Politics + Legalization

New Mexico Marijuana Legalization: Key Innovations, Big Equity Questions

New Mexico will open its first adult-use cannabis dispensaries to the public on April 1. It legalized through its legislature…

March 14, 2022

New York Protest Tells Politicians to Stop Targeting Harm Reduction

Harm reduction advocates and workers, including members of VOCAL-New York, converged at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in Manhattan on…

March 10, 2022

Congress Slashes Proposed Funding for Overdose and HIV Prevention

On March 9, Congress released its proposed final appropriations package for fiscal year 2022. If approved, it will drastically reduce…

March 10, 2022

FDA Poised to Gain Regulatory Power Over Synthetic Nicotine

Lawmakers have inserted language into a federal spending bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority…

March 8, 2022

Lawmakers Push Back Georgia’s Stealth Ban of Synthetic Nicotine

On March 7, Georgia’s Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs amended a vape product directory bill, pushing back its…

March 8, 2022

Large Coalition Urges Congress to End Ban on DC Marijuana Sales

More than 50 leading marijuana advocacy and civil rights organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators on March…

March 7, 2022

The Federal Menthol Cigarette Ban Is Slowly Moving Forward

At the end of February, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) entered two proposed tobacco standards—one for menthol in cigarettes…

March 3, 2022

Three States Have Bills to Ban Synthetic Nicotine by Stealth

Legislators in three different states—Georgia, Maryland and Mississippi—have recently introduced bills that would only allow the sale of vapor products…

March 3, 2022

2022 State of the Union Includes First-Ever Nod to Harm Reduction

The 2022 State of the Union address was the first such speech to mention harm reduction. The brief reference reinforced…

March 2, 2022

Big Majority Want Marijuana Legalization in New Hampshire, Poll Confirms. But Which Model?

Nearly three in four New Hampshire voters support legalizing marijuana, according to a new poll. And bipartisan majorities also say…

February 28, 2022