Politics + Legalization
The FDA Has 120 Days to Regulate Synthetic Nicotine. That’s Impossible.
On March 15, tobacco controllers gathered at a hotel in Baltimore for an annual ...
New Mexico Marijuana Legalization: Key Innovations, Big Equity Questions
New Mexico will open its first adult-use cannabis dispensaries to the public on April ...
New York Protest Tells Politicians to Stop Targeting Harm Reduction
Harm reduction advocates and workers, including members of VOCAL-New York, converged at the Staten ...
Congress Slashes Proposed Funding for Overdose and HIV Prevention
On March 9, Congress released its proposed final appropriations package for fiscal year 2022. ...
FDA Poised to Gain Regulatory Power Over Synthetic Nicotine
Lawmakers have inserted language into a federal spending bill that would give the Food ...
Lawmakers Push Back Georgia’s Stealth Ban of Synthetic Nicotine
On March 7, Georgia’s Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs amended a vape ...
Large Coalition Urges Congress to End Ban on DC Marijuana Sales
More than 50 leading marijuana advocacy and civil rights organizations sent a letter to ...
The Federal Menthol Cigarette Ban Is Slowly Moving Forward
At the end of February, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) entered two proposed ...
Three States Have Bills to Ban Synthetic Nicotine by Stealth
Legislators in three different states—Georgia, Maryland and Mississippi—have recently introduced bills that would only ...
2022 State of the Union Includes First-Ever Nod to Harm Reduction
The 2022 State of the Union address was the first such speech to mention ...
