Why Does Alabama Only Let You Consume Peach-Flavored Edibles?
The state seems to think kids don't like the taste of peach.
The state seems to think kids don't like the taste of peach.
Prosecutors also want a judge to take basically all possible defenses off the table.
The White House insists it doesn't want to ban gas stoves but still needs the power to do so.
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The organization has a long history of pushing bogus anti-tobacco claims.
A bill that would expand wine sales in the Empire State is meeting familiar resistance from entrenched interests.
How online “child protection” measures could make child and adult internet users more vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves, and snoops.
Oregon liquor regulators were caught diverting prized whiskey for personal use.
Victoria Bateman thinks "my body, my choice" should include how much clothing you wear.
Not content with merely getting rid of Trump-era deregulation, the Biden administration is now tightening energy efficiency standards for a long list of home appliances.
Thanks to the city's Initiative 71, Lit City Smoke Shop is part of D.C.'s thriving weed-gifting industry.
High taxes and heavy regulations are as effective as prohibition at creating black markets.
New York's budget deal includes a ban on gas stoves in new residential construction.
Even though a family pediatrician said she had "zero concerns," child welfare services still seized Josh Sabey's and Sarah Perkins' two young children. It took four months for the couple to regain custody.
Kathy Hochul isn't just waging a war on menthols. She's also floating a ban on all cigarette sales in the state.
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There is no demonstrable link between alcohol delivery laws and our heightened pandemic drinking.
One of America's richest art forms suffers for seeming realer than other literature. But the war against "graphic imagery" is really a war against certain truths.
"I think it's really good for a lot of young people, no matter if they need a job or not, to work," says one college student who got her first job at 16.
Even the best studies haven't surmounted a key statistical issue, and they tend to distort the evidence to make e-cigarettes look dangerous.
As former Backpage execs await their August trial, the shutdown is still worsening the lives it was supposed to improve.
Three reasons not to ban the popular social media app
A government big enough to "solve" your minor irritants will do plenty of other stuff you don't like.
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The appeals court says regulators violated the Administrative Procedure Act when they tried to pull menthol vapes off the market.
Another opinion exposing the Food and Drug Administration's vaping problem.
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Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg talk Remy, libertarian parodies, and their new indie film, Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game.
Thanks to tendentiously sloppy research, most Americans think vaping is just as dangerous as smoking. That’s not true.
New bills in six states showcase some right and wrong ways to help sex workers, from full decriminalization to ramping up penalties for prostitution customers.
Good intentions, bad results.
In an attempt to create a new banquet license, a bill introduced in Utah would require every restaurant to build a wall that blocks off its private party space from the rest of the establishment.
Each year, the DEA sets production limits for certain drugs, including some ingredients in common amphetamine pills like Adderall.
Mayor Eric Adams frets that COVID-19 masks are making it too easy for shoplifters to evade facial recognition.
McDonald's invested in some spiffy new toys, but almost everything else stayed the same.
And now the state thinks it needs to crack down even more.
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"It's very easy for politicians to legislate freedom away," says Northwood University's Kristin Tokarev. "But it's incredibly hard to get back."
Maryland bars and restaurants have a tendency to turn away vertical ID holders. But there's no state law mandating this.
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It doesn't make sense to create laws that restrict activities enjoyed by the general populace to protect a tiny minority that will undoubtedly partake in those activities anyway.
Bradley Bass' case in Colorado says a lot about just how powerful prosecutors are.
On Friday, the DEA unveiled a plan to restrict doctors' ability to prescribe controlled drugs over telehealth.
It is hard to find evidence of this "disturbing trend."
By legalizing homebrewing, Carter laid important groundwork for the entrepreneurs and investors who are the true heroes of the craft-brewing revolution.