War on Drugs

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

Policy

Motorcyclist Busted So Police Can Peruse His Video Footage for Any Illegal Activity

J.D. Tuccille | 6.21.2012 2:10 PM

Policy

Watch Rep. Jared Polis Shred DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart

Mike Riggs | 6.21.2012 9:18 AM

Politics

Screw Executive Privilege: House Panel Cites Holder for Contempt Anyway

Scott Shackford | 6.20.2012 6:52 PM

Politics

Man In Panda Suit Promotes Anarchism, Hugs Cops in Montreal

Calvin Thompson | 6.20.2012 4:38 PM

Politics

4 Positions Obama Supporters Attribute to the President That He Doesn't Actually Hold

With the 2012 campaign in full swing, the president continues to get credit where credit is not due.

Ed Krayewski | 6.20.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

"Good Samaritan" Laws that Protect People who Call 911 For Overdose-Related Medical Emergencies Spread

Brian Doherty | 6.20.2012 2:35 PM

Politics

Obama to Congress: Screw You, "Fast and Furious" is My Special Secret

Brian Doherty | 6.20.2012 12:41 PM

Policy

Reno Newspaper Photographer, 60, Assaulted by Deputies While Covering Fire

Scott Shackford | 6.19.2012 5:04 PM

Politics

Austin Police Revise Policy on Use of Lethal Force on Dogs After April Puppycide Drew National Attention

Ed Krayewski | 6.19.2012 4:33 PM

Policy

Video Shows Cops Tasing a Restrained Woman In Accordance With a Policy That May Not Exist

J.D. Tuccille | 6.19.2012 1:58 PM

Policy

Spin Discovers a Drug 'Worth Freaking Out About'

Jacob Sullum | 6.19.2012 12:23 PM

Policy

Pot Dispensary Owner Faces Life Sentence for Being Too Profitable

Zach Weissmueller | 6.18.2012 8:06 PM

Policy

Is TruNarc the Answer to the Bath Salts Menace? Or Just the Latest Breathalyzer?

J.D. Tuccille | 6.18.2012 3:48 PM

Policy

Ninth Circuit to DEA: Pointing* a Gun at an 11-Year-Old's Head Is Not OK

Mike Riggs | 6.18.2012 1:46 PM

Politics

From the Choom Gang to the White House

A new biography shows how Barack Obama the youthful pothead became Barack Obama the presidential drug warrior.

Mike Godwin | 6.18.2012 11:00 AM