Politics + Legalization

How to Legalize MDMA, With the Help of Pharmacies and Nightlife Spaces

On December 5, the Beckley Foundation, a British research organization focused on psychedelics and drug policy, called for tightly regulated…

December 6, 2019

Kamala Harris’s Exit Shows That Prosecutors No Longer Get a Pass

Kamala Harris dropped out of the race to become the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate on December 3, blaming lack of…

December 4, 2019

Marijuana and Nicotine Are Trading Places as Prohibitionists’ Target

I don’t much like Los Angeles. The obnoxious car culture, the clogged freeways, the lame public transportation system, expensive smoothie…

December 3, 2019

California Bid to Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms in 2020 Gets a Boost

Decriminalize California is a group operating an effort to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms throughout the Golden State by putting the question…

November 22, 2019

Lindsey Graham Remarks Offer Hope for Reinstatement of Federal Parole

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a prominent staunch conservative, expressed some support for bringing back federal parole at a November 19…

November 21, 2019

Federal Marijuana Legalization Closer After Historic Vote in Congress

On November 20, the House Judiciary Committee voted 24-10 to advance the MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement). Two…

November 20, 2019

Politics and Harm Reduction: Four Countries’ Syringe Access Stories

Drug policy varies greatly among European countries, despite common foundations in UN treaties or EU strategies. In this article I’ll…

November 20, 2019

Joe Biden’s Marijuana Comments Fit All We Know About Him

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed on November 16 that he doesn’t support federal legalization of…

November 20, 2019

Massachusetts, Planning Asset Forfeiture, Leads the War on Vaping

One of the states to succumb to the national vaping panic—which rages on despite Trump’s recent indication that he may…

November 18, 2019

Where US Psychedelic Decriminalization Efforts Stand Right Now

The cities of Denver, Colorado and Oakland, California made history this spring by decriminalizing, respectively, psilocybin mushrooms and all federal…

November 15, 2019