Environmentalists criticized Trump's reforms for wasting water, while showerhead manufacturers worried the deregulation would subject them to more foreign competition.
Governments at the state, local, and federal levels can obstruct our pursuit of happiness and at times even jeopardize our safety.
Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension for marijuana use highlights an arbitrary distinction that makes less sense than ever before.
Prohibitions drive hazardous activities underground, which makes them more risky.
St. James fought for sex workers at a time when the mainstream U.S. feminist movement was hostile to them and leftist organizers portrayed them as victims.
The only thing FOSTA has done is chill speech and make catching sex traffickers more difficult.
Casinos, sports betting, and even online lottery sales are okay. Electronic skill games have no such luck.
A bipartisan bill in Congress seeks to get the FDA out of the premium cigar industry.
Legislators cannot have it both ways.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids railed against cops for enforcing the same kind of anti-vaping rule they help pass.
Dumb laws lead to police brutality.
Officials publicly congratulate themselves for protecting teens, but they know that they’re prodding young people to switch to cigarettes.
The pervasive anti-vaping narrative at the beginning of the pandemic had real consequences.
Special interests are trying to stuff newfound alcohol freedom back in the bottle as the pandemic ends.
The penalty for employing 18- to 20-year-olds to work nude, topless, or "in a sexually oriented commercial activity" is now 2 to 20 years in prison.
Further evidence that well-intentioned regulation of vaping products can have negative consequences for public health.
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This new initiative will "help people meet people who have that universally attractive quality: They've been vaccinated from COVID-19," said White House COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt.
Monday's announcement of a truce in the conflict is good. Peace would be better. Biden should drop Trump's steel tariffs.
A bride-to-be says the regulation is an irrational and unconstitutional restriction on her special day.
Portland police are calling it "human trafficking," but it was just an old-fashioned vice bust.
Emergency measures to deal with the crisis are likely to linger long after COVID-19 is gone.
Six states don’t allow any horse racing bets, but others still make it difficult.
Washington, D.C., policy makers are pairing their very gradual reopening with a series of complicated, confusing, and unworkable regulations.
This is the same agency that cost thousands of lives with its botched vaccine rollout.
Intervening in the U.K. alcohol market hasn't produced the desired effect, but experts want yet another bite at the apple.
Madam's Organ owner Bill Duggan says opening venues for the vaccinated would be a "win-win-win." Artists could perform, businesses could make money, and people would have one more reason to get their shot.
The vast majority of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are overweight. Why won’t the government stop subsidizing junk food?
The Nordic Model comes to Manhattan.
America's public health officials continue to undermine public health.
Connecticut, California, Oregon, and Colorado have all signaled that their mask mandates will outlast their pandemic restrictions on businesses.
For insomniacs and pain patients, CBD cocktails can be a better alternative to traditional ones.
If states generally don't limit the potency of distilled spirits, why is such a safeguard necessary for a much less hazardous product?
Certain politicians and pundits are living in a 1930s fantasy world.
Two state bills would generally prohibit local code enforcement officials from acting on anonymously reported violations.
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Knowledge is probably not more dangerous than alcohol, but why risk it?
Rhetoric around the shootings risks putting massage workers everywhere in more danger.
After losing at the Supreme Court in 2019, state lawmakers are now targeting fulfillment houses in an attempt to stop consumers from buying what they want.
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A Reason reporter went to Paso Robles, California, where many businesses defied state orders to close. He enjoyed it. He also got COVID.
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