It Looks Like Lots of People Used Their Federal Stimulus Payments To Buy Weed
As stimulus checks started landing in Americans' bank accounts, demand for medical marijuana went through the roof.
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The Surge in Drug-Related Fatalities During the Pandemic Highlights the Root Causes of Addiction
The crackdown on pain medication made drug use more dangerous and did nothing to address the factors driving "deaths of despair."
Siccing Cops on Pregnant Drug Users Isn't Helping
Drug use during pregnancy should be treated like a medical issue, not a criminal justice issue.
The 4 Things Many States Get Wrong When They Legalize Marijuana
Politicians and bureaucrats in legal states still struggle with the temptation to over-tax and over-regulate their legal marijuana markets.
How To Talk to Your Young Kids About Weed
Hint: The exact same way you should talk to them about booze, swearing, and scary movies.
Florida Supreme Court Nixes Pot Legalization Initiative, Worrying That Voters Might Think It Repeals Federal Prohibition
By the court's logic, the ballot summaries for many successful legalization initiatives were "affirmatively misleading."
A Decade Ago, Recreational Cannabis Was Only Available on the Black Market. During the Pandemic, It Became an 'Essential Industry.'
Social distancing made the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis more challenging. People stuck home alone also boosted demand for an industry dedicated to getting you high.
A Phony Warrant, a Deadly Drug Raid, and a Barrel of Bad Apples in Houston
Did the city's "policies, customs or practices," invite Fourth Amendment violations?
Marijuana and Pregnancy: What Does the Science Say?
The best available evidence suggests fears about fetal risk, while not totally unwarranted, are often overblown.
How an Anti-Pot Governor Blocked Voter-Approved Legalization in South Dakota
Kristi Noem is determined to defy the will of her constituents. The South Dakota Supreme Court will decide whether she can.
How Regulatory Uncertainty Helped Give Rise to a New Street Drug
Untested delta-8-THC products are gaining in popularity
Why Are CBD Cocktails Still Prohibited in California?
For insomniacs and pain patients, CBD cocktails can be a better alternative to traditional ones.
Weed Salvaged the Lost Year
2020 was nobody’s idea of a good year, but the ability to smoke pot in my own backyard, mostly free from fear of arrest, majorly redeemed it.
Arbitrary THC Limits Could Wipe Out Much of the Cannabis Industry
If states generally don't limit the potency of distilled spirits, why is such a safeguard necessary for a much less hazardous product?
Coming Out of the Chemical Closet
Neuropsychopharmacologist Carl Hart says most of what the public knows about drugs is both scary and wrong.
The House Just Voted To Let Marijuana Businesses Use Banks. Again.
Maybe this year it will pass the Senate too.
Scofflaws Paved the Way for Legal Marijuana
Defying authoritarian laws helps to preserve freedom and to undermine prohibitions.
The Return of Reefer Madness in the GOP
Certain politicians and pundits are living in a 1930s fantasy world.
Federal Banking Regulations Force Legal Weed Entrepreneurs To Behave Like Criminals
Federal law doesn't prohibit financial institutions from offering banking service to dispensaries and growers, but the added reporting requirements and threat of federal scrutiny keeps many banks away.
Congress Is Closer Than Ever to Ending the Federal War on Weed
Democrats, now in control of both chambers of Congress, say they will push ahead with marijuana reform with or without the support of the White House.
Poll Shows 69 Percent of Americans Favor Legal Weed, a New Record High
Poll found that 78 percent of Democrats, 62 percent of Republicans, and 67 percent of independents favor legalization, as do majorities of every age demographic.
A New Study Finds No Relationship Between Opioid Prescriptions and Unintentional Injury Deaths
The data do not support the conventional wisdom that pain pill prescriptions are driving drug-related fatalities.
Biden Wants To 'Make America California.' Here's Why That's a Terrible Idea.
So many people are leaving the state that it will soon lose a congressional seat.
6 Marijuana Legalization Lessons
Three recently approved plans show what politicians have learned (or failed to learn) since Colorado became the first state to allow recreational use.
U.S. Saw Fewer Suicide Deaths in 2020 but More Drug Overdose Deaths
Plus: Safe deposit box seizures spawn lawsuit, at-home COVID-19 testing finally legal, and more...
Philadelphia Safe Injection Site Hits Another Legal Roadblock
An appeals court panel rules the Controlled Substance Act's "crackhouse" provision forbids Safehouse from creating the facility.
G. Gordon Liddy: The Hollywood Years
Friday A/V Club: How a Watergate burglar spent the '80s
New Mexico Joins New York and 15 Other States in Legalizing Marijuana
Joe Biden, meanwhile, supports continued national prohibition, maintaining an untenable conflict between state and federal laws.
New York Becomes the 16th State To Approve Marijuana Legalization
The law is surprisingly permissive in some ways, but it includes high taxes and other provisions that hurt consumers.
It's Infrastructure Week. Really.
Plus: Pharmacies are doing a better job of vaccinating than the government, New York will legalize weed, and more...
White House Press Secretary: Joe Biden's Opposition to Legalizing Marijuana Hasn't Changed
But forthcoming legislation in the Senate could force Biden's hand.
New York Finally—After Three Years—on Verge of Legalizing Marijuana
A compromise is now circulating that would establish a market but also allow growing at home.
Marijuana News in 3 States Shows Stark Differences As Prohibition Crumbles
New Mexico could be the 16th state to legalize pot, while Texas considers tinkering with its onerous penalties and Pennsylvania continues to arrest cannabis consumers.
White House Sanctions Staffers Over Past Marijuana Use
Plus: FTC commissioner on antitrust action against Facebook, FIRE's Greg Lukianoff on the "marketplace of ideas" metaphor, and more...
A New Frontier in the War on Meth: A 40 Percent Tax on Bongs You Can't Use To Smoke Meth
Iowa smoke shop owners say the tax would be "a ban without being an outright ban."
Mandating Indoor Cannabis Cultivation Is Bad for the Environment
Legalizing interstate sales and allowing outdoor growing would reduce the cannabis industry's energy consumption.
Mexico and Israel Slowly Race To Legalize Pot
Uruguay legalized recreational marijuana in 2013, followed by Canada five years later. Two more countries will soon join their ranks.
What It's Like To Treat Opioid Addiction in Appalachia
Psychiatrist Sally Satel on her eye-opening year at a clinic in Ironton, Ohio
Legal Pot Doesn't Seem To Increase Teen Use or Addiction
Two studies published in November found that legalization has not been associated with increases in adolescent marijuana use or addiction.
Biden Says Drug Users Shouldn't Be Jailed but Won't Do Anything To Stop It
Plus: "Cancel culture" confusion, Biden rejects student loan forgiveness, Stossel and Snowden on internet privacy, and more...
From Magic Mushroom to Forbidden Fungus (and Back)
Half a century ago, Congress declared that there is no legitimate use for psilocybin. State and local governments are finally challenging that judgment.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Fights Voters and Lawmakers Who Want To End the War on Weed
After getting a ballot initiative voided, she says she’ll also resist legislators attempting to legalize marijuana.
