Politics + Legalization
Inside the Philippines Prison That Sparked Duterte’s Murderous Drug War
Twenty-three thousand dead. That’s the latest estimate—and maybe a low one—of people killed by ...
New Coalition: Congress, It’s Time to End Federal Cannabis Prohibition
On July 10, the House of Representatives held a hearing on marijuana prohibition in ...
Marijuana Legalization Doesn’t Increase Youth Use—Any Lessons for the Vaping Debate?
Youth use of controlled substances is often deployed as a bargaining chip in drug ...
High-Stakes Race to Be Pittsburgh’s Top Prosecutor Refuses to Die
The 2019 competition for who gets to be Allegheny County, Pennsylvania’s elected District Attorney ...
Presidential Candidate Kirsten Gillibrand Praised Anti-Drug Scientology Group
Four years before her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ...
Inspired by the Queens DA Battle? Here Are Four More Key Races in 2019
Tiffany Cabán, a highly progressive, 31-year-old queer Latina public defender, stunned the world last ...
“No Blank Check”—Psychedelic Activists Tread Warily After Decrim Wins
In the past two months, both Denver, Colorado and Oakland, California decriminalized psilocybin mushrooms ...
Italy’s Rocky Road From Harsh Prohibition to “Cannabis Light”
According to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 10 percent of ...
Harm Production: Ontario’s Brutal Cuts Add Fuel to the Overdose Fire
Viewed from the United States, Canada’s comparatively liberal social mores and universal healthcare would ...
Oakland Decriminalizes Psychedelic Mushrooms and Plants in Council Vote
On June 4, the City Council of Oakland, California unanimously voted in favor of ...
