Politics + Legalization
New York Decriminalizes Cannabis, But Fails to Address Injustice
After stalling cannabis legalization in spring 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into ...
Massachusetts Advances Its Unique Cannabis Social Equity Program
On July 17, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) approved six organizations to provide ...
Kamala Harris Cannabis Legalization Bill Is Also About Immigrant Justice
On July 22, Senator Kamala Harris, the betting markets’ favorite to become the 2020 ...
Inside the Philippines Prison That Sparked Duterte’s Murderous Drug War
Twenty-three thousand dead. That’s the latest estimate—and maybe a low one—of people killed by ...
New Coalition: Congress, It’s Time to End Federal Cannabis Prohibition
On July 10, the House of Representatives held a hearing on marijuana prohibition in ...
Marijuana Legalization Doesn’t Increase Youth Use—Any Lessons for the Vaping Debate?
Youth use of controlled substances is often deployed as a bargaining chip in drug ...
High-Stakes Race to Be Pittsburgh’s Top Prosecutor Refuses to Die
The 2019 competition for who gets to be Allegheny County, Pennsylvania’s elected District Attorney ...
Presidential Candidate Kirsten Gillibrand Praised Anti-Drug Scientology Group
Four years before her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ...
Inspired by the Queens DA Battle? Here Are Four More Key Races in 2019
Tiffany Cabán, a highly progressive, 31-year-old queer Latina public defender, stunned the world last ...
“No Blank Check”—Psychedelic Activists Tread Warily After Decrim Wins
In the past two months, both Denver, Colorado and Oakland, California decriminalized psilocybin mushrooms ...
