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IMF Publishes Call for Risk-Proportionate Nicotine Taxation

The International Monetary Fund has published a call for risk-proportionate taxation of nicotine products—in contrast to policies being adopted by…

March 23, 2026

Virginia Governor to Decide on Raft of Marijuana Bills, Including Legal Sales

Virginia lawmakers passed several marijuana-related bills in the legislative session that ended March 14, and now Governor Abigail Spanberger (D)…

March 20, 2026

Georgia Lawmakers’ “Number-One Priority” is Literacy, Except in Prisons

Georgia legislators say they're going all-in to improve literacy rates. On March 10 the House approved a budget proposal of…

March 19, 2026

Methadone Clinics to Blame for Unacceptable Drop-Out Rates

Given what the methadone clinic system subjects them to, is it really a surprise that people who take the medication…

March 19, 2026

DEA Emergency Order Puts Novel Benzo Bromazolam in Schedule I

The Drug Enforcement Administration has temporarily placed bromazolam, an unregulated benzodiazepine, under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The…

March 18, 2026

Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking: Now It’s Official in France

France's national health and safety agency, ANSES, has published a report concluding that vaping is substantially safer than smoking. It’s…

March 18, 2026

DOJ, VA to Take Legal Guardianship of Unhoused Veterans for “Ongoing Care”

On March 11, the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs jointly announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU)…

March 17, 2026

New Mexico Will Fund Psychedelic Treatment for Patients on Low Incomes

On March 11, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed the budget for the upcoming fiscal year into law,…

March 17, 2026

How Tennessee’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Are Already Playing Out in Prison

Through my three decades of incarceration in Tennessee, I’ve seen attitudes toward LGBTQ+ prisoners like myself change a lot. But…

March 16, 2026

The Youth-Smoking Collapse Nobody Wants to Talk About

For more than a decade, one of the most persistent claims in the tobacco control echo chamber has been that…

March 16, 2026