Politics + Legalization
Poll Shows Huge Public Opposition to “War on Drugs,” After 50 Years
At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared “drug abuse” ...
Bill Would Finally Let Researchers Obtain Marijuana From Dispensaries
A congressional committee plans to vote this week on a bill that would allow ...
Will China Bring Vapes Under the Country’s Tobacco Monopoly?
At the end of March, China said that it would soon regulate vaping products ...
Ex-FDA Head Falsely Claims Kratom Is “Fueling” the Overdose Crisis
Drug warriors have long deployed disinformation to justify panics and crackdowns. Kratom, an unregulated ...
At the US E-Cigarette Conference, a Reckoning With Loss of Public Trust
The future of tobacco control is up for grabs. Nowhere was this more apparent ...
Drug Decriminalization Bill Advances in Maine—With Splits Over Details
A joint Maine House and Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to broadly ...
In North Carolina, Our Syringe Programs Are Bracing for the Next Attack
If you were an injection drug user in Plaza Midwood before 2015—before syringe service ...
Indigenous Groups Object to Proposed Peyote Decriminalization
As the psychedelics reform movement continues to spread across the US, a conflict has ...
Alberta’s Discredited Anti-SCS Report Still Raised Across North America
Governments wield power over the implementation of harm reduction services, but their impacts aren’t ...
Aspen, Colorado, Lawmakers Pass Buck on Psychedelics Decrim
The Aspen, Colorado, City Council on Monday discussed the therapeutic potential of psychedelics like ...
