As Prohibition Crumbles, Cannabis Consumers Are Less Apt to Abuse It
Legalization may improve marijuana's benefit-to-cost ratio.
Legalization may improve marijuana's benefit-to-cost ratio.
The Iowa frontrunner is spoiling for more drug war.
Declinists who focus on inequality and stagnant wages miss increased freedom and opportunities.
On HuffPost Live, no holds are barred and no quarter is given. And I really let it rip regarding how lucky we are Biden isn't running.
...it usually isn't. An excellent hoax follows an excellent episode of an excellent series.
Irony alert: GOP running aground as it reaches its most zenith of historic power.
Generational differences suggest support will continue to rise.
Practical suggestions for making it easier to investigate the therapeutic properties of cannabis
A new law enforcement group favors abolishing mandatory minimums, changing felonies to misdemeanors, and winnowing down petty offenses.
Brink Lindsey, Sasha Moss, Wayne Brough, Eli Dourado, and Nick Gillespie talk patents and copyrights in the digital age.
5 ways that the libertarianish candidate can turn a depressing duty into a liberating opportunity
Extremist politics, fashion choices galore: Life really is a cabaret, old chum. Or just more prosperous, fun, and free.
Thanks to a spending rider, California's oldest dispensary can reopen.
Virgin CEO Richard Branson leaks document to Drug Policy Alliance.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, the next prime minister, promises to "get started on that right away."
Why legalized marijuana is not "the same as Kim Davis"
A legalization initiative and a measure aimed at nullifying it both get majority support.
Both candidates seem to think our prisons are filled with pot smokers.
The vice-president is an unrepentant drug warrior and has promised "no changes" to old-age entitlements that screw the young.
Weed is legal in Colorado. But it's illegal to consume it in most public locations.
Complaints detail the Border Patrol's routine constitutional abuses.
Both candidates exaggerate marijuana's role in mass incarceration.
Should ex-felons be allowed to vote? Should mandatory minimums be rolled back?
Large majorities of Democrats and Republicans would abolish mandatory minimums for nonviolent offenses.
To stop you, agents need no special reason; to search your car, all they need is a dog.
Clinton and Sanders had opportunities to offer concrete solutions to criminal justice issues during last night's Democratic debate, but failed to deliver.
Is there hope for liberty lovers among the Democrats?
Clinton is still noncommittal on marijuana legalization, even though she mistakenly thinks most low-level, nonviolent offenders in prison are there for smoking pot.
Clinton, Sanders, Webb, O'Malley, and Chaffee are nobody's idea of small-government crusaders, but they got some things right.
Will you drink "The Hillary," "The Bernie Sanders," or "The Biden"?
Venerable skin mag drops nudity in favor of "expanded coverage of liquor," PG-13 thrills.
Is reducing prison terms reckless in light of drug and crime trends?
The Vermont socialist advanced some libertarian ideas way back in the day.
In a new legislative low, Gov. Moonbeam nixes reform that would help dying patients live longer, more comfortably.
Bipartisan bills could help free Weldon Angelos and thousands of other drug offenders.
Joe Biden contradicts himself in the same sentence, Jesse Ventura calls team owners' logic "asinine," and more!
Spending restrictions aim to stop interference with state marijuana and hemp policies.
The sentence reductions in both bills are nevertheless a major improvement.
Bills backed by the chairmen of the House and Senate judiciary committees could help free thousands of drug offenders.
Despite continuing declines in gun violence, Fred Hiatt says enough is enough.
Guns - and the Second Amendment - won't just disappear.
Beginning at the end of the month, some 6,000 drug offenders will get out earlier than originally expected.
"...regardless of Rand Paul's campaign." You got that right, brother.
The measure includes a generous home cultivation limit, and it does not define drugged driving based on THC levels.
First-time drug offenders are coerced into becoming informants on the campus of Ole Miss.
They are as safe or safer than other places and help make local law enforcement more effective.
School is supposed to teach kids to think critically. Instead, they encounter instead a system that is arbitrary, harsh, and ineffective at teaching.