DEA to Hold Rare Public Hearing on Plan to Ban Five Psychedelics
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is taking the rare step of holding a hearing ...
Kansas City Seeks to Resist State-Imposed Police Budget Increase
Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) signed Senate Bill 678 on June 27 to increase ...
Mexico’s Abortion Collectives Increase Cross-Border Collaborations
When Perla Martínez took misoprostol to terminate her pregnancy in April of 2017, the ...
Vermonters Overwhelmingly Back Drug Decriminalization. Will Lawmakers Listen?
A large majority of people in Vermont—84 percent—support removing criminal penalties for low-level drug ...
A Pandemic of Anxiety in Prison
For several months, the country’s COVID cases have been in a relative downtrend. In ...
Protests Urge NY Gov. to Roll Out Safe Consumption by Executive Action
On June 29, simultaneous protests in Manhattan and Albany urged New York Governor Kathy ...
After Colombia’s Election, What Are the Prospects for Better Drug Policy?
Colombia’s federal election this month brought victory for Gustavo Petro, who is seen as ...
Win for Law Professors in Key Prosecutor-Accountability Bid
Arthur Applbaum, a prominent Harvard Kennedy School ethics professor, scandalized the legal world in ...
Win for Pain Patients as SCOTUS Cuts DEA’s Power to Persecute Prescribers
On June 27, the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the government cannot ...
US Drug Czar Acknowledges the Medical Value of Marijuana
On June 27, the White House “drug czar” recognized the therapeutic potential of marijuana ...
