Teenagers Who Use Marijuana Are Shifting From Smoking to Vaping. Should We Be Alarmed?

Marijuana Jacob Sullum | 5.20.2022 2:45 PM A new study documents a shift from smoking to vaping among adolescent...

New York Times Columnist Gail Collins Proposes a 'Simple Battle' To 'Get Rid of the Guns'

Gun Control Jacob Sullum | 5.19.2022 4:30 PM If we are "sick of massacres," says the headline over Gail Collins' latest...

The Buffalo Massacre Illustrates the Inherent Limitations of 'Red Flag' Laws

Red Flag Laws Jacob Sullum | 5.18.2022 4:00 PM In retrospect, it may seem obvious that New York's "red flag" law, which...

New York's Governor Wants to 'Silence' Constitutionally Protected Speech

When politicians echo Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' famous observation about "shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater," it typically means they are...

New York's Governor Wants to 'Silence' Constitutionally Protected Speech

Free Speech Jacob Sullum | 5.18.2022 12:01 AM When politicians echo Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' famous observation...

Why Background Checks Do Not Stymie Mass Shooters

Gun Control Jacob Sullum | 5.17.2022 2:15 PM A background check did not faze the man charged with murdering 10 people...

Why New York's 'Assault Weapon' Ban Didn't Stop the Buffalo Massacre

Mass Shootings Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2022 12:30 PM The suspect in the mass shooting that killed 10 people at a Buffalo...

The Blurry Legal Line Between Doctors and Drug Dealers

War on Drugs Jacob Sullum | From the June 2022 issue Xiulu Ruan, a board-certified Alabama pain specialist, was...

A Record Number of Drug-Related Deaths Shows the Drug War Is Remarkably Effective at Killing People

Drug War Jacob Sullum | 5.13.2022 3:55 PM Three years ago, President Donald Trump bragged that "we are making progress"...

The Failed Senate Abortion Bill Went Far Beyond Preserving Current Rights

Abortion Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2022 5:30 PM The Senate yesterday rejected a bill that would have blocked state...

The New York Times Uses a CDC Report on Homicides As an Excuse To Attack Private Gun Ownership

Guns Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2022 3:55 PM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday issued a report on...

Public Opinion About Abortion Is Complex and Sometimes Confused

Abortion Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2022 12:01 AM A Fox News poll completed last week, the day before Politico published a...

Public Opinion About Abortion Is Complex and Sometimes Confused

A Fox News poll completed last week, the day before Politico published a draft majority opinion indicating that the Supreme Court will soon overturn...

There Is a Reason Why Roe v. Wade's Defenders Focus on Its Results Rather Than Its Logic

Abortion Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2022 5:40 PM Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a pro-choice Democrat, says she was...

Sheriff Agrees To Stop Stealing Cannabis Cash From Armored Cars, Saying His Deputies 'Are Not Highway Robbers'

Civil Asset Forfeiture Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2022 12:10 PM Empyreal Logistics, a Pennsylvania-based company that...

Samuel Alito Thinks It's Obviously Absurd To Suggest That Drug Prohibition Violates the Constitution

Drug War Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2022 5:15 PM Justice Samuel Alito's draft majority opinion overturning the Supreme Court's...

A New Report Explains How California Screwed Up Marijuana Legalization

Marijuana Jacob Sullum | 5.5.2022 4:30 PM Six years after California legalized recreational marijuana, the black market...

Was Censorship the Greatest COVID Threat to Freedom?

Misinformation Jacob Sullum | From the June 2022 issue The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker...

Do Americans Who Support Roe v. Wade Understand Its Implications?

Abortion Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2022 5:10 PM Jesse Wegman, a member of the New York Times editorial board, says polling...

The Biden Administration Sees Free Speech as a Public Menace

The Department of Homeland Security is dismayed by the uproar over its new Disinformation Governance Board. DHS this week emphasized that the...

The Biden Administration Sees Free Speech As a Public Menace

Misinformation Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2022 12:01 AM The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is dismayed by the uproar...

The Impact of Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Be Less Dramatic Than Abortion-Rights Advocates Fear

Abortion Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2022 6:30 PM Last year, based on a scenario in which 22 states banned abortion, Middlebury...

The FDA Uses Its New Authority To Close Off the Last Remaining Legal Option for Vapers Who Like Flavor Variety

Vaping Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2022 2:55 PM The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving fast to close off what seems to...

The FDA's Menthol Cigarette Ban Is a 'Racial Justice' Issue, but Not in the Way Its Supporters Mean

FDA Jacob Sullum | 4.28.2022 3:25 PM Supporters of the ban on menthol cigarettes that the Food and Drug Administration...

A CDC Study Suggests Three-Fifths of Americans Have Been Infected by the Coronavirus

Coronavirus Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2022 4:30 PM Nearly three-fifths of Americans had been infected by the COVID-19 virus...

Anthony Fauci Thinks Scientific Expertise Trumps the Rule of Law

Public Health Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2022 12:01 AM Anthony Fauci was "surprised and disappointed" by last week's ruling...

Anthony Fauci Thinks Scientific Expertise Trumps the Rule of Law

Anthony Fauci was "surprised and disappointed" by last week's ruling against the mask mandate for travelers issued by the Centers for Disease Control...

Fauci thinks arrogant technocrats should trump the rule of law

Anthony Fauci was “surprised and disappointed” by last week’s ruling against the mask mandate for travelers issued by the Centers for Disease...

Biden Begins Using Clemency To Ameliorate the Damage Done by the Draconian Drug Policies He Long Supported

Clemency Jacob Sullum | 4.26.2022 4:15 PM President Joe Biden used his clemency powers for the first time today, granting three pardons and 75...

If the CDC's Mask Mandate Is 'Necessary for the Public Health,' Why Didn't the DOJ Seek a Stay To Restore It?

Mask Mandates Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2022 5:05 PM After a federal judge vacated the federal mask mandate for travelers...

Congress Won't Legalize Pot Anytime Soon, but It Could Protect Marijuana Businesses by Passing Banking Reform

Marijuana Jacob Sullum | 4.21.2022 4:15 PM State-licensed recreational marijuana sales began today in New Jersey, one...

Florida's Agriculture Commissioner Says the Ban on Gun Possession by Marijuana Users Is Unconstitutional

Second Amendment Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2022 5:25 PM Nikki Fried, who runs Florida's Department of Agriculture and...

The DOJ Is Reluctant To Continue Defending the CDC's Mask Mandate Because It Worries It Will Lose Again

Mask Mandates Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2022 2:05 PM The Justice Department yesterday said it would appeal the decision...

Even If the CDC's Mask Mandate Made Sense, That Would Not Make It Legal

Rule of law Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2022 12:01 AM Did you know that the federal judge who vacated the federal mask mandate...

Even If the CDC's Mask Mandate Made Sense, That Would Not Make It Legal

Did you know that the federal judge who vacated the federal mask mandate for airline and public transit passengers on Monday is only 35? The New York...

Left’s attacks on Trump-appointed judge who struck down mask mandate ignore the law

US District Judge Mizelle backed up all three of her conclusions with discussion and cogent reasons. But instead of explaining why she was wrong,...

He Faces 10 Years to Life for Selling Pot, a Legal Business in Most States

Marijuana Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2022 4:30 PM Jonathan Wall, a 26-year-old cannabis entrepreneur, has been confined at a...

Congress Should Not Legalize Marijuana, Marco Rubio Says, Because Black-Market Weed Is 'Laced With Fentanyl'

The Feds Will Return More Than $1 Million in Marijuana Money That California Cops Stole From Armored Cars

Why Do Legalizers Keep Blocking Pot Banking?

Local Lawyers Think 'Gross Negligence' Explains an Unlawful Murder Charge Based on a 'Self-Induced Abortion'

Abortion Jacob Sullum | 4.13.2022 7:00 PM Ignorance and incompetence, as opposed to pro-life convictions, seem to be...

The FDA's Rejection of a Major Vaping Brand Shows It Is Arbitrarily Applying a Nebulous Legal Standard

Vaping Jacob Sullum | 4.13.2022 4:00 PM The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued "marketing denial orders" (MDOs) for the myblu...

A Federal Jury Delivers a Rebuke of FBI Entrapment

A Federal Jury Delivers a Rebuke of FBI Entrapment

FBI Jacob Sullum | 4.13.2022 12:01 AM "Through confidential sources, undercover agents, and clandestine recordings," the Justice Department...

Texas Prosecutors Blatantly Ignored the Law When They Charged a Woman With Murder 'by Self-Induced Abortion'

Abortion Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2022 1:00 PM A Starr County, Texas, grand jury last month indicted a 26-year-old woman, Lizelle Herrera, on one count...

The FBI Decided Not To Knock Down a Suspect's Front Door Because 'It Was an Affluent Neighborhood'

Search and Seizure Jacob Sullum | 4.8.2022 2:35 PM The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments yesterday...

Minnesota's Attorney General Says the Cop Who Killed Amir Locke Was Defending Himself. So Was Locke.

Does California's Latest Mass Shooting Show the Country's Strictest Gun Laws Are Not Strict Enough?

When Will Democrats Get Serious About Repealing Pot Prohibition?

Marijuana Jacob Sullum | 4.6.2022 12:01 AM When Republicans who oppose federal marijuana prohibition vote against your legalization bill, you...

When Will Democrats Get Serious About Repealing Pot Prohibition?

When Republicans who oppose federal marijuana prohibition vote against your legalization bill, you probably are doing something wrong. That is what...