Politics + Legalization
Alaska Campaign to Legalize Psychedelics Is Gathering Signatures
Alaska activists have officially launched a signature drive to place an initiative on the ...
WHO Review: Coca Not Harmful, Prohibition Is
The consumption of the coca leaf in its raw form by millions daily across ...
SAMHSA Awards Opioid Response Grants Amid New “Strategic Priorities”
On September 22, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the ...
DEA Bans More Fentanyl Analogs, Months After Class-Wide Scheduling
On September 18, the Drug Enforcement Administration permanently added seven fentanyl-related substances (FRS) to ...
7-OH Did Not Cause the LA Overdose Deaths (Neither Did Kratom)
On September 12, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) announced that ...
Corrections Departments Winning Imaginary Fight Against “K2 Exposure”
In 2021, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department published body-cam footage of a deputy ...
Texas Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to State Rejection of Local Marijuana Decrim
The Texas Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal of a case ...
Massachusetts AG Certifies Ballot Measures to Recriminalize Adult-Use Marijuana Sales
The attorney general of Massachusetts has certified and prepared summaries for dozens of proposed ...
Europe’s “Huge Breakthrough” in Access to Psychedelic Therapies
After almost three decades of psychopharmacological research—and having treated thousands of psychiatric patients with ...
Overdoses Should Be Termed “Prohibition-Related Deaths”
Another International Overdose Awareness Day arrives on August 31. It’s a time for us ...
