Politics + Legalization

Watch: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Urges Cannabis Justice

On November 9, Representative Barbara Lee (D) of California's 13th Congressional district ("the wokest district in the nation!" as she…

November 13, 2019

Bringing the Worker Co-Op Revolution to Legal Weed

It turns out that folks would rather be the CEO of a dollar than the co-owner of one thousand dollars,”…

November 13, 2019

The Drug Policy Reform Movement Debates Its Next Moves

"We have a saying in Pakistan,” smiled the taxi driver. We were discussing two-year-olds as we drove out of St.…

November 12, 2019

What Kentucky, Mississippi Gubernatorial Results May Mean for Medicaid

Citizens in Kentucky and Mississippi voted in their gubernatorial elections November 5, in two contests that were pivotal to the…

November 6, 2019

A Mixed Election Night for Reform Prosecutors: The Key Results

November 5 saw a raft of important county-level prosector elections around the country, and most of the results are now…

November 6, 2019

Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Expunge Millions of Cannabis Convictions Faster

Has Bernie Sanders been reading Filter? Last week we asked how far all the 2020 candidates—and Sanders in partfcular—will go…

October 30, 2019

Activists, Cuomo in “Full-Out War” Over Poor People’s MAT Access

Drug-user activists are fighting to ensure access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for some of New York State's most vulnerable citizens,…

October 30, 2019

As Buttigieg Visits a Dispensary, How Far Will 2020 Dems Go for Cannabis Justice?

On October 23, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, visited a cannabis dispensary in Las…

October 25, 2019

Are Political Insiders Selling Out California’s Criminal Justice Future?

The eerily-timed resignation of one of California’s top prosecutors reeks of an attempt to tilt the district attorney election that…

October 24, 2019

What Drug Policies Did the “Bernie’s Back” Rally Crowd Want?

Senator Bernie Sanders took the stage at a rally of about 25,000 supporters in Queensbridge Park, New York City on…

October 23, 2019