The Fiction That Drug Trafficking Is 'Inherently Violent' Could Harm Sentencing Reform
Watered down improvements to federal mandatory minimums may get watered down further.
War on Drugs
New Hampshire's Free State Project Eschews Presidential Primaries While Changing State Politics
These pioneering libertarians, soon to be 20,000 strong, have already changed Granite State laws.
Cruz, Like Trump, Plans to Stop Heroin With a Wall
The Texas senator says "we will end this deluge of drugs" by securing the border.
Which Presidential Candidates Would Tolerate Legal Pot?
Marijuana federalists lead the GOP race, while the most pugilistic prohibitionist is stuck in single digits.
GOP Debate Demonstrators Confined to "Free Speech Zone" A Mile Away
Most shared their preferred candidate's temperament.
Tonight on Shark Tank: Commandos Who Fight Wars With Flip Flops
Watch the Army Rangers who founded Combat Flip Flops speak with Reason TV. Then watch them pitch the sharks on ABC at 9 p.m.
NYPD Throws People Out of Their Homes Without Ever Proving Criminal Activity
The city's version of 'nuisance abatement' laws are designed to be abused.
Marijuana Federalists Lead the Republican Field
Chris Christie, the most pugilistic prohibitionist in the race, remains stuck in single digits.
Rand Paul Suspends Presidential Campaign
The libertarian-ish senator says his failed bid ignited "brushfires of liberty."
Phoenix Open Billboard Says Buds Are Safer Than Bud (or Coors)
Backers of a marijuana legalization initiative take advantage of a golf tournament to make their case.
Is NYPD's Police Union Ignoring Trial of Officer Who Killed Unarmed Akai Gurley?
Peter Liang dumped PBA-appointed lawyers, now the union is quiet during trial.
How Ted Cruz Turned His Back on Drug War Prisoners
The Texas senator, once a leading Republican advocate of sentencing reform, seems to have abandoned the cause.
Ted Cruz Abandons Criminal Justice Reform on His Way to the White House
The Texas senator, once a leading Republican critic of disproportionate punishment, seems to have switched sides.
Florida Voters Will Get Another Chance to Legalize Medical Marijuana This Fall
A narrower version of a 2014 initiative qualifies for this year's ballot.
Rand Paul Covers Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform in Debate Answer on Ferguson
Rand Paul gives Black Lives Matter policy agenda a substantive voice on the debate stage
Dewshine: The Stupid New Teen Drug Panic
Drinking Mountain Dew and racing fuel is a bad idea. It's also very, very rare.
Philadelphia Could Make Musicians Register With the Police
New bill calls for performers to hand over personal information; cops could revoke venues' performance licenses.
Ted Cruz and Chuck Grassley Switch Places on Sentencing Reform
Why is Cruz, a critic of disproportionate penalties, trying to sink the bill with the best chance of passing?
Maine's Governor Wants to Fight the War on Drugs with the Guillotine
Paul LePage a.k.a. "America's Craziest Governor" is at it again.
Federal Judge Orders Iowa State to Stop Censoring Marijuana Reform T-Shirts
Thanks to the First Amendment, NORML ISU members can wear cannabis leaves on their chests and backs.
Republicans Try to Torpedo Sentencing Reform
Need another reason to resent the GOP-run Congress? Try Tom Cotton (and Ted Cruz).
Obama Bans Solitary Confinement for Juveniles; Supreme Court Expands Parole for Juveniles Serving Life
A big day for the rights of minors in the criminal justice system.
New York Paper Says Cops Love Asset Forfeiture, So You Should Too
It pays for stuff police need. What's not to like?
A Retiring Drug Warrior and a Captured Kingpin Illustrate the Folly of Prohibition
The actors change, but the story stays the same.
DEA Promised TSA Agent a Cut of Passengers' Seizable Cash
The DOJ's inspector general deemed the arrangement inappropriate.
Black Lives Matter/Campaign Zero Activists Launch "Police Use of Force Project"
New website collects use of force polices from 100 major police departments.
Fast & Furious .50 Caliber Rifle Found at El Chapo's Hideout
Feds reportedly investigating where his guns came from.
Americans Love Pot Taxes
But hyping cannabis cash as a source of government revenue is a bad idea.
A 19-Year-Old Rightly Complains That 'Prohibition Still Applies to Us'
What does a working man have to do to get a drink in this place?
Medical Marijuana Merchant Faces at Least Five Years for Bad Timing and 'High-Roller Lifestyle'
A federal jury convicts Lance Gloor of something hundreds of uncharged competitors openly did.
Nosy Neighbors Tell Colorado to Stop Regulating Pot
Oklahoma and Nebraska say legal marijuana is like state-authorized pollution.
Bernie Sanders Calls for "Automatic" Federal Investigations of Deaths in Police Custody
At tonight's Democratic debate, the Vermont senator says if "a police officer breaks the law...that officer must be held accountable."
Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht: 'Mis-Prosecuted and Misunderstood'
The defense team files an appeal.
Rand Paul Says Pot Prohibition Should Be Repealed
The Kentucky senator says "there's no real reason to have a federal rule on that."
Anti-Legalization Lawsuit Shows Conservative Constitutionalists Have Marijuana-Related Memory Loss
Forsaking federalism, Oklahoma and Nebraska demand that Colorado stop regulating the cannabis industry.
Maryland's Police Union Rejects "Any and All" Reforms
Post-Freddie Gray unrest, state task force offers modest proposals which are summarily rebuffed.
Ross Ulbricht, Sentenced to Life for Running Website Silk Road, Files Appeal
Defense insists Ulbricht's trial denied him a fair defense of his theory of other potential Dread Pirate Roberts', and that his life sentence was unjustified and unconscionable.
El Chapo Got Caught. So What?
The flow of drugs will continue as long as there is a black market.
Are the Koch Brothers Right-Wingers or Hippies?
It depends on which parts of the Libertarian Party's 1980 platform you emphasize.
California's Version of Pot Protectionism
The Golden State's leading marijuana initiative limits competition, favoring small producers.
Rand Paul: I'm 'the one candidate that doesn't want to make the sand glow in the Middle East'
The senator talks about his Audit the Fed vote tomorrow, why he belongs on the main debate stage, and how the GOP 'needs to become more diverse, not only ideologically but ethnically as well'
Medical Marijuana Seller Faces Prison in Washington, Where Pot Is Legal
Lance Gloor, whose crimes are the same as those committed by hundreds of uncharged dispensary operators, could get up to 35 years.
Two Ranchers, Two Fires, Too Long Behind Bars
The resentencing of Dwight and Steven Hammond illustrates the injustices wrought by mandatory minimums.
