Politics + Legalization

GOP Lawmaker Tries to Use Fentanyl Act to Block Marijuana Rescheduling

A GOP congressman has filed an amendment that’s aimed at undermining the ongoing marijuana rescheduling process. The measure, which Rep.…

February 4, 2025

VA Lawmakers Advance Three Marijuana, Psychedelics Reform Bills

Virginia lawmakers have advanced a handful of drug policy bills—including measures to legalize commercial cannabis sales in the commonwealth, seal…

January 31, 2025

DEA Cleared to Make Immigration Arrests as Mass Deportations Begin

On January 23, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman authorized several Justice Department agencies to arrest people suspected…

January 28, 2025

Belgium’s Disposable Vapes Ban Could Be First of Many

Belgium has become the first European Union country to enact a ban on disposable vapes, with others expected to follow.…

January 28, 2025

Rooted in Colonialism, Coca Prohibition Could Be Nearing Its End

Calls to eradicate coca fields in the Peruvian Andes began a century ago as part of a mission civilisatrice led…

January 28, 2025

Cut “Wasteful” Marijuana Arrests, Sen. Warren Tells Elon Musk

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is urging Elon Musk, chair of the Trump administration’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),…

January 24, 2025

Skepticism Over FDA Bid to Mandate Very Low-Nicotine Cigarettes

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would cap nicotine levels in combustible tobacco products…

January 23, 2025

Trump’s Ominous Acting-DEA Administrator Appointment

President Donald Trump has appointed Derek Maltz as acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Senate confirmation would be…

January 23, 2025

Trump’s Move to Label Drug-Trafficking Groups “Foreign Terrorist Organizations”

President Donald Trump announced on his first day in office that organized drug trafficking groups will be designated Foreign Terrorist…

January 22, 2025

More Unsanctioned OPC to Pop Up Outside Hospitals Across Canada

Two months after doctors in British Columbia set up a pair of unsanctioned overdose prevention centers (OPC) outside local hospitals,…

January 22, 2025