Marijuana Policy Between the New York Times Nanny State and Chaos

Matthew Cavedon

A couple of years ago, I published an academic paper predicting that the remaining laws criminalizing marijuana use were on the verge of falling. That’s proven wrong, and an editorial from yesterday’s New York Times sets out some of the reasons why. But where the Gray Lady thinks nanny-statism is the way forward, libertarians should focus on marijuana’s public harms rather than restricting personal choices.

While marijuana reform has notched some victories lately...