Drug Policy
The COVID reckoning doesn’t go far enough
The public health establishment lost America's trust during the COVID-19 pandemic with its bureaucratic incompetence, "noble lies," and authoritarian mandates. It was about time. Agencies like the National…
The promise and limits of Trump’s psychedelic therapy order
The hugely popular, politically eclectic podcaster Joe Rogan, who endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 election, says he recently sent the president information about ibogaine, a psychedelic whose boosters portray it as an…
New York’s proposed 75 percent nicotine pouch tax raises public health concerns
By pushing a 75 percent wholesale tax on nicotine pouches, New York State Budget Director Blake Washington says, Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to address "a public health concern." That rationale is absurd on its…
No Preliminary Injunction Over Residents’ Claim That S.F. Failed to Adequately Police Tenderloin Sidewalks
From today's decision by Judge Jon Tigar (N.D. Cal.) in Roe v. City of S.F.: Plaintiffs are residents and businesses that live and operate in the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco. {Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the…
Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘death squads’ killed thousands of Filipinos. Now he awaits his fate at The Hague.
"Her dream was to go to school," Lydjay Acopio says of her daughter Myca, speaking in her native Tagalog. "When my eldest son was in first grade, she helped him put on his uniform. But she never got a chance to…
Photo: Venezuela’s political prisoners
Many Venezuelans celebrated after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro on January 3 and flew him to New York to face "narcoterrorism" charges. The arrest raised hopes for the release of nearly 900 political…
The NRA and NORML unite to oppose the federal gun ban for marijuana users
A federal law enacted in 1968, 177 years after the ratification of the Second Amendment, makes it a felony, currently punishable by up to 15 years in prison, for an "unlawful user" of "any controlled…
Disarming millions of Americans based on marijuana use is unconstitutional, a SCOTUS brief says
Judging from federal survey data, nearly a quarter of Americans 18 or older used marijuana in 2024, while 16 percent reported using it during the previous month. Those numbers suggest that somewhere between 43 million and 62…
Eric Trump incorrectly credits his father’s boat bombings for fentanyl decline
"No statistic has ever made me more proud," Eric Trump wrote in an X message posted on Saturday evening. "Well done @realDonaldTrump!! Keep blowing the shit out of those boats!" The "statistic"…
19 states that legalized marijuana use say it should disqualify people from owning guns
If you are a cannabis consumer who owns a gun, you are committing a federal felony right now, even if you live in one of the 40 states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. That perplexing situation…
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