The Latest Breaking News from Jacob Sullum

Plus: A listener question concerning drug decriminalization and social well-being

It’s pretty obvious that civil asset forfeiture, whether federal or local, is an unethical, flawed system that violates due process and harms our already marginalized neighbors. It’s time to end it, one advocate writes.

Plus: Should committed libertarians be opposed to pro-natalist policies?

The smell of weed in the streets is a sign of progress and tolerance, not decline.

Even the best studies haven't surmounted a key statistical issue, and they tend to distort the evidence to make e-cigarettes look dangerous.

Plus: the terrible case for pausing A.I. innovation

Malinformation has a seed of truth, or makes selective use of facts, but is repackaged and shared with the specific intent to cause harm.

Many Americans nowadays know someone who died of a fentanyl overdose. The drug is highly potent and is slipped in with other illegal substances. From 2016 to 2021, the number of people in California who have died due to fentanyl-related causes increased from 239 to nearly 6,000.

Plus: A listener asks the editors if the nation is indeed unraveling or if she is just one of "The Olds" now.