War on Drugs

Politics

Arresting Judges: It Just Makes Sense

Newt Gingrich hits a double with jailed-justice proposal

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.22.2011 6:00 PM

Policy

Drug Czar: Pot Smoking Is Not a Rite of Passage

Jacob Sullum | 12.22.2011 2:18 PM

Politics

15 Years After Prop. 215, California's A.G. Wonders Where Patients Are Supposed to Get Their Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 12.22.2011 11:57 AM

Policy

Ken Burns on Prohibition, Pot, and PBS

Q&A with America's top documentarian

Nick Gillespie | 12.22.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

If You Are a Potential Juror, Do Not Read This Post

Jacob Sullum | 12.21.2011 11:11 AM

Policy

Space Mogul Richard Branson Defends Our Rights to Explore Outer Space and Inner Space

Brian Doherty | 12.20.2011 2:05 PM

Policy

Modern-Day Prohibition

The eternal temptation to ban things that give people pleasure

Jeff Stier | 12.20.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

If a Cop Is Illegally Searching You, You Have to Take It

Brian Doherty | 12.19.2011 1:07 PM

Politics

It's So Ronery In the Dark, With Negative GDP Growth

Peter Suderman | 12.19.2011 11:22 AM

Politics

Awful Obama Poll Numbers; New Penn State Charges; New Fannie/Freddie Charges; Barry Bonds Sentenced: PM Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.16.2011 6:41 PM

Politics

Department of Justice: One in Five Uses of Force by the Seattle Police Department Are Unconstitutional

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.16.2011 6:10 PM

Politics

Get a Medical Marijuana Card, Lose Your Second Amendment Rights

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives wants to prohibit patients from protecting themselves.

Brian Doherty | 12.16.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

CNN's OutFront with Erin Burnett: Katherine Mangu-Ward Talks Cops, Angels, and Drones

Reason Staff | 12.16.2011 3:06 PM

Politics

Radley Balko Talks HuffPo, Nashville, OWS, & Cory Maye

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 12.16.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

Republicans Restore Ban on Needle Exchange Funding

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2011 2:36 PM

Policy

What Counts As Rape in the CDC's Survey?

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2011 12:43 PM

Politics

The Department of Justice is Very Unhappy With Joe Arpaio

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.15.2011 5:45 PM

Politics

Brewer Stands Up for the 10th Amendment by Asking a Federal Judge to Overturn Her State's Medical Marijuana Law

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2011 12:53 PM

Policy

Criminal Justice Reform Is on the Docket In Florida

Conservative groups and businesses are pushing for better drug laws in the Sunshine State.

Mike Riggs | 12.14.2011 6:00 PM

Politics

Mike Riggs on the Prospect of Criminal Justice Reform in Florida

Reason Staff | 12.14.2011 6:00 PM

Politics

Ron Paul: His Adman Profiled, By Rush Reviled; Sullivan Wants to Hail Him, and Eric Holder? Paul Wants to Jail Him

Brian Doherty | 12.14.2011 3:50 PM

Policy

Weed Wars: Medical Marijuana Hits Reality TV

Meredith Bragg and Anthony Fisher | 12.14.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Washington Uses Liquor Freedom Law To Make Liquor Less Free

Zach Weissmueller | 12.14.2011 2:25 PM

Policy

Did Teen Pot Smoking Rise or Hold Steady This Year? Yes.

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2011 2:16 PM

Politics

Not Newt

If you're looking for a profligate authoritarian, Gingrich is your man.

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Ending the Global Drug War: Voices from the Front Lines

Anthony Fisher | 12.13.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Ending the Global Drug War: Voices From the Front Lines

Anthony Fisher | 12.13.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

"Film the Police" Rap Video Contains Better Advice Than Most Rap Videos

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.13.2011 11:05 AM

Politics

Official L.A.'s Double Standard: One for Occupy Protesters, Another for Those Who Don't Damage Public Property

Matt Welch | 12.13.2011 10:09 AM

Politics

Holder Proves Once Again That He Is Not Really in Charge of the Justice Department

Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2011 11:54 AM

War on Drugs

Criminals Disguised as Cops Raid Illegal Gaming Establishment

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.9.2011 4:15 PM

Policy

Drug War's Mission Creep Hurts Farmers

The nation's drug warriors fret that hemp cultivation would make pot prohibition harder.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.9.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

A. Barton Hinkle on the Fight to Legalize Hemp

Reason Staff | 12.9.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Crooks Talk to Congress; Netflix Ninth-Worst Company; Comrade Vlad, and more: Reason Evening Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.8.2011 6:59 PM

Politics

Holder Fast and Furious Testimony: "I'm a big guy. I've been in Washington a long time."

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.8.2011 3:44 PM

Policy

House Approves Bill Banning Fake Pot and Imitation Speed

Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2011 2:09 PM

Policy

Florida Drug Search Claims Flunk the Smell Test

Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2011 11:36 AM

Politics

Barack Obama, Class Warrior?

If there's class warfare going on, Obama is not going to get any medals.

Steve Chapman | 12.8.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

After Illegally Busting Pot Smokers for More Than a Decade, the NYPD Starts Following the Law a Little More Often

Jacob Sullum | 12.7.2011 7:32 PM

Politics

Blago Sentenced; Deutsche Bank Bomb; Mumia Lives; New Planet, and More: Reason Evening Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.7.2011 5:28 PM

Policy

Judge: Using Helicopters, National Guard, and New Mexico State Police to Raid 72-Year-Old Man's House Was "Excessive"

Mike Riggs | 12.7.2011 2:17 PM

Politics

NRA Joins ACLU in Urging SCOTUS to Let Victims of an Unconstitutional Gun Search Sue the Cops

Jacob Sullum | 12.7.2011 1:53 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Declines to Review Appeals Court Decision Upholding California's Medical Marijuana Law*

Jacob Sullum | 12.7.2011 11:42 AM

Policy

Smart Kids Do Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 12.6.2011 4:28 PM