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Studies Link Marijuana Legalization to All Sorts of Positive Public Health Outcomes

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Legalization linked to fewer suicides, traffic fatalities, and opioid deaths. A new paper on the public health effects of legalizing marijuana finds “little credible evidence to suggest that [medical marijuana] …

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Even States That Have Already Decriminalized Marijuana Use See Fewer Possession Arrests After Legalization

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Jacob Sullum

President Joe Biden and many other politicians who continue to resist marijuana legalization instead advocate decriminalization of simple possession. By replacing criminal penalties with civil fines, they argue, legislators can …

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Florida Democrat Challenges the Gun Ban for Marijuana Users

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 by Jacob Sullum

Nikki Fried, the only Democrat among Florida’s statewide elected officials, might seem like an unlikely champion of the Second Amendment. But as Florida’s commissioner of agriculture and consumer affairs, Fried …

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Walgreens ‘Helped Fuel’ Opioid Crisis in San Francisco, Says Judge

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Is Walgreens an illicit drug dealer? That’s essentially what a federal court has ruled, suggesting the pharmacy should have stopped “suspicious orders” for opioids from being filled. In failing to …

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Brittney Griner’s Russian Detention Is a Reminder of What Happens When You Declare War on Drugs

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 by Emma Camp

WNBA player Brittney Griner penned a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, asking that he not “forget” about her and other American detainees in Russia. Griner has been detained …

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The FDA’s War on Juul Will Kill People

June 30, 2022 by Veronique de Rugy

There’s something terrifying about a government so powerful that it can shut down your business overnight without even bothering to offer substantive arguments. Yet that’s what U.S. Food and Drug …

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Legalizing Pot Requires GOP Support

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 by Jacob Sullum

When legislators who oppose federal marijuana prohibition vote against your legalization bill, you probably are doing something wrong. That is what happened in April, when the House of Representatives approved the Marijuana Opportunity …

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The Blurry Legal Line Between Doctors and Drug Dealers

May 14, 2022 by Jacob Sullum

Xiulu Ruan, a board-certified Alabama pain specialist, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for prescribing opioid analgesics “outside the usual course of professional medical practice.” According to the …

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Is Kamala Harris Serious About Privacy Rights?

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 by J.D. Tuccille

This week, in response to the leaked draft of an opinion by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris issued a warning …

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Greg Abbott Screwed Over Truck Drivers in a Misguided Attempt to Increase Border Security

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 by Fiona Harrigan

UPDATE: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott repealed the enhanced inspection measure on Friday evening after signing a security agreement with the governor of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The original story …

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