Politics + Legalization

NY Bill Would Extend Marijuana Equity to Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People

A New York senator filed a bill to make it so that gay, lesbian and bisexual people can qualify as…

December 21, 2021

SF Mayor London Breed Plans More Drug Arrests to “Take Back Our Tenderloin”

Declaring that “We need to take back our Tenderloin,” a hip, mixed-income neighborhood in San Francisco with a large unhoused…

December 20, 2021

Ex-WHO Director Slams Its Tobacco Harm Reduction Denial

The World Health Organization’s reputation took another big hit at a conference in London earlier this month that discussed global…

December 20, 2021

Canada Allows Three Mental Health Patients to Access Psilocybin Therapy

Canada's top health agency has agreed to allow an additional three people to use psilocybin mushrooms, a naturally-occurring psychedelic, as…

December 16, 2021

Which Towns and Cities in New York Will Ban Cannabis Sales?

Local governments in New York State are debating whether or not to ban recreational cannabis sales. They can either “opt…

December 14, 2021

What Exactly Should Social Equity in a Legal Marijuana Market Entail?

What will it take to effectively put equity first in a legal marijuana market? That’s a question a former Massachusetts…

December 13, 2021

Desperate to Win the Smokefree Race, New Zealand Resorts to Prohibition

Bhutan was the first country to ban the import and sale of tobacco, in 2004. But New Zealand is held…

December 13, 2021

World Health Organization Decides Not to Call for Global Kratom Ban

Kratom advocates are cheering a new decision from the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) not to recommend that the…

December 8, 2021

Toronto Will Make Drug Decriminalization Request, But Fears Remain

In a publicly broadcast meeting on December 6, Toronto’s Board of Health voted unanimously to move forward with an exemption…

December 7, 2021

Denver Passes Ban on Sales of Flavored Vaping Products

[Update, December 12: A few days after the publication of this report, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock used his power of…

December 7, 2021