Politics + Legalization
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 ...
Big Majority Want Marijuana Legalization in New Hampshire, Poll Confirms. But Which Model?
Nearly three in four New Hampshire voters support legalizing marijuana, according to a new ...
NIDA Wants to Fund Research Into Marijuana Legalization Models
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is renewing its push to promote federally ...
DEA Psychedelics Ban to Undergo Rare Legal Hearings—Which May Be Ignored
Researchers and advocates scored a procedural victory this week in their fight against the ...
