Jared Polis Wants To Leave You Alone
Colorado's governor on parenting, partisanship, and sensible pandemic responses
Colorado's governor on parenting, partisanship, and sensible pandemic responses
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Xiulu Ruan, a pain specialist, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for prescribing opioid analgesics "outside the usual course of professional medical practice."
The justice overlooks the long American tradition of pharmacological freedom and the dubious constitutional basis for federal bans.
The proposed rule, which targets the cigarettes that black smokers overwhelmingly prefer, will harm the community it is supposed to help.
Chuck Schumer seems less interested in achieving cannabis reform than in making political hay from his inevitable failure.
The Florida senator has a long history of defending prohibition, but it has not improved his arguments.
The controversial Columbia neuroscientist, Air Force vet, and author of Drug Use for Grown-Ups believes deeply in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The maverick Columbia neuroscientist explains why America should embrace drug legalization for all.
Instead of building on Republican support for federalism, they seem determined to alienate potential allies.
The state's regulators plan to start accepting applications from manufacturers and "service centers" on January 2.
The new documentary revisits the draconian political response to the crack cocaine "epidemic" of the 1980s.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer worries that approving the SAFE Banking Act would make broader changes less likely.
The federal mandatory minimum didn't leave many options.
Previous efforts languished in committees.
Child care workers benefit from state subsidies. They’re fighting against possible cuts by encouraging regressive taxes that fuel a new drug war.
A proposed commercial by dispensary-locator company Weedmaps was sacked by NFL and NBC suits.
A medical myth that responders can overdose by touching or inhaling synthetic opioids may lead to harsher jail sentences.
The San Fransicko author on fighting homelessness and mental illnesses without shredding civil liberties.
Stranger still, the leading drug policy reform organization supported Schumer's obstruction.
Politicians and cops found creative ways to dodge responsibility in 2021.
If only they would apply that lesson to other goods and services.
Prohibition has driven opioid-related deaths to record levels.
Federal regulators have permanently lifted a requirement that mifepristone be dispensed in person.
Less punitive responses to drug addiction are good, but what about people still stuck in federal prison?
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As the U.S. reaches new terrible milestones in overdose deaths, a harm reduction system that has proven itself elsewhere finally launches where it’s needed most.
Restrictions on pain medication have undermined patient care while making drug use more lethal.
The meager evidence cited by Connecticut officials makes their warnings seem overwrought.
The Hulu miniseries portrays opioid pain medication as unacceptably dangerous in nearly every context.
Undertreatment of pain is a real problem, and bona fide patients rarely become addicted to their medication.
The justices rejected a broad definition of "public nuisance" that would cover the manufacture of pain medication.
A drug that treats opioid addiction may also be abused. That’s not a good reason to restrict access.
Voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative that makes "entheogenic plant" possession the city's "lowest law-enforcement priority."
A California judge said the four jurisdictions that filed the lawsuit failed to prove a "public nuisance" or "false advertising."
The Drug Policy Alliance founder and Psychoactive podcast host on how to build a post-prohibitionist America.
The resolution urges police to refrain from arresting people for noncommercial production and distribution as well as possession.
Harm reduction invites a radical reconsideration of the way the government deals with politically disfavored intoxicants.
The basics of supply and demand still applied.
Restricting access to pain medication drove nonmedical users toward black-market substitutes.
The war on drugs is not just ineffective; it exacerbates the problems it is supposed to alleviate.
The Senate majority leader's racial rhetoric and overly prescriptive approach make an already iffy effort even more quixotic.
The evolution of Pollan's thinking reflects the confusion caused by arbitrary pharmacological distinctions.
Sixteen years after Gonzales v. Raich, Thomas is back with another opinion criticizing the federal government’s marijuana ban.
A new poll shows even a majority of Republicans now support same-sex marriage.
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The crackdown on pain medication made drug use more dangerous and did nothing to address the factors driving "deaths of despair."
The best available evidence suggests fears about fetal risk, while not totally unwarranted, are often overblown.