The bill—with a hybrid model including state-run dispensaries, which Senate Republicans oppose—may always have been doomed.

Arizona, meanwhile, has preemptively passed a ban on OPC even though no state legislators were proposing to open any.

A handful of other states have already lowered the correction officer hiring age to 18 amid a nationwide understaffing crisis ...

There's been drug-policy progress and leadership from the Global South, but harm reduction faces funding and other crises, ...

The plan would have regulated cannabis "like alcohol," but GOP lawmakers repeated their 2023 actions. There's still hope on ...

In partnership with various Bloomberg-funded organizations, it purports to target the harms of smoking and vaping. The real ...

It begins in June. Advocates say it's likely to boost illicit markets, push adults to resume smoking and have little impact ...

The jail, which finally closed in 2022, had horrific conditions. Subject to court approval, thousands of people could soon ...

To many advocates, it just confirms he's anti-tobacco harm reduction. Yet some of his positions sit uneasily with those of ...

Besides the question of whether legalization can pass this session, its supporters are split between state-run and private ...

Researchers find that xylazine test strips, while useful harm reduction tools, have some significant limitations to be aware ...

Over 600,000 people who vape will continue to have choices other than cigarettes. But reducing deaths was not the lawmakers' ...