Toronto is the latest Canadian municipality seeking to end the criminalization of drug use. The city’s board of health voted…
In May 2019, by popular vote, Denver became the first US city to decriminalize psilocybin. A naturally occurring psychedelic found…
Voters in more than a dozen Ohio municipalities will decide on ballot measures to decriminalize marijuana next month. As it…
In response to the Seattle City Council’s request for policy advice on how to curb overdose deaths, a local task…
Marijuana decriminalization took effect in Louisiana on August 1—and advocates and lawmakers are working to ensure that residents know what…
Native to Southeast Asia, kratom is a plant and herbal medicine with mild opioid and stimulant-like properties. It was held…
Congresswoman Cori Bush, representing St. Louis, Missouri in the House of Representatives, has broken new ground by indicating her support…
On June 15, ahead of the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s declaration of the “War on Drugs,” Democratic Representatives Bonnie Watson…
At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared “drug abuse” to be “public enemy number one”…
A joint Maine House and Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to broadly decriminalize possession of illicit drugs and…