War on Drugs

Politics

A Heap of Precedents

Slippery slopes, stare decisis, and popular opinion

Jonathan Rauch | 7.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

No Clause for Celebration

Flush that commerce, it's the feds!

Jacob Sullum | 6.10.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Lying: The Government's Drug

How Raich helps us delude ourselves

Matt Welch | 6.8.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

What were those justices smoking?

The medical marijuana ruling is legally and morally flawed.

Nick Gillespie | 6.7.2005 12:12 AM

Politics

In Defense of Steroids

Jose Canseco's surprisingly sensible case for juice.

Aaron Steinberg | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Legalize Now!

War-weary Colombia--and its Conservative Party--consider ending the drug war.

Toby Muse | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

Psychedelic Revival

Research on forbidden drugs.

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

The Poison in the Pill

Nick Gillespie | 5.17.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Other Insurrections

People power south of the border

Jesse Walker | 5.11.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

Injustice is Blind

Federal sentencing in flux.

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Advertising Dissent

Drug warriors back down.

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

Psychedelic Tea

Drugs and religious freedom

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Drug Test Nation

Get a whiff of the new pot-sniffing technologies, coming to a highway near you

Paul Armentano | 2.9.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

Disappearing Docs

DEA painkiller flip-flop

Jacob Sullum | 2.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Look Back in Failure

Colin Powell, we knew ye too well

Brian Doherty | 1.19.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

Medicinal Grass

Petitioning for pot.

Jacob Sullum | 1.1.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

Speed Tracers

Sudafed clampdown

Jacob Sullum | 1.1.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

Trust Busters

A pain doctor's drug trafficking conviction sets a chilling precedent

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

George Bush vs. Barry Bonds

The government's effective smear campaign against baseball's best player

Matt Welch | 12.8.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

A Mania Called Horse

What is the new heroin? What isn't?

Radley Balko | 12.6.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Beyond the Barbed Wire

Bush won a mandate for immigration reform

Daniel Griswold | 12.3.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Local Time

Will the Supreme Court save federalism from the conservatives?

Jacob Sullum | 11.26.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Healers and Dealers

Prosecuting doctors for their patients' misuse of narcotics hurts people in pain

Jacob Sullum | 11.19.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Judge, Jury, and Cop

The Border Patrol's new powers

Hanah Metchis | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Fluid Check

Drug test debunking.

Jacob Sullum | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Commercial Potential

How marijuana and wine can improve our balance

Jacob Sullum | 10.8.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Tripped Up

Joel Miller's Bad Trip kills the government's anti-drug buzz. A Reason interview

Jeremy Lott | 10.6.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Injecting Tyranny

Anti-drug "vaccines"

Jacob Sullum | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Open Secrets

How the government lost the drug war in cyberspace.

Michael Erard | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

Television

David Simon Says

The creator of HBO's The Wire talks about the decline of journalism, the failure of the drug war, and a new kind of TV.

Jesse Walker | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Is Your Bong Breeding Terrorists?

The DEA brings reefer madness to the Big Apple

Nick Gillespie | 9.28.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Hemp Industry on Fire

Exploding marketplace stoked by DEA lawsuit

Valerie Vande Panne | 9.24.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Go Ahead, Leave the Door Open

Time fans bogus immigration fears

Brian Doherty | 9.14.2004 12:00 AM

Drug Policy

Hastert Update

Jesse Walker | 9.2.2004 1:40 AM

Policy

Pill Stoppers

The DEA acknowledges yet denies the conflict between drug control and pain control

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Potent Argument

The latest marijuana scare

Jacob Sullum | 8.13.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Dr. Feelscared

Drug warriors put the fear of prosecution in physicians who dare to treat pain.

Maia Szalavitz | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

This Is Kerry On Drugs

Starve a peasant, feed a terrorist

David B. Kopel and Michael Krauss | 7.15.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Search 'n' Sniff

Doggie-style Fourth Amendment.

Julian Sanchez | 7.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Let the Love Flow

Student drug testing.

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Tommy Chong's Bongs

A stoner icon goes to jail.

Greg Beato | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Pill Sham

A man seeking pain relief gets 25 years for drug trafficking

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Hair Net

The perils of catching too many drug users

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Data: Lack of PRIDE

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Gotta Hurt

The irreconcilable conflict between drug control and pain control

Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Commercial Appeals

Victories for federalism

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Unreal Numbers

Drug abuse cost estimates

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Two-Faced Power

I love my country, but my government confuses the hell out of me.

Jeff Taylor | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM