fentanyl

Mexico’s Lawsuit Against US Gunmakers Reaches Supreme Court

Do gun manufacturers in the United States bear responsibility for thousands of murders by drug trafficking organizations in Mexico? The…

February 27, 2025

Trudeau Promises Canada “Fentanyl Czar” to Avoid Trump Tariffs

In a successful bid to stave off impending tariffs from President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resurfaced a…

February 6, 2025

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

The “Reemergence” of Carfentanil

Proponents of the Controlled Substances Act like to characterize fentanyl analogs as more potent and thus more deadly than fentanyl—if you…

December 6, 2024

“May Launch a Substitution War”—Trump’s China Tariffs and Fentanyl

In what feels like a rerun of an old episode, President-elect Donald Trump has promised to impose new trade tariffs…

November 27, 2024

Why Would the Temporary Class-Wide Fentanyl Bans Ever Expire?

Six years after the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a two-year temporary order placing fentanyl-related substances (FRS) under Schedule I of…

November 26, 2024

The Opioid Shuffle

Over my 21 years of using opioids I’ve often joked to myself that I don’t have a drug problem, I…

November 25, 2024

“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril—Drug Policy Under Trump

President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed, and could soon have the authority to make that happen. The…

November 14, 2024

Harris Visits Border, Confirms Plan to Arrest Our Way Out of Overdose Crisis

In her first visit to the United States-Mexico border since 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris met with Customs and Border…

September 30, 2024

CA Proposes “Treatment-Mandated Felony” Sentence for Drug Possession

In 2014, California voters passed a ballot initiative that punished most drug possession and shoplifting as misdemeanors rather than felonies.…

September 24, 2024