Politics + Legalization
How a Kratom Ban Will Create Health Risks and Suffering—and Fuel Terrorism
In recent weeks Washington has been stepping up its efforts to delegitimize kratom—and a ...
New Jersey’s Exciting Marijuana Legalization Package Misses Some Social Justice Opportunities
New Jersey could soon become the first state to legalize cannabis through a legislative ...
Russia Leads Anti-Drug Bloc’s Condemnation of Canadian Cannabis Legalization
Canada’s legalization of cannabis, which took effect in October, was never going to please ...
Meet America’s New Most Reform-Minded DA: A Q&A With Rachael Rollins
In the mid-1990s, Joseph P. Overton—a senior vice president at the Mackinac Center for ...
What Will Be the Implications of Jeff Sessions’ Exit?
The day after the midterm elections saw Republicans cede control of the House of ...
The Marijuana Prohibition Movement Fails to Condemn Anti-Semitism in Its Ranks
I am still reeling after the mass shooting targeting the Jewish community in Pittsburgh ...
Drug Policy Reform Inched Forward in the Midterms: Here Are the Details
Broadly as expected, Democrats flipped the House in the midterm elections, while Republicans strengthened ...
NYC District Attorneys Have Betrayed Their Promises on Marijuana, Court Watch Reveals
The Brooklyn and Manhattan district attorneys are failing to live up to their superficially ...
Mexico’s New Marijuana Ruling Looks like a Return to Its More Humane Policies of 1940
Mexico’s Supreme Court declared marijuana prohibition unconstitutional on October 31, in effect requiring Mexican ...
“Only in Missouri”—Why It’s Going to Feel Sweet to Vote for Marijuana Here at Last
After doing over two decades in federal prison for selling marijuana and LSD, I ...
