Politics + Legalization

Louisiana Advances Bill to Jail People Who Use Marijuana Near Campuses

A Louisiana Senate committee has approved a House-passed bill that threatens to send people to jail for up to one year if…

May 7, 2026

FDA Finally Authorizes Fruit-Flavored Vapes. Here’s What It Took.

On May 5, the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) did something it has never done before: It authorized fruit-flavored…

May 6, 2026

Virginia Governor Urged to Sign Adult-Use Marijuana Sales Bill

A coalition of marijuana reform advocacy organizations and businesses is calling on Virginia’s governor not to veto legislation to legalize…

May 5, 2026

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

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

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

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

DOJ Reclassifies Medical Marijuana as Schedule III, Sets New Hearing Date

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has signed an order moving state-licensed medical marijuana products from Schedule I to Schedule III…

April 23, 2026

“Blaming Down”: A Decade of Overdose Crisis in British Columbia

Scotty Archondous, a resident of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), is frustrated by the way his neighborhood is portrayed in the…

April 22, 2026

Trump Orders FDA to “Dramatically” Fast-Track Psychedelic Therapy Access

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at expanding and expediting research on the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics,…

April 20, 2026