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Double punishment: How a "war on drugs"-era SNAP ban contributes to recidivism and racism
Salon via Yahoo News· 31 minutes ago“The food stamps ban hastens...opted out of the ban or amended the conditions, which has led to a...
With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven
theGrio via AOL· 51 minutes agoA major toll of the nation’s drug policies is that Black people have suffered more direct...
Marijuana was supposed to help Thailand. Why is the country planning to ban it again?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“Pheu Thai won a lot of votes on their anti-drug policy in the last 20 years,” said Atthachai...
Surgeon General Pushes for Warning Labels on Social Media
The Dispatch· 6 hours agoSocial media, he wrote, was an important “contributor” to that crisis, citing a study of almost...
Easing federal marijuana rules: There’s still a long way to go
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWeeks after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration proposed loosening a federal prohibition on...
Why Are People Promoting Raw Milk?
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoWhat are the health risks associated with drinking raw milk? Although there’s not conclusive evidence of...the U.S. population, respectively — are...
Wes Moore and the politics of cannabis
Politico· 23 hours agoThat pain he’s referencing is the decades of harm brought to Black and brown communities from the war on drugs, a federal initiative started during the...
The Deadly Tobacco Drug War Down Under
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 2022, Ethan Nadelmann, founder and former executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, described increasingly prohibitionist restrictions on...
America first declared war on cancer half a century ago. Today’s regulatory hurdles won’t help us...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoExciting new technologies can help the U.S. government win the war that it declared 50 years ago—but...
Modesto launches program to help residents with cannabis convictions start businesses
Modesto Bee· 6 days agoAccording to the report, the additional funds from HIDTA positioned...the increase[d]...