Outside the Beltway

He is seeking a new regional consensus.

Drug smuggling edition.

It’s seemingly just a matter of time before recreational use is allowed throughout the United States.

My home state has become the first in the South to join the trend.

Credulous reports notwithstanding, there’s more to the story.

A great public intellectual, pioneering blogger, and all-around good man is gone.

Either Trump doesn’t understand what he is talking about, or he thinks his supporters are dumb.

In a first of its kind move, voters in Denver have voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms.

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

New York State seems likely to join the list of states where marijuana has been legalized sometime next year.

Last week, the Mexican Supreme Court pushed that country further down the road toward legalization of marijuana for all purposes.

On Tuesday, Michigan joined the ranks of the states where marijuana is legal and several other states legalized it for medical purposes.

Just over a week before two states will be voting on referendums to legalize recreational marijuana, a new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans support legalization.

Another drug war example.

Scenes from the war on drugs.

Marijuana is now legal in Canada, and many people are watching the country to see how it adjusts to this change.

In November, Michigan voters will be able to make their state the tenth state to legalize marijuana. This is just the latest step in what seems to be an irreversible trend.

Pending the mere formality of approval by the Governor-General, Canada will soon become the largest nation in the world where recreational use of marijuana is legal.

The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.

John Boehner is now pro-weed. The world just keeps getting weirder, man.

President Trump is not being bold on drugs. Instead, he is just recycling old, failed idea.

Norway is poised to make some big changes to its drug laws.

The fight for marijuana legalization advances in California.

If polls are any indication, voters are set to legalize marijuana in five more states on Tuesday.

Californians are set to vote on marijuana legalization in November and, this time, it looks like it will pass.

The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado’s decision to legalize marijuana.

Senator Bernie Sanders wants to let states decide how to regulate marijuana, or to not regulate it at all if they choose. Intellectually honest conservatives should support his effort.

Marijuana is legal in Colorado, but it’s illegal under Federal Law. Because of that, the Colorado Supreme Court dismissed a claim by resident who was fired when he tested positive for pot.

Two states and the nation’s capital could have legal marijuana after Tuesday’s elections.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

A victory for Federalism and sanity 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.

From Florida, a small victory for Fourth Amendment rights.

Unfortunately, our immigration debate is just plain dumb.

Once again, Utah’s former Governor is making sense.

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.

New York’s Governor is proposing a change in the law that could spare thousands of people a year from an unnecessary trip through the legal system.

A new book about the President details his marijuana use in High School and at Occidental College.

Well, maybe a tiny one.

The NFL fined the team two draft picks and suspended the head coach a full year and the GM 8 games.