Tag: decriminalization
Baltimore Study Boosts Movements to Decriminalize Drugs and Sex Work
Replication is of paramount importance, in the sciences, in determining whether an earlier research ...
Toronto’s Bid to Decriminalize Drugs Hangs in the Balance
Toronto is the latest Canadian municipality seeking to end the criminalization of drug use. ...
Is Denver’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Having an Impact?
In May 2019, by popular vote, Denver became the first US city to decriminalize ...
Cities Across Ohio Prepare to Vote on Marijuana Decriminalization
Voters in more than a dozen Ohio municipalities will decide on ballot measures to ...
Seattle Overdose Task Force Calls for Decriminalization of All Drugs
In response to the Seattle City Council’s request for policy advice on how to ...
Louisiana Marijuana Decriminalization Takes Effect
Marijuana decriminalization took effect in Louisiana on August 1—and advocates and lawmakers are working ...
“An Unprecedented Achievement Anywhere”—Thailand’s Decriminalization of Kratom
Native to Southeast Asia, kratom is a plant and herbal medicine with mild opioid ...
Congresswoman Cori Bush Voices Groundbreaking Support for Safe Supply
Congresswoman Cori Bush, representing St. Louis, Missouri in the House of Representatives, has broken ...
First All-Drug Decriminalization Bill to Be Introduced in Congress
On June 15, ahead of the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s declaration of the “War ...
Poll Shows Huge Public Opposition to “War on Drugs,” After 50 Years
At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared “drug abuse” ...
