Politics + Legalization
Could Brexit End Up Boosting UK Tobacco Harm Reduction?
In June 2016, months before Donald Trump would win the presidential election in the ...
Biden’s American Jobs Plan Leaves Out Key Health Care Promises
President Joe Biden has introduced a $2 trillion plan to invest and rebuild crumbling ...
Buprenorphine X-Waiver Burden Eased Under New Federal Rules
Amid the growing opioid-involved overdose crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services released ...
FDA Announces Menthol Cigarette Ban
On April 29, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a national ban on ...
Federal Bill Aims to Tax Vapes as Much as Cigarettes
On April 22, high-ranking Democratic legislators introduced a bicameral bill that would create the ...
“Devastating” West Virginia Law Could Practically End Syringe Provision
Over 1,200 West Virginians died of overdose in 2020, new data show—a 45 percent ...
Future Uncertain for Washington State Drug Possession Bill
As Washington State’s legislative session drew to a close this weekend, lawmakers approved a ...
Drug Decriminalization in Oregon: How’s It Going So Far?
Tanesia DeMacon is no stranger to jail. She estimates she was arrested no fewer ...
A 4/20 Call for Feds to Pursue Equitable Cannabis Legalization
On 4/20, the Federal Cannabis Regulations Working Group—consisting of cannabis regulators, public health experts ...
Legalizing Opioids: Three Proposed Models for Non-Medical Use
A rarity among academic papers, a new piece of research proposes models for legalizing opioids ...
