Politics + Legalization

Psychedelic Advocates Help Push Back Colorado Social Media Policing Bill

Colorado lawmakers have been working on a bill that psychedelic advocates warn would result in a social media ban on…

May 3, 2024

PMTA Registry Bills, Which Ban Flavored Vapes, Are Spreading

Virginia has confirmed an effective ban on flavored vapes, though with a one-year delay, while similar legislation in Iowa awaits…

May 2, 2024

DEA Agrees to Make Marijuana Schedule III, in Historic Move

Nearly two months after President Joe Biden stated that “no one should be jailed for simply using” cannabis in his…

April 30, 2024

Local Harm Reduction Programs Under Siege

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved Needlepoint Sanctuary to be a mobile syringe provider in Bangor, Maine,…

April 30, 2024

FDA Approves Even Higher-Dose Naloxone Nasal Spray, Again

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new naloxone nasal spray that contains 10 mg of the opioid overdose…

April 29, 2024

DEA Exempts Ayahuasca Import, Religious Use for Arizona Church

An Arizona-based nonprofit has reached the first federal settlement that will exempt ayahuasca from the United States Controlled Substances Act…

April 29, 2024

UK Bill to Ban Tobacco Sales Clears Another Hurdle, Nearing Final Vote

The United Kingdom’s tobacco ban is one step closer to becoming law. On April 16 the Tobacco and Vapes Bill…

April 25, 2024

NY Unlicensed Cannabis Dispensaries to Get Padlocks First, Hearings Second

New York's long-promised crackdown on unregulated cannabis sales is coming into focus. With a $237 billion state budget finalized April…

April 24, 2024

Vermont Advances Safe Consumption Site Bill, But Cuts Second Location

Lawmakers in Vermont have formally adopted changes to narrow the scope of a House-passed safe consumption site (SCS) bill, which in…

April 23, 2024

Charting US Public Health’s Disastrous Mission Creep on Smoking

In 1964, the United States surgeon general released the landmark Smoking and Health report, which highlighted smoking-related risks that were…

April 22, 2024