Divided Appeals Panel Slaps Federal Judge for Allowing Jury Nullification Defense
Jurors remain free to exercise judgment and mercy in a criminal justice system that often lacks both.
Jurors remain free to exercise judgment and mercy in a criminal justice system that often lacks both.
They probably won't succeed in criminalizing Pornhub, but manifesto-wielding conservatives are trying to reshape the GOP into a movement against individualism.
For now, the FDA is targeting the vaping products that are most popular with teenagers. But the industry still faces a potentially devastating regulatory deadline.
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In response to intense opposition from vapers and the industry, the Trump administration has recalibrated its plan.
E-cigarettes are under attack, but they are a safer way to consume nicotine than conventional smoking, says Jacob Sullum.
Oren Levy nearly lost six years of hard work to the NYPD and muddled state law.
Targeting CBD companies that make spurious health claims is one thing. Going after culinary experimentation is ridiculous.
Creating a sensible legal market would drive black market vape makers out of business.
In the panic to ban and regulate electronic cigarettes, media and politicians are ignoring the benefits of vaping.
The main danger to vapers is illicit cannabis extracts of unknown provenance and composition.
"There's no question public health would benefit dramatically if everybody switched completely to e-cigarettes."
The black-market additive showed up in lung fluid from 48 of 51 patients with "probable or confirmed" diagnoses.
We've got a lot of problems with you people.
More than half of cigarettes consumed in the state are smuggled from elsewhere, thanks to high taxes.
The Democratic presidential candidate wants to keep prostitution customers criminalized while "decriminalizing sex work on the part of the seller."
Independent booze retailers are trying to stifle competition using arguments from Prohibition.
The government and the press focus on newfangled contraptions instead of drug-related harm.
The legislation would also prevent those under 21 from purchasing vaping products.
Adultery and prostitution outweigh spousal and child abuse in USCIS guidelines, but ultimately the call is made on a case-by-case basis.
Draconian anti-vaping policies are ruining students' lives.
Another empirical study finds a substitution effect between vaping and smoking
We found a lot of things to worry about over the past 10 years.
The court was correct to reject most of the arguments, but was too dismissive of the First Amendment concerns.
The Science article is a wake-up call for people who claim to be concerned about smoking-related disease and death.
The new right naively thinks a government more empowered to "protect children" would be good for families. Nope.
Despite notable progress in policies regarding pot and psychedelics, the war on drugs always finds new targets.
A new review essay in Science warns of the dangers of prohibitionist thinking
Conservatives are wrong on policy, and really wrong on facts
No, but that's not stopping a litigious vegan from making his case.
The agency’s indifference between smoking and vaping is scientifically indefensible.
For the first two months of the ban, stores would be required to give out free reusable bags instead.
Since FOSTA passed in 2018, "sex workers have faced increased violence" and "have been forced onto the streets," the California congressman says.
Although the CDC is now emphasizing the potential hazards of vitamin E acetate, it continues to warn the public about e-cigarettes that don't contain it.
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A more active government wins growing approval, but only so long as it doesn’t raise taxes, require tradeoffs, or interfere with private enterprise.
Confusing regulations put well-run businesses at the mercy of bureaucratic brutes.
The House is simultaneously advancing bills that would legalize marijuana and ban the vast majority of vaping products.
Even if the FDA does not ban flavors, its regulations will soon drive most vaping businesses and products from the market.
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The bill, which the state House passed yesterday, says police may seize vehicles in which they find untaxed vaping products.
Sexually scarring children with unnecessary strip searches to prevent them from committing misdemeanors
A pending ban on flavored nicotine vaping products would destroy most of their industry warn vaping advocates.
Do you feel safer now?