Americans View Marijuana Much More Favorably Than Alcohol
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The state is prioritizing harm-reduction approaches for drug users. That's great. So why are lawmakers taking a maximalist approach to punishing smokers?
The "epidemic" of adolescent vaping seems to be fading fast, and vaping is replacing smoking among adults, a harm-reducing trend that regulators seem determined to discourage.
The likelihood that the Supreme Court considers the FDA's treatment of vaping products is increasing.
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After 18 months of dealing with the FDA, some distillers are regretting making hand sanitizers at all.
Formerly ubiquitous tobacco vending machine sales are now banned under a 2010 FDA measure.
So much for “fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me.”
How sex worker Aella went from factory work to OnlyFans stardom and data science research on fetishes
Home distilling, unlike home brewing and winemaking, is still prohibited by federal law.
The city halted its practice of fining graffitied businesses during the pandemic. But now it's firing up its enforcement machine again.
Do you want to brag about America’s alcohol industry, or do you want to crack down on it?
New rules from the state alcohol control board could grind breweries into insolvency.
Elaborate labeling requirements blocked the importation of direly needed European baby formula.
The bill makes little note of parents' ability to control their own children's social media access.
An earlier draft of the bill, favored by the Los Angeles Times, would have required the labels be huge, with 12-point font and yellow backgrounds.
Regulations ban food sales, limit the number of events, and include other inane requirements.
Alvin Bragg campaigned on "ending mass incarceration." But that promise apparently does not apply to Jose Alba.
California bartenders will need to be certified, while Virginians can now bring up to three gallons of booze across state lines.
The law is an important step, but ending police harassment of sex workers requires decriminalizing the trade entirely.
Something is wrong at the Food & Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products, and federal courts are beginning to notice.
As the Johnson premiership goes down in flames, perhaps the Conservative Party will finally rediscover its commitment to liberty.
Many states allowed restaurants to sell to-go cocktails during COVID-19. Research shows that change is not linked to an increase in drunk driving deaths.
The agency’s policies would boost the black market and smoking-related deaths.
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Bureaucrats say they want to save lives. But they're moving to block a tool that is proven to help smokers quit entirely.
The principle has implications that go far beyond abortion. Some of them deserve far more attention than they have gotten to this point.
Alcohol facilitates human cooperation and creativity on a grand scale, says Edward Slingerland, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia.
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What was once a classic Silicon Valley success story has become the victim of an intensely ideological war on nicotine.
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It looks like it was intended to cover unwanted sexual images sent to a particular person, but its text seems broad enough to potentially cover even posting things on your own site.
The fine print of the latest alcohol regulation proposal in Massachusetts is revealing.
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Research on the effects of Oregon's loosening of its self-service gas ban finds that allowing adults to pump their own gas increases supply and lowers prices.
The overall prevalence of cannabis consumption among adolescents rose between 2017 and 2019 but has fallen since then.
Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown makes the case for legalizing sex work. Author Julie Bindel wants customers to be held criminally liable.
Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown makes the case for legalizing sex work. Author Julie Bindel wants customers to be held criminally liable.
"The knot in getting that product into the U.S. isn't safety, it's a regulatory issue," says Peter Pitts.
A federal judge ruled Monday that North Carolina bureaucrats violated the Constitution when they tried to ban a Flying Dog beer over a possible penis on the label.