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May 15, 2015
Adam Nathaniel Peck
The Hypocrisy of College Sports Drug Policies, in Two News Stories
January 28, 2015
Danny Vinik
Obama's Nominee for Attorney General Disagrees With Him That Weed Is Safer Than Alcohol. She's Wrong.
December 23, 2014
Adam Nathaniel Peck
The 3 Worst Policy Predictions of 2014
Gay marriage will lead to polygamy? Marijuana will cause more crime? Obamacare will increase premiums?
December 10, 2014
Elaine Teng
Don't Worry, Pot Smokers: It May Still Be Legal to Get High in Our Nation's Capital
November 12, 2014
Esther Breger
This Web Series Shows Good TV Doesn't Have to Be Like a Novel
November 4, 2014
Danny Vinik
The Four Issues You Should Be Focusing on Besides the Senate
June 10, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
Marijuana Might Make You a Worse Driver Than Alcohol Does
May 25, 2014
Richard A. Posner
We Need a Strong Prison System
But we need to imprison people for fewer crimes and for less time
March 3, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
People Are Still Being Prosecuted for Legal Marijuana. Obama Hasn't Pardoned One of Them.
December 6, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Hemp Might Finally Make a Comeback in America
November 18, 2013
Jason Fagone
High Times Magazine May Be the Most Influential Publication of Our Era
It actually changed the culture
October 25, 2013
Nate Cohn
Marijuana is America's Next Political Wedge Issue
Pot politics, in 2016 and beyond
August 20, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Legal Pot Has a Branding Problem
Step away from the Doritos, people!
August 14, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The Most Surprising Proposal in the New York Mayoral Race
August 12, 2013
The New Republic Staff
This Is What Legal Pot Stores Look Like
August 12, 2013
Michael Kinsley
Just How Much Marijuana Will Bureaucrats Allow in a Legal Pot Brownie?
Washington state's reefer regulatory madness
June 13, 2013
Colleen Kimmett
The Painful Politics of Painkillers
Opioids are deadlier than ever, but research into cannabis is still taboo
February 5, 2013
Molly Redden
Unions Have High Hopes for Weed Workers
In marijuana, labor has found a growth industry. The Obama administration has other ideas.
January 30, 2013
Mark Oppenheimer
Maybe It's Time I Picked Up a Pot Habit
A father of three considers a late-night high
February 17, 1997
Hanna Rosin
The Return of Pot
California gears up for a long, strange trip.

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