Politics + Legalization
Is 2022 the Year California Decriminalizes Psychedelics?
California may pass legislation decriminalizing psychedelics before the year is out. Senate Bill 519 ...
New Jersey Legislation to Remove Key Barriers for Syringe Programs
On January 10, the New Jersey legislature passed two bills that will enable the ...
Watch: The War on Vaping Closes a Shop in East Harlem
Spike Babaian is the Swiss Army Knife of vaping. She is a fierce advocate ...
Will Biden’s FDA Commissioner Pick Continue the War on Vaping?
On December 14, Dr. Robert Califf, President Joe Biden’s pick to be the commissioner ...
Hundreds of Locations Across NY Greenlight Marijuana Businesses
With the passage of the December 31, 2021, deadline for New York municipalities to ...
FDA Authorizes Reduced-Risk Claims for Cigarettes With Very Low Nicotine
On December 23, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized two combustible cigarettes with ...
Hochul Signs Long-Awaited Bill Removing MOUD Barriers for New Yorkers on Medicaid
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that removed prior authorization for people on ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ex-WHO Director Slams Its Tobacco Harm Reduction Denial
The World Health Organization’s reputation took another big hit at a conference in London ...
