Politics + Legalization

    DEA Cancels Plan to Ban Five New Psychedelics After Heavy Pushback

    The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has withdrawn a controversial proposal to ban five psychedelic ...

    The Senate Marijuana Legalization Bill: Positive Provisions, Tough Odds

    On July 21, Senate Democrats formally introduced a bill to federally legalize cannabis. Building ...

    FDA Head Orders a Review of Its Nicotine Division, to Mixed Response

    On July 20, Robert Califf, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ...

    Vape Company Triton Loses Its Appeal Against FDA Denial

    On July 18, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Triton’s petition to review ...

    Biden: “We’re Working on” Fulfilling Pledge to Free Marijuana Prisoners

    President Joe Biden says his administration is “working on” plans to fulfill his campaign ...

    Momentum Builds to Broaden Access to Methadone and Buprenorphine

    Momentum is building for legislation to broaden access to buprenorphine and methadone, the lifesaving ...

    FDA Begins Enforcement Over Synthetic Nicotine Vapes

    On July 13, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had sent ...

    Our Pathways to the Legal Regulation of All Drugs

    Amid a century-long drug war in the United States, things are getting worse. Currently, ...

    New York’s Gray-Market Cannabis Businesses Face Hard Choices

    One cold Thursday evening in late January, my roommates and I decided to stop ...

    The EU’s Bizarre Plan to Beat Cancer by Protecting Cigarette Sales

    It was widely reported at the end of June that the European Commission, the ...