Politics + Legalization

    How South Africa’s Coronavirus Tobacco Prohibition Backfired

    For weeks, you couldn’t walk your dog in South Africa. You couldn’t go to ...

    Cannabis Industry Demands That the DEA Keep Out of Marijuana Research

    A national cannabis trade group is publicly calling for the federal Drug Enforcement Administration ...

    Joe Biden’s Unwelcome Plan to Expand Coerced Treatment and Drug Courts

    Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released his “Plan for Black America” on May ...

    Coronavirus Drug Policies Echo Plague Scapegoating of the Past

    Infectious waves of illness that flash flood through cities, regions and—rarely but occasionally—all continents, ...

    Until Next Time: California’s Mushroom Decriminalization Effort Ends

    California’s effort to decriminalize or legalize psilocybin mushrooms statewide by popular vote has ended—for ...

    The Damage to Vape Shops Deemed “Non-Essential”—And Their Customers

    People who rely on vapes and other reduced-risk nicotine products—overwhelmingly former smokers, or those ...

    Protecting the Right to Vote During the Pandemic

    In terms of democracy, the COVID-19 pandemic has struck the US at an awkward ...