Politics + Legalization
FDA Targets Unauthorized Vapes With Lawsuit Threats, Destruction Orders
On September 6, Brian King, the relatively new director of the Food and Drug ...
San Francisco Decriminalizes Plant-Based Psychedelics
On September 6, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to decriminalize a ...
New Paper Calls for “Middle-Ground” Approach to Vaping Regulation
Four highly regarded tobacco control scholars are calling for a policy agenda on e-cigarettes ...
Mass Calls for Harm Reduction on International Overdose Awareness Day
On International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31, more than 50 harm reduction groups in ...
CA Bills to Protect Workers’ Off-Duty Cannabis Use, Veterinary Prescribing Go to Newsom
California bills to provide broad employment protections for workers who use marijuana off the ...
SAMHSA, the DEA Could Have Freed Methadone Any Time Since the 1970s
Can you imagine that since the 1970s, the two federal agencies that control the ...
Newsom Vetoes Safe Consumption Sites in California
On August 22, just hours before a deadline, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that ...
The Dr. Oz, Fetterman Senate Battle Is About Harm Reduction, Somehow
The race for a United States Senate seat in Pennsylvania is putting drug policy ...
California’s Psychedelic Decrim Bill Was Gutted and Pulled; It Should Be Back in 2023
The sudden collapse of a California bill to decriminalize possession of psychedelics is a ...
Will Gov. Newsom Veto California’s Safe Consumption Site Bill?
Physicians who treat people with substance use disorder in California are among those urging ...
