War on Drugs

Politics

How and Why a Campus Cop at UC Davis Viciously Pepper-Sprayed a Group of Passive College Kids

Mike Riggs | 4.12.2012 5:12 PM

Politics

More From George Will on the Costs of Drug Prohibition

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2012 3:35 PM

Politics

Newt Gingrich Tells Us About the Justice System and Experts

Ed Krayewski | 4.11.2012 7:42 PM

Politics

You Are Now (Almost) Free to Discuss Ending the War on Drugs

Latin American leaders talk drug legalization. Will Obama join in?

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.11.2012 6:00 PM

Politics

Florida Drug Warriors Say They Had to Erase Possibly Incriminating Surveillance Video—for Their Own Protection

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2012 4:17 PM

Policy

Spanish Village Votes "No" on Big Field of Revenue-Raising, Probably Illegal Marijuana

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.10.2012 10:00 PM

Policy

Autopsy Raises Doubts About Police Account of Kenneth Chamberlain's Death

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2012 2:48 PM

Policy

The New York Times Gets Florida's Self-Defense Law Wrong. Again.

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2012 1:47 PM

Policy

Mexican-American Immigration: At "Net Zero"?

Brian Doherty | 4.10.2012 11:40 AM

Politics

Reason Writers on MSNBC: Matt Welch Talks POTUS vs. SCOTUS, the Social-Darwinism Slur, and the Constitution-Shredding War on Crime on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show

Matt Welch | 4.10.2012 9:31 AM

Policy

San Francisco Bay Guardian Columnist Sad Oaksterdam Raid Turning People Off of Big Government

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.9.2012 7:44 PM

Economics

Gallup: Despite Mexico's Drug Crackdown, Fewer Feel Safe and Trust the Police

Further evidence that drug wars probably hurt more than help.

Emily Ekins | 4.9.2012 4:00 PM

Economics

Gallup: Despite Mexico's Drug Crackdown, Fewer Feel Safe and Trust the Police

Further evidence that drug wars probably hurt more than help.

Emily Ekins | 4.9.2012 4:00 PM

Policy

The Government's Medical Meddling Hurts Pain Patients

Jacob Sullum | 4.9.2012 3:31 PM

Policy

Katherine Mangu-Ward on the Medical Marijuana Business in The Wall Street Journal

Reason Staff | 4.9.2012 9:35 AM

Policy

Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Puts Up Pro-Legalization Billboard

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.6.2012 6:38 PM

Policy

Matt Welch Talks Pot Raids, Gun Sales, and Stones Songs on Varney & Co.

Matt Welch | 4.6.2012 5:05 PM

Politics

Bronx Legislators Push To Hold Incarcerated Parents Closer to Children

Ed Krayewski | 4.6.2012 3:37 PM

Policy

Will Google's Augmented Reality Glasses Facilitate an All-Seeing Surveillance State?

Peter Suderman | 4.6.2012 2:50 PM

Policy

Oaksterdam Founder, Prop. 19 Funder, Driven Out of His Peaceful, Productive Business by Government

Brian Doherty | 4.6.2012 2:40 PM

Politics

America's Bipartisan Reefer Madness

Both Democrats and Republicans support the pointless federal crackdown on medical marijuana

Steven Greenhut | 4.6.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

George Will: Drug Prohibition Is an Awful Flop. We Like It.

Jacob Sullum | 4.5.2012 4:21 PM

Politics

What We Saw at the San Francisco Marijuana Rally

Reason Staff | 4.5.2012 12:36 PM

Politics

Don't Call the Cops No. 359: Police Keep Suspiciously Large Tip

Brian Doherty | 4.4.2012 3:21 PM

Policy

We Are the Police, and We Are Here to Help Kill You

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2012 11:52 AM

Policy

Shooting in the Dark

Three things people don't know about the Trayvon Martin case (but think they do)

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Did George Zimmerman Ignore the Police Dispatcher, and Why Did He Have a Gun?

Jacob Sullum | 4.3.2012 2:24 PM

Politics

Kennedy and Paul Feine to discuss the Oaksterdam raid on KFI 640

Paul Feine | 4.2.2012 8:00 PM

Politics

ACLU Says Police Often Obtain Cellphone Location Data Without Warrants

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 6:01 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Upholds Pre-Jail Strip Searches for Everyone, No Matter How Minor the Offense

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 4:50 PM

Politics

Capitol Hemp Shuts Down As Government-Selected Vendors Plan to Grow Pot in D.C.

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 3:20 PM

Policy

The Times Keeps Shouting 'Stand Your Ground,' While Reporting That the Real Issue Was Probable Cause

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 12:47 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Will Consider Dogs' Reliability As Probable Cause Generators

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 5:26 PM

Policy

Study Finds a Third of Bronx Pot Busts Are Bogus

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 3:35 PM

Policy

Washington State Reporter Wears Bulletproof Vest, Thinks SWAT Narcotics Raid is Totally Awesome

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.30.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Why Was William Reddie So Agitated?

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 12:08 PM

Policy

Did Police and Paramedics Conspire to Invent George Zimmerman's Injuries?

Jacob Sullum | 3.29.2012 12:53 PM

Policy

Some Canadian Health Experts Have Noticed The Drug War and "Tough on Crime" Things Not Working So Well

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.28.2012 7:55 PM

Policy

ABC News: Lead Homicide Investigator Did Not Buy George Zimmerman's Story

Jacob Sullum | 3.27.2012 7:20 PM

Policy

Activists Would Like the Feds to Pay a Call to the Albuquerque Police, Please

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.27.2012 6:38 PM

Politics

The 3 Worst Arguments for Legalizing Marijuana

Hey kids, don't make these rookie mistakes!

Mike Riggs | 3.23.2012 10:00 AM

Policy

Why Whitney Houston Died: Drugs, Heart Disease Played Roles

Nick Gillespie | 3.22.2012 7:02 PM

Policy

Smells Like Multiple Fourth Amendment Violations

Jacob Sullum | 3.22.2012 3:17 PM

Policy

Was George Zimmerman the Aggressor?

Jacob Sullum | 3.22.2012 12:19 PM

Politics

Cops Moving In On Toulouse Shooting Suspect

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.21.2012 7:59 AM