Politics + Legalization
Cambridge, MA Scores Key Court Win for Equity in the Cannabis Industry
Cannabis entrepreneurs who were targeted by the War on Drugs will soon be getting ...
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 ...
ACLU Underlines That Racial Justice Takes More Than Just Marijuana Legalization
Black people are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana, even after ...
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 ...
NY’s New Vape Flavor Ban Attacks Public Health Amid Public Health Crisis
On April 3, at 3:38 am, the New York State Assembly passed a budget ...
Protecting the Right to Vote During the Pandemic
In terms of democracy, the COVID-19 pandemic has struck the US at an awkward ...
Amid the Crisis, Marijuana Legalization in New York Will Have to Wait Again
During New York’s worst health crisis in a lifetime, a deadline came up for ...
SUD Patients’ Confidentiality a Quiet Victim of the CARES Act
It took COVID-19 to do what the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...
Pandemic Puts the Brakes on the Psychedelic Decriminalization Movement
As 2020 began, psychedelics advocates throughout the US looked eagerly towards the election cycle ...
US Drug War Exploits Pandemic to Attack Venezuelan Sovereignty
As the coronavirus outbreak escalates, the United States has brought drug-war charges against the ...
