Marijuana Legalization Looks Likely in Three States
Polling also suggests Florida will become the first Southern state to allow medical use.
Polling also suggests Florida will become the first Southern state to allow medical use.
Senate sponsor on removal of conviction requirement: 'They want the money.'
Cannabis candy in trick-or-treat bags is "a very real scenario," they warn. It's not.
John Roselius, who famously warned that drugs would fry your brain like an egg, says he has changed his mind about pot.
If we're not willing to rein in law enforcement, why should a telecom company?
The law enforcement establishment has to keep itself occupied with something, doesn't it?
A pilot program would let businesses establish "designated consumption areas," subject to approval by local busybodies.
Was it really only six years ago when recreational pot got smacked down in the Golden State by a giggling political class?
We need more candidness from politicians, even if it means a little less sobriety.
According to Gallup, 60 percent of Americans oppose pot prohibition.
And then forces all suppliers to shut down.
If you're hurting children, the president says he'll kill you.
A longtime drug warrior, Clinton has softened her public positions on marijuana. But does she mean it?
The Question 1 campaign says the initiative clearly applies only to cannabis consumers 21 or older.
The DEA's backtracking underlines the arbitrariness of the government's pharmacological taboos.
After backlash, they've extended the comment period and called for FDA input.
A new report by Human Rights Watch and ACLU calls for the full decriminalization of drugs, citing the drug war's "staggering human rights toll."
Commutations and reforms can only ameliorate the inherent injustice of prohibition.
The police's culture of silence and lack of accountability feeds Chicago's crime problems.
Legalizing medical marijuana is associated with 9.4 percent increase in the probability of employment for people over 50.
The president has granted 774 commutations so far, 97 percent of them in the second half of his second term.
Authorities want to play "War on Pot"-with helicopters and militarized raids-while they still can.
With pot on the ballot in nine states, support for allowing recreational use is strongest in California, while Florida looks likeliest to permit medical use.
Slightly more personal freedom is just a side effect.
The agency's ban on the pain-relieving leaf shows how arbitrary the government's pharmacological taboos are.
One informant lied in court and still worked for the DEA, pocketing over $469,000 in a five-year span.
The political climate in Colombia and especially next-door Venezuela may have, a lot more than any weather concerns.
Marijuana busts hit a two-decade low last year.
After meeting with the DEA administrator, Rep. Mark Pocan says the agency may allow for more public comment on whether to make Kratom a Schedule I drug.
The number of pot busts is down 26 percent since 2007 but is still more than twice the 1991 total.
State authorities didn't appreciate her not waiting for regulations on legalization.
Hoisted by his own scrapbook petard.
A new study adds to the evidence that letting patients use cannabis saves lives by reducing consumption of pharmaceuticals.
Annie Dookhan tainted an estimated one in six drug cases in Massachusetts over a nine-year period. The ACLU says all those cases should be thrown out.
Paging Gov. Chris Christie: "Anybody who thinks this is somehow going to increase the availability of marijuana has never been 19."
A new study adds to the evidence that patients are substituting marijuana for opioids.
One of the cops just joined the force after spending years working narcotics for Chicago PD.
How can weed possibly survive the scandal of being seen with Terry McAuliffe!
The cops were looking for a meth dealer who had not lived there for at least a year.
"Our goal is to make sure this is available," a spokesman says.
Andrew Sadek case, previously covered by Reason TV, is the focal point of radio show conversation.
After adjustment for confounding variables, the association between marijuana use and adverse neonatal outcomes disappears.
Insys, which plans to introduce an oral THC spray, says legal pot could "significantly limit" its commercial prospects.
It isn't enough to end just one restrictive law, we have to disempower the prohibitionists.
Canadian prime minister has openly admitted to using the drug (just like President Obama). So he should be barred from entering US.
Any alien who admits illegal drug use is "inadmissible" without a waiver.