Politics + Legalization
As the WHO Gathers, Our Global Tobacco Control Framework Needs Radical Overhaul
Twenty-five years ago, when I started working on tobacco control at a government policy ...
Existence of Secret Anti-Marijuana Committee Confirmed by ONDCP
On October 1, Buzzfeed News published a leaked letter from Office of National Drug ...
“People Will Die Because of his Veto”—California Governor Jerry Brown Rejects San Francisco Supervised Consumption Spaces
On September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed Assembly Bill 186, a bill that ...
Is This the Last Drug Czar? As Someone Who Worked in the ONDCP, I Hope So
When I began working as a research assistant at the White House Office of ...
Trump Got 129 Countries to Sign His Backwards Drug Plan
On September 24, President Trump welcomed the United Nations General Assembly to a “High-level ...
“Drug-Free Communities” Got $90 million from Trump. What Exactly Are They?
On August 29, President Trump announced $90.9 million support for Drug-Free Community (DFC) Grants, ...
Brooklyn DA Clears Thousands of Marijuana Warrants, While Police Continue to Arrest on Low-Level Possession Charges
“We are doing something that has never been done before in the State of ...
Stepping Out of “the Racist Footprints of a Disgraceful Past,” South Africa Decriminalizes Cannabis
On September 18, South Africa became the latest nation to decriminalize cannabis. The country’s ...
As a Cop, I Know Police Contempt for Drug Users Is Still Widespread—And It Comes From the Top
“Don’t bother replacing the injections. Let nature take her course!” —Comment from a ...
