Outside the Beltway

Fears about convention goers taking advantage of Colorado’s marijuana laws could harm Denver’s chances of getting the GOP Convention.

A supposed conservative calls for massive increases in taxes on alcohol.

A victory for Federalism and sanity in the War On Drugs.

Perhaps some justice for the casualties in the War On Drugs

Marijuana legalization is an issue that unites people across the political aisle.

The false choice that is rampant in drug warrior thinking is the main problem when it comes to good policy.

Newly disclosed details about the US role in Colombia.

80 years ago, Prohibition ended. However, we are still making the same mistakes that were made from 1920 to 1933.

Portland, Maine seems to about to make some progress in the fight against dumb laws.

Prism ain’t got nothin’ on the Hemisphere Project.

The Attorney General wants to fight the war on drugs less stupidly.

Contemporary Americans accept actions by the state that were once the cause for revolt.

My latest for The Atlantic, “Why Should Congress and the Courts Care About Snooping If Citizens Don’t?” has posted.

In fact, yes: the demand for drugs does come largely from the US.

Calvin Watkins considers “The sad case of Sam Hurd,” a former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears.

Plus some thoughts on prohibitionist policies (because sometimes a Quick Pick grows in the making).

Stony Brook finance prof Noah Smith writes, “The Single Best Anti-Gun-Death Policy? Ending the Drug War.”

President Obama’s recent statements on the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington are not consistent with his own Administration’s policies.

Our War On Drugs is having a disastrous impact on our neighbors to the south, and they’re starting to notice.

When it comes to issues like medical marijuana, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are reading from the same playbook.

America’s Drug War has caused more problems for Mexico than Fast & Furious ever will.

We’re literally choosing locking up drug offenders over investing in our children.

A legal dispute exposes an open wound.

Back in the late 90s, Newt wanted to execute marjiuana traffickers.

After all, securing the border is easy and the forces driving cross-border illicit activities can be curtailed with enough force and security.

Obama’s Justice Department continues its crackdown on medical marijuana, despite campaign promises to the contrary.

He suggested the possibility of sending troops to Mexico to fight drug cartels.

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

Usually, Defendants plead guilty for perfectly rational reasons.

Cory Maye has spent ten years on death row after a trial tainted by racism and corruption. In a few days, he will be free.

Coca cultivation is down in Colombia! But guess what is true about Peru?

David Rittgers, a legal policy analyst at the Cato Institute who served three tours in Afghanistan as a special forces officer, laments the militarization of police in America.

Elias Isquith proclaims my Atlantic essay “How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology” to be “a total disaster.”

The US drug policy gang: Dopey, Boozy, Smokey and Stupid?

Is there a legalization argument building?

A case in Montana brings to the forefront a power most prospective jurors aren’t aware they have.