Politics + Legalization

First All-Drug Decriminalization Bill to Be Introduced in Congress

On June 15, ahead of the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s declaration of the “War on Drugs,” Democratic Representatives Bonnie Watson…

June 15, 2021

Poll Shows Huge Public Opposition to “War on Drugs,” After 50 Years

At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared “drug abuse” to be “public enemy number one”…

June 9, 2021

Bill Would Finally Let Researchers Obtain Marijuana From Dispensaries

A congressional committee plans to vote this week on a bill that would allow researchers to study marijuana products from…

June 7, 2021

Will China Bring Vapes Under the Country’s Tobacco Monopoly?

At the end of March, China said that it would soon regulate vaping products like cigarettes. That means nicotine vapes…

June 2, 2021

Ex-FDA Head Falsely Claims Kratom Is “Fueling” the Overdose Crisis

Drug warriors have long deployed disinformation to justify panics and crackdowns. Kratom, an unregulated plant-based product used by many to…

June 2, 2021

At the US E-Cigarette Conference, a Reckoning With Loss of Public Trust

The future of tobacco control is up for grabs. Nowhere was this more apparent than at this year’s US E-Cigarette…

May 27, 2021

Drug Decriminalization Bill Advances in Maine—With Splits Over Details

A joint Maine House and Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to broadly decriminalize possession of illicit drugs and…

May 26, 2021

In North Carolina, Our Syringe Programs Are Bracing for the Next Attack

If you were an injection drug user in Plaza Midwood before 2015—before syringe service programs (SSP) were legal here—you probably…

May 24, 2021

Indigenous Groups Object to Proposed Peyote Decriminalization

As the psychedelics reform movement continues to spread across the US, a conflict has developed between some advocates and Indigenous…

May 17, 2021

Alberta’s Discredited Anti-SCS Report Still Raised Across North America

Governments wield power over the implementation of harm reduction services, but their impacts aren’t limited to their own jurisdictions. For…

May 13, 2021