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Oklahoma Senate Advances Research-Focused Ibogaine Bill

The Oklahoma State Senate voted on April 29 to pass the Oklahoma Breakthrough Therapy Act. Formally known as House Bill…

May 4, 2026

Lifers Fall Through the Cracks of the Prison Security Classification System

The Georgia Department of Corrections assigns every person in its custody a security classification: Minimum, Medium or Close. This classification…

May 4, 2026

Banning Cigarettes, Threatening Vapes: A New UK Landscape

The United Kingdom's government aims to create a “first smoke-free generation,” after its long-running Tobacco and Vapes Bill finally became…

May 4, 2026

People Who Vape Are Lab Rats, Says California “Public Health” Campaign

Clockwork Orange-like images show a sweating, terrified young man in a dark laboratory with a black metal contraption on his…

April 30, 2026

Louisiana “Homelessness Court” Would Offer Treatment, Forced Labor

On April 28, a Louisiana Senate committee advanced a homelessness criminalization bill brightly titled “Streets to Success.” The legislation would…

April 30, 2026

Senate Committee Weighs “Critical” VA-focused Psychedelics Bill

On April 29, the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a hearing to consider the bipartisan Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Novel…

April 30, 2026

WA Adopts Immigrant Worker Protections, Pushing Back Against Feds

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson (D) has signed into law a new set of protections for immigrant workers, aiming to notify…

April 29, 2026

SAMHSA Bans Fentanyl Test Strips, OD Hotlines From Grant Funding

The Trump administration will no longer allow grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to pay for…

April 29, 2026

New Hub Platforms Lived Experiences of Tobacco Harm Reduction

People with lived experience of using safer nicotine products for harm reduction take center stage on a new platform that…

April 28, 2026

DEA Begins Next Steps Following Medical Marijuana Rescheduling Order

Days after the Department of Justice rescheduled state-licensed medical marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, the Drug Enforcement Administration has…

April 28, 2026