Politics + Legalization

Senate Committee Weighs “Critical” VA-focused Psychedelics Bill

On April 29, the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a hearing to consider the bipartisan Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Novel…

April 30, 2026

DEA Begins Next Steps Following Medical Marijuana Rescheduling Order

Days after the Department of Justice rescheduled state-licensed medical marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, the Drug Enforcement Administration has…

April 28, 2026

DOJ Reclassifies Medical Marijuana as Schedule III, Sets New Hearing Date

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has signed an order moving state-licensed medical marijuana products from Schedule I to Schedule III…

April 23, 2026

“Blaming Down”: A Decade of Overdose Crisis in British Columbia

Scotty Archondous, a resident of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), is frustrated by the way his neighborhood is portrayed in the…

April 22, 2026

Trump Orders FDA to “Dramatically” Fast-Track Psychedelic Therapy Access

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at expanding and expediting research on the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics,…

April 20, 2026

“Embarrassing”—Experts Slam EU’s Self-Congratulatory Smoking Report

A European Commission report on smoking and nicotine use is being condemned for unjustified self-contragulation, anti-scientific opposition to tobacco harm…

April 20, 2026

Trump Reportedly About to Issue Executive Order on Ibogaine Research

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to issue an executive order as soon as this week signaling the administration’s willingness…

April 17, 2026

Federal Bill Would Roll Back Modest Progress on Methadone Access

When it comes to methadone treatment for opioid use disorder, Representative Erin Houchin, a Trump-supporting Republican from Indiana, wants to…

April 13, 2026

HHS Tries Again to Sell Congress on Administration for a Healthy America

In the year since Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his plan to consolidate…

April 13, 2026

State Bills to Regulate Kratom Advance, Alongside Ones to Ban It

Nine months after Rhode Island passed a law regulating the sale of kratom, the partial opioid agonist that has divided…

April 10, 2026