panic Wall of Shame

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 4:43 AM

Politics

Prison Rape Prevention: How Much Should It Cost?

Scott Shackford | 6.27.2012 6:47 PM

Politics

Cop Fired for Warning Friend About SWAT Raid Over Prostitution Ring; FBI Cancelled Raid Anyway, Suspect Was FBI Informant Too

Ed Krayewski | 6.27.2012 4:48 PM

Politics

Elgin is the Dog-Shootingest Town in Illinois

J.D. Tuccille | 6.27.2012 3:36 PM

Policy

Chicago City Council Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana, 43-2

Mike Riggs | 6.27.2012 2:24 PM

Policy

How Facebook Helped a Small Town Fight Back Against a Crooked Cop

Friends and family of a woman murdered by a bad cop used social media to get answers and justice.

Mike Riggs | 6.27.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

The Inevitable Man-Bites-Dog Story

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2012 2:48 AM

Politics

CNN Contributor and "Journalist of the Year": Why Do People Need to Know So Much Darn News that the Government Would Rather They Didn't Know?

Brian Doherty | 6.26.2012 5:55 PM

Politics

Texas Man Faces 10 Years in Prison for Recording Cops

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.26.2012 4:52 PM

War on Drugs

The Global Drug War in Numbers: 270 Million Users; a $330 Billion Black Market; $100 Billion in Wasted Law Enforcement

Mike Riggs | 6.26.2012 1:07 PM

Policy

California Authorities Prepare to Not Really Bother to Enforce Foie Gras Ban

Scott Shackford | 6.26.2012 12:24 PM

Policy

DEA Officials Complain That Synthetic Drug Ban Is Too Narrow

Jacob Sullum | 6.26.2012 10:26 AM

Policy

Ask a Mexican Already! Q&A with Gustavo Arellano

Nick Gillespie, Hawk Jensen, and Gustavo Arellano | 6.24.2012 3:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Pot School's Out

Medical marijuana

Brian Doherty | 6.24.2012 8:58 AM

Policy

Lynching Charlie Lynch

Alex Manning | 6.23.2012 7:51 AM

Policy

How to Fix Halfway Houses in Jersey: Stop Making More Criminals

Calvin Thompson | 6.22.2012 3:37 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Says 'Pipeline' Crack Defendants Should Benefit From Shorter Sentences

Jacob Sullum | 6.22.2012 12:34 PM

Politics

California Lawmakers Push Back Against Police Secrecy

Even the police union-friendly California Senate says enough is enough.

Steven Greenhut | 6.22.2012 11:00 AM

Politics

Friday Funnies

What the DOJ is good at.

Chip Bok | 6.22.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Fighting Against Richard Nixon's Drug War Now a Part of Uruguay's Foreign Policy as Government Moves Towards Being Monopoly Supplier of Marijuana Domestically

Ed Krayewski | 6.21.2012 5:11 PM

Politics

Marijuana Reform Bill Fails in New York

Jacob Sullum | 6.21.2012 2:21 PM