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• Reefer Madness

  by Eric Schlosser + Follow

  The Atlantic | August 1994

  Marijuana has not been de facto legalized, and the war on drugs is not just about cocaine and heroin. In fact, today, when we don't have enough jail cells for murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals, there may be more people in federal and state prisons for marijuana offenses than at any other time in U.S. history.

• The Point of No Return

  by William Langewiesche + Follow

  The Atlantic | January 2006

  First Pakistan's A.Q. Khan showed that any country could have made a nuclear bomb. Then he showed not once—but three times—why the nuclear trade will never be shut down.

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  by David Foster Wallace + Follow

  The Atlantic | April 2005