Ben Adlin

Congressional Resolution Demands Cannabis Equity, Push for UN Reform

The Democratic co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus have reintroduced a resolution “urging action to increase equity within cannabis policy…

January 12, 2024

Work on MN Marijuana Record Expungements “Well Underway”

Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety posted an update on the state’s mandated expungement of thousands of marijuana-related criminal records on…

January 5, 2024

Why People Often Prefer Cannabis to Other Sleep Aids

A new survey of cannabis consumers with sleep issues found that most preferred to use marijuana instead of other sleep…

November 14, 2023

NIDA to Fund Development of New Psychedelics-Based SUD Treatments

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting proposals to develop psychedelics into treatments for substance use disorder (SUD), with…

November 10, 2023

“Drug Legalization Handbook” Urges Individual Reparations, Repealing CSA

It’s time to end prohibition and instead legalize and regulate all drugs, according to a new Reason Foundation report from…

November 1, 2023

Marijuana Possession More Than One-Quarter of 2022 Drug Arrests, FBI Says

Arrests for marijuana made up nearly one-third of all drug arrests in the United States in 2022, according to a…

October 18, 2023

California Campaign for $5 Billion Psychedelic Research Agency Is Live

Signature-gathering has officially kicked off to qualify an initiative for California’s 2024 ballot that would spend $5 billion to create…

October 10, 2023

Portland, Maine, to Decriminalize Psychedelic Plants and Fungi

The City Council in Portland, Maine, has voted to deprioritize the local enforcement of laws against psychedelic plants and fungi,…

October 4, 2023

“Our Reparations”—Black PA Lawmakers Demand Equity in Legalization

A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers spoke on September 22 about the path ahead for marijuana legalization in the state, emphasizing…

September 25, 2023

Oregon to Weigh Recriminalizing Drug Possession, Adding New Penalties

A group in Oregon wants to criminalize drug possession again, having unveiled two versions of a would-be ballot initiative that…

September 20, 2023