Before Kate L. gave birth to a baby girl last September, a nurse at New Jersey’s Hackensack University Medical Center collected a urine sample from the soon-to-be mother. Kate thought …
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (March 10, 2022) – Last week, an Illinois House committee held a hearing on a bill that would legalize the possession of “magic mushrooms” despite the ongoing federal …
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] …
New York City prosecutors had some 550 convictions in cases investigated by police officer Joseph Franco thrown out, most involving low-level drug offenses. Franco was charged with perjury and misconduct …
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Jan. 13, 2023) – A bill introduced in the Indiana House would legalize medical marijuana in the state despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition. The bill would also prohibit …
New York City, N.Y. (Jan. 4, 2023) – A bill filed in the New York Senate would legalize the personal possession and use of “magic mushrooms,” and ban state and …
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 …
DENVER, Colo. (Nov. 11, 2022) – Colorado voters passed a ballot measure decriminalizing several naturally occurring psychedelic substances including “magic mushrooms” despite the ongoing federal prohibition of the same. Proposition …
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive fines and fees applies to states under the incorporation doctrine. In the underlying case that triggered …
While federal agencies have increasingly become a de facto standing army, a number of federal programs have been doing the same with local police for decades. Path to Liberty: Aug …