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A Social-Media Ban Really Could Do a Lot of Good

Keith Humphreys and Jonathan Caulkins

February 2, 2026

Abstract illustration of an iPhone in a kind of animal trap with 'react' buttons from facebook falling out of it

High January Was Bound to Happen

January 16, 2026

Illustration of a weeklong calendar, with each day represented by a green gummy with an image of a marijuana leaf on it. A bite has been taken out of the Monday gummy.

The Risk of Trump’s Marijuana Order

Nicholas Florko

December 18, 2025

An image of a stick with a weed leaf at the bottom.

Rescheduling Marijuana Is an Enormous Mistake

Charles Fain Lehman

December 18, 2025

Trump holds up a signed bill in the Oval Office surrounded by smiling onlookers

Pour One Out for Weed Seltzer

Nicholas Florko

November 21, 2025

Line drawing of a soda can labeled with a marijuana leaf, with arms and legs, clinging to the side of a shopping basket

The Lonely New Vices of American Life

November 3, 2025

A red-white-and-blue illustration of a wine glass spilling

Trump Is Getting Closer to Having an ‘Infinite Money Pit’

September 22, 2025

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I’d Had Jobs Before, but None Like This

April 2025 Issue

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Legal Weed Didn’t Deliver on Its Promises

Jonathan Caulkins and Keith Humphreys

January 31, 2025

Capitol Building in the shape of a leaking bong

America’s Shifting Attitudes Toward Marijuana

Malcolm Ferguson

October 24, 2024

An orange-scale illustration of a large marijuana leaf

The GOP’s Tipping Point on Weed

Nicholas Florko

September 30, 2024

An illustration of a GOP elephant with cannabis leaves

Marijuana Is Too Strong Now

Malcolm Ferguson

August 29, 2024

Close-up of marijuana plants

Congress Accidentally Legalized Weed Six Years Ago

July 15, 2024

Weed plant with a halo of sunlight

Marijuana’s Health Effects Are About to Get a Whole Lot Clearer

May 3, 2024

Illustration of a microscope made into a bong

Almost No One Is Happy With Legal Weed

April 8, 2024

A judge's gavel over a broken rainbow psychedelic background

The Marijuana-Legalization Conundrum

Conor Friedersdorf

May 23, 2023

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I Don’t Want to Smell You Get High

Thomas Chatterton Williams

April 27, 2023

Picture of a person smoking a weed pipe.

America Has Gone Too Far in Legalizing Vice

February 11, 2023

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Biden Goes to Pot

David A. Graham

October 6, 2022

Cannabis leaves

Dan Muessig’s Last Days as a Free Man

Elizabeth Bruenig

June 9, 2022

Two photos of Dan Muessig, side by side, somewhat grayed out

The Marijuana Superweapon Biden Refuses to Use

Edward-Isaac Dovere

July 6, 2020

Isolation Is Changing How You Look

March 25, 2020

America Loves Its Unregulated Wellness Chemicals

January 1, 2020

A green-and-red neon sign for CBD

The Environmental Catastrophe in Your Joint

December 9, 2019

Marijuana joints

America’s Best Drug Dealers Are A-List Celebrities

November 19, 2019

Martha Stewart and marijuana

Beto’s Marijuana Moment

October 16, 2019

Beto O'Rourke speaks during the October 15 Democratic primary debate.

Americans Legalize Pot—And Then Panic Over Tech Addiction

October 10, 2019

Family on tablet

Marijuana Reform Should Focus On Inequality

October 5, 2019

Marijuana plants

Vaping’s Plausible Deniability Is Going Up in Smoke

September 6, 2019

A person's face is obscured by a cloud of vapor.

A Tiny, 25-Year-Old Study Still Drives Opinion on Pregnancy and Pot

Alice Callahan and Undark

September 2, 2019

Pregnant women paint smiling faces on their bellies.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tripping

July 30, 2019

The Real Difference Between Smoking and Eating Marijuana

July 24, 2019

A banner hangs at the Dixie Elixirs company booth at the CannaSearch cannabis-industry job fair in downtown Denver on September 16, 2014.

New Evidence on Pot During Pregnancy

July 8, 2019

A newly transplanted cannabis cutting

The Ancient Pots That Hint at Cannabis’s Early Use as a Drug

June 12, 2019

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The Misplaced Optimism in Legal Pot

June 10, 2019

Different varieties of dried marijuana for sale

You Probably Shouldn’t Bring CBD Oil to an Airport

May 3, 2019

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