Trump Says Pain Pills Are 'So Highly Addictive.' He's Wrong.
The president wants to sue pharmaceutical companies for telling the truth about the addictive potential of their products.
War on Drugs
New Lawsuit Says Utah's Medical Marijuana Initiative Is a Free Speech Violation
Opponents claim forbidding landlords from discriminating against tenants for using medical marijuana is unconstitutional.
Police Raided Their Home and Business, Seized Their Money, and Nearly Ruined Their Lives Over Some Weed
After two years of fighting in court, a California couple is getting back $53,000 that was seized from them through asset forfeiture.
New CDC Numbers Show the Drug War Continues to Make Opioids Deadlier
Deaths involving pain pills and heroin are falling, while deaths involving fentanyl and its analogs continue to rise.
Death Row Inmate to State: Just Kill Me Already
Convicted murderer Scott Dozier has already had his execution postponed twice. He says the state should "just get it done."
Mom of Newborn Reported to State for Eating a Poppy Seed Bagel
"I said, 'Well, can you test me again? And I ate a poppy seed bagel this morning for breakfast,' and she said, 'No, you've been reported to the state.'"
Michigan Cop Forced an 80-Year-Old Great Grandmother To Spend a Night in Jail Over an Expired Medical Marijuana Card
Arthritic granny spent a night in the clink over lapsed paperwork
New York Inches Towards Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed working group to draft a bill to legalize recreational marijuana.
Police Chief May Have Fatally Overdosed on Drugs From Evidence Room
Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes died of an "acute intoxication by fentanyl."
Facebook Blocks Searches for Pages that Reference Marijuana—Even Those of Government Agencies
The platform is struggling to handle contradictory laws about legal and illegal use of pot
The Manhattan DA's Office Will No Longer Prosecute You For Smoking Weed
"Every day I ask our prosecutors to keep Manhattan safe and make our justice system more equal and fair."
Legalizing All Drugs Would Boost Local, State, Federal Budgets
A new study shows that over $106 billion could be added to the government's budget if drugs are legalized.
Up Close and Personal With Philadelphia's Heroin Crisis
Journalist Christopher Moraff talks about a better way to report on drug culture in America.
FDA May Soon Allow MDMA Prescriptions for PTSD
MDMA, which was banned by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1985, could be available by prescription as soon as 2021.
Hemp Beer Is Dank, Delicious, and Coming Soon to a Bar Near You
...if regulators don't get in the way first.
Ross Ulbricht's Murder-for-Hire Charges Dropped by U.S. Attorney
While the Silk Road founder's reputation has already been sullied by the untried accusations, the feds give up on those charges after Supreme Court declines to hear Ulbricht's appeal on his original conviction and sentencing.
Clemency Recipient Alice Johnson: 'I Don't Feel I Was Denied or Delayed. I Was Destined For This.'
Alice Marie Johnson's life sentence for a first-time drug offense was commuted by Trump. Now she's speaking out against mandatory minimums.
A Chicago Tribune Columnist Thinks Helping Opioid Users Is 'Accommodating' Them
It's time to stop punishing people for their addictions.
When a Baby's Accidental Drug Death Leads to a $3 Million Bail Order, It's Time to Ask Questions
Is a mom who passed drugs along to her infant via breastfeeding a real community threat?
New Jersey Pol Warns: If Pot Is Legalized, Dispensaries Will Sell 'Sex Toy Oils With Marijuana'
New Jersey state Sen. Ron Rice is battling a bill to make New Jersey the 10th state in the nation with legal recreational marijuana.
Michigan Man Files Suit After Waiting 3 Years for a Hearing to Get His Seized Car Back
The government's definition of "prompt" is a little different from everyone else's, especially when it comes to asset forfeiture.
Thank Drug Warriors for the Escalating Death Toll From Superpotent Synthetic Opioids
New data show the share of opioid-related fatalities involving fentanyl analogs is rising.
Oakland's Weed Equity Program Not Helping Intended Recipients
Cannabis equity programs are growing in popularity, but do they actually work?
Sessions' Escalating Drug War Causing Cold Feet Over Safe Injection Centers
San Francisco was supposed to have sites up and running this month. It does not.
Police Kill Man with Bulldozer over 10 Marijuana Plants
Drug war absurdity meets police recklessness.
New York's Department of Health Recommends Legalizing Marijuana
The positives of legalizing weed would outweigh the negatives, a study found.
A Florida Man Arrested for Pot Is in Jail Until He Lets Deputies Search His Phones
Police say there's evidence. His lawyer says it's a fishing expedition.
Court Says Cannabis Doesn't Count As a Sacrament
An Indiana judge just issued a blow to the state's First Church of Cannabis.
The DEA's List of Cannabis Slang Is Predictably Hilarious
Does anyone actually call weed "shoe"?
Vermont Legalized Weed. Here's What You Need to Know Before You Move There.
The ninth state to legalize recreational pot
Toke Up and Chow Down on Netflix's Pot-Infused Cooking Competition
What if everybody on the Food Network was high?
San Diego Police Chief's Bogus Number Ties Cannabis to Crime
Cop calls that supposedly show the trouble caused by dispensaries mostly had nothing to do with dispensaries.
1972: The Year That Made 2018 Seem Sane
Richard Nixon's battle with Timothy Leary puts today's culture wars to shame.
Counting Canada, More Than 100 Million People Live in Places Where Pot Is Legal
Licensed recreational sales are expected to begin in late August or early September.
Congress Wants To Give Jeff Sessions Unprecedented New Drug War Powers
The SITSA Act would turn the attorney general into the chief arbiter of what substances Americans can buy, sell, and put in their bodies.
New Study Shows Drug War Sends Users to Dark Web
A new British study shows that rescheduling hydrocodone, a powerful opiate painkiller, just forced users onto the darknet to get their fix.
Denver Contradicts Itself by Targeting Previously Tolerated Cannabis Tour Buses
The rolling lounges are one of the few options for visitors who want to use marijuana but can't find pot-friendly lodging.
Texas GOP Endorses Marijuana Decriminalization
Republicans in one of the most conservative states in the union gave a thumbs up to rolling back marijuana prohibition.
Alleged Silk Road Mentor Indicted, Extradited to United States
Roger Clark, under pseudonym "Variety Jones" and others, faces charges related to narcotics trafficking, hacking, and money laundering, but not murder-for-hire.
This Vermont Prosecutor Is Pushing Back Against the DOJ's Drug Warriors
Chittenden County State's Attorney Sarah George will no longer prosecute misdemeanor buprenorphine cases.
How Anti-Trump Republicans Can Change the President's Behavior
Cory Gardner used confirmation holds to force a potential breakthrough on marijuana federalism. There's a lesson there.
'I Am Absolutely a Product of the Libertarian-Industrial Complex': Podcast
Katherine Mangu-Ward talks about politics, culture, and Reason's next 50 years.
Trump Should Hurt Sessions by Helping Drug Offenders
Commutations for people serving absurdly long sentences would be a great new way to torture the attorney general.
Surviving the Death of the West: Podcast
Trump disrupts the status quo on trade, diplomacy, North Korea, and pot.
On Marijuana, Elizabeth Warren Discovers She Agrees With Clarence Thomas
More signs of the coming left-right convergence on marijuana legalization.
Nan Goldin's Misleading OxyContin Story Feeds the Myth of 'Highly Addictive' Pain Pills
Like most people who become addicted to prescription opioids, the famous photographer had a history of substance abuse.
