Violent Crime in Baltimore Plunges After City Ditches Prosecution of Prostitution, Drug Possession, Other Minor Offenses
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The law is surprisingly permissive in some ways, but it includes high taxes and other provisions that hurt consumers.
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But forthcoming legislation in the Senate could force Biden's hand.
A compromise is now circulating that would establish a market but also allow growing at home.
New Mexico could be the 16th state to legalize pot, while Texas considers tinkering with its onerous penalties and Pennsylvania continues to arrest cannabis consumers.
Dickie Lynn's story shows how the drug war warped the criminal justice system.
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Iowa smoke shop owners say the tax would be "a ban without being an outright ban."
Art Acevedo responded to a 2019 drug raid that killed a middle-aged couple with reflexive defensiveness and obstinate obfuscation.
After news investigations uncovered numerous allegations that cops in a small California town were robbing motorists of cash and weed, two former officers are now facing federal charges.
Legalizing interstate sales and allowing outdoor growing would reduce the cannabis industry's energy consumption.
What we know about Holiday’s mistreatment is compelling enough without muddling her history.
Uruguay legalized recreational marijuana in 2013, followed by Canada five years later. Two more countries will soon join their ranks.
In Massachusetts, Malinda Harris argues, civil asset forfeiture routinely violates the right to due process.
The court said criminalizing unknowing possession violates the right to due process.
Psychiatrist Sally Satel on her eye-opening year at a clinic in Ironton, Ohio
Two studies published in November found that legalization has not been associated with increases in adolescent marijuana use or addiction.
Criminal justice groups say Biden should move the pardon process out of the Justice Department and consider categorical clemencies.
A new study provides further evidence that property seizures are driven by financial motives rather than public safety concerns.
A misdemeanor marijuana charge leads to an attempt to take $17,000.
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Half a century ago, Congress declared that there is no legitimate use for psilocybin. State and local governments are finally challenging that judgment.
After getting a ballot initiative voided, she says she’ll also resist legislators attempting to legalize marijuana.
In 2014, Reason reported on the misbehavior of Rod Ponton, who has suddenly risen to internet stardom after being unable to turn off an adorable filter during an online legal case.
Voters approved it, but the governor resisted. A court came down on her side.
His new book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, is a provocative manifesto for legalizing all drugs.
Contemporary psychonauts are looking for insight, relief, fun, escape, and a million other things to make their lives more interesting and bearable.
The state used civil asset forfeiture to seize Tyson Timbs' car in 2013. His nightmare hasn't ended.
If passed, the bill would allow for legal possession by July 1.
We can’t eliminate the virus, but we can reduce its harm to our lives and livelihoods.
The new administration nixes a change that would have allowed more physicians to prescribe buprenorphine.
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Some doable libertarian ideas for the new president
The new documentary hammers home the senselessness of the war on drugs.
The families of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas say the city's policies and practices invited Fourth Amendment violations.
After breaking into Tuttle's home with no legal justification, police killed his dog and his wife.
The controversy over Trump’s pardons and commutations highlights longstanding problems with clemency.
So far a dozen narcotics officers have been charged as a result of the investigation triggered by the disastrous operation.
Alex Winter's new film celebrates the Rock Hall of Famer's individualism, anti-authoritarianism, and entrepreneurship.
No home cultivation? Increased criminal penalties? This is not the way to end a drug war.