As the Biden Administration moves closer to rescheduling marijuana to Schedule III, advocates are pushing for federal marijuana decriminalization
Following a sharp rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, preventable overdose deaths in 2023 remained at staggeringly high levels in the United States. Public health solutions are needed to save lives.
Ahead of Mother’s Day, moms who have lost loved ones to overdose held a powerful, moving press conference where they urged lawmakers to halt the influx of draconian drug laws that they say will not reduce overdose deaths but will instead fill our prisons without helping those struggling with substance use disorder.
As the overdose crisis continues to devastate Vermont communities, health experts, service providers, and people in recovery urged the Governor to sign H. 72 and embrace the research-backed, lifesaving facilities.
House Republican Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) and Senate Democratic Agriculture Chairman Debbie Stabenow (MI) both released their vision and overview for the Farm Bill, and both reference their intentions to lift the lifetime ban on those with drug felony convictions from accessing SNAP benefits.
The Vermont overdose prevention center legislation, which would authorize and fund a facility in Burlington, has advanced out of the Senate and expected to head back to the House and to the Governor’s desk next week.
As Majority Leader Schumer and Sens. Booker and Wyden reintroduce the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, the Drug Policy Alliance and members of the Marijuana Justice Coalition urge additional Congressional leaders to cosponsor the legislation.
Rescheduling marijuana would fail to address the history of racially-discriminatory enforcement or the ongoing harms of federal marijuana criminalization.
California Public Safety Committee Advances Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Overdose Deaths by Providing Essential Protections for Trained Professionals
Governor Tina Kotek signed House Bill (HB) 4002, which recriminalizes drug possession and doubles down on the failed approach of arresting and jailing people for drug possession, into law.
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