Politics + Legalization

New Hampshire Senate Kills Latest Marijuana Legalization Bill

The New Hampshire Senate has defeated a House-passed bill to legalize marijuana—the latest blow for advocates in a years-long fight…

March 6, 2026

Wisconsin Urged to Make Smoking-Cessation Tools Less Accessible

Wisconsin lawmakers need to do more to reduce a smoking rate that causes almost 8,000 annual deaths, says the American…

March 4, 2026

DEA Permanently Bans Five Benzos, the First to Be Placed in Schedule I

On March 2, the Drug Enforcement Administration published a final rule permanently scheduling five benzodiazepines under the Controlled Substances Act.…

March 3, 2026

New Bid to Create Marijuana Legalization Pilot in Louisiana

A Louisiana lawmaker has introduced a bill to create an adult-use marijuana legalization pilot program in the state to determine…

February 27, 2026

England May Ban Vaping in Cars When Kids Are Present

Vaping in cars carrying children could be banned in England under new proposed measures designed to reduce secondhand smoke and…

February 26, 2026

Illinois HOPE Act Would “Codify Harm Reduction” and Housing-First

Illinois is considering a wide-ranging harm reduction bill that advocates believe may have traction with legislators. If enacted, the Holistic…

February 24, 2026

“Disguised” Vape Flavor Ban Threatens Harm Reduction in Germany

Germany has set its sights on banning menthol vapes and other flavors that contain cooling agents, claiming these make vaping…

February 23, 2026

Documents Show BC Knew Safe-Supply Diversion Was Negligible

Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” of safe supply drugs, its public…

February 18, 2026

New OPC Bill in Connecticut, Where Gov. Lamont Wanted to “Wait and See”

Connecticut senators have introduced a bill to authorize an overdose prevention center (OPC) pilot project. SB 195 was proposed February…

February 17, 2026

In Vancouver’s DTES, Harm Reduction Moves Forward Without Decrim

In a small but sunny kitchen in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), a vat of cooked pasta and some surplus vegetables…

February 12, 2026