War on Drugs

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

Politics

Rodney King Dead

Scott Shackford | 6.17.2012 12:41 PM

Policy

South Korea About to Create a Black Market for Imaginary Things

Scott Shackford | 6.15.2012 6:07 PM

Politics

Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Against Jacksonville Police Department for Trying to Include Employee Wages in FOIA Fee and Complaining About FOIA Request Being "Too Burdensome"

Ed Krayewski | 6.15.2012 9:52 AM

Policy

Restoring the Right of Self-Defense Is Not a License to Kill Cops

Jacob Sullum | 6.15.2012 2:04 AM

Policy

But Without Government, Who Would Steal Huge Amounts of Property and Ruin People's Lives for Absurd and Indefensible Reasons?

Brian Doherty | 6.14.2012 2:39 PM

Politics

Fair-Weather Federalists

Why conservatives and progressives should unite against an overweening national government.

Jacob Sullum | 6.14.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Obama's Secret Weapon: Voters Too Stupid to Realize His Drug Policies Suck

Jacob Sullum | 6.14.2012 2:09 AM

Policy

North Carolina PBA Warns of Anti-Police Conspiracy, Calls for Federal Investigation

J.D. Tuccille | 6.13.2012 3:05 PM

Politics

David Brooks Authoritarianism Watch

Matt Welch | 6.13.2012 10:34 AM

Politics

Can Licenses Protect Medical Marijuana Businesses? (Part II)

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2012 1:21 AM

Politics

61 Percent of Colorado Voters Support Regulated Marijuana Legalization

Matthew Feeney | 6.12.2012 3:55 PM

Politics

Family of West Point Graduate Shot to Death By Las Vegas Cops Suing Costco

Ed Krayewski | 6.12.2012 2:14 PM

Politics

Watching the Watchers: Drone Edition

Jesse Walker | 6.12.2012 1:49 PM

Policy

The Horror of Drug-Boosted Grades and SAT Scores

Jacob Sullum | 6.12.2012 7:36 AM

Politics

Will "Fast & Furious" Lead to Contempt Charges for Attorney General Holder?

Brian Doherty | 6.11.2012 4:40 PM

Policy

Public Defender in GA: Cops Can't Use Thermal Images of Possible Grow Lights For Search Warrants

Matthew Feeney | 6.11.2012 3:20 PM

Politics

Border Patrol "procured unmanned aircraft before implementing adequate plans," Not Using Drones They Have, More on the Way

Ed Krayewski | 6.11.2012 2:43 PM

Policy

Are Fake Prescription Drugs Killing Us?

Q&A with Roger Bate, author of "Phake"

Nick Gillespie and Anthony Fisher | 6.11.2012 10:10 AM

Politics

Cellphone Video Shows Four Cops Beating Philly Motorist Charged with Aggravated Assault and Resisting Arrest

Ed Krayewski | 6.11.2012 9:37 AM

Politics

Mexican Voters Don't See Drug War Violence As a Sign of Success

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2012 3:26 AM

Politics

Expect Even More Medical Marijuana Raids Now That Obama is About to be Outed as a Past Big-Time Pot Smoker.

Nick Gillespie | 6.8.2012 4:13 PM

Politics

No Charges for Miami Cop Who Shot Unarmed Motorist

Ed Krayewski | 6.8.2012 3:42 PM

Politics

Pentagon Stops Helping Militarize Police for Now, Demands Papers, Please

Scott Shackford | 6.8.2012 3:21 PM

Politics

Hemp Legalization Amendment Attached to Farm Bill

Matthew Feeney | 6.8.2012 2:30 PM

Policy

Study Finds No Link Between Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Crime

J.D. Tuccille | 6.8.2012 1:54 PM

Politics

Deputy Shoots a Dog That Is Actually Dangerous: His Own

Scott Shackford | 6.8.2012 12:53 PM

Politics

New Republic Liberalism: Let Dialysis Patients Die, Criminalize Paid Consensual Sex, and Keep on Fighting That Drug War!

Matt Welch | 6.8.2012 11:40 AM