Trump's Embrace of Psychedelic Therapy Leaves Most Users on the Wrong Side of the Law The medical model assumes that people should be allowed to use psychedelics only for government-approved reasons. Reason · Apr 22
Trump’s presidential philosophy is government by shakedown The president’s strategy is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Congress and the courts must put a stop to it The Guardian - US · Aug 22, 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer suggests possibility of presidential pardon as Trump says it’s ‘not the time’ – as it happened US president says ‘I don’t know anything’ about justice department questioning Maxwell as he lands in Scotland ahead of UK and EU talks The Guardian - US · Jul 25, 2025
‘Extortion’: Columbia University’s deal with White House met with mixed reactions Some slammed the agreement with the Trump administration to reinstate $400m in federal funds while others praised it as an ‘excellent outcome’ The Guardian - US · Jul 24, 2025
‘Perpetual crisis mode’: how Trump uses emergency declarations to push radical agenda President’s dubious claims of ‘emergency’ threaten civic and political norms in authoritarian style, experts warn The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2025
My Jotwell Review of David Pozen's "The Constitution of the War on Drugs" The book is the most extensive analysis to date of constitutional issues arising from the War on Drugs, and why the constitutional law largely failed to constrain its abuses. Reason · Aug 8, 2024
The Evidence Suggests the DEA Still Has Not Come Around on Rescheduling Marijuana It looks like Attorney General Merrick Garland overrode the agency's recalcitrant drug warriors in deciding to reclassify the drug. Reason · May 21, 2024
Does the Constitution Protect the Right To Get High? Columbia law professor David Pozen recalls the controversy provoked by early anti-drug laws and the hope inspired by subsequent legal assaults on prohibition. Reason · Apr 23, 2024