ALEXANDER LEKHTMAN
Netflix Blocks Marijuana Shows And Films In Response To Government Demands Published February 7, 2020
South Carolina Bid to Increase Naloxone Access in People’s Homes Published February 7, 2020
As Trump’s Vape Flavors Ban Kicks In, What Does It Mean on the Ground? Published February 6, 2020
Budget Hawks Threaten Hopes for Cannabis Equity In San Diego Published February 5, 2020
NYC Officials Propose “Universal Affordable Housing” Published February 5, 2020
“This Feels Like Home”: How Psychedelics Helped An Autistic Woman Break Out of Her Shell Published February 4, 2020
Can Psychedelics Find Acceptance in the Recovery Community? Published February 3, 2020
In Albany, A Flash Mob for Marijuana Justice Published January 30, 2020
Largest Native American Tribe Takes Step Toward Reforming Marijuana Laws Published January 29, 2020
Santa Cruz, California Becomes Third US City to Decriminalize Psychedelics Published January 29, 2020
Could a Naloxone Implant Have a Major Impact on the Overdose Crisis? Published January 28, 2020
West Virginia Senator Calls Syringe Exchanges “Failed Experiment,” Seeks to Ban Them Published January 23, 2020
Why Harsher Fentanyl Penalties Will Exacerbate the Overdose Crisis Published January 22, 2020
Idaho Senator Files Bill To Decriminalize Drug Possession Published January 20, 2020
Marijuana Record Expungement Movement Growing Rapidly, Report Shows Published January 17, 2020
Frustrations Boil Over Massachusetts Cannabis Equity Delays Published January 17, 2020
“An Avenue To Shift Our Lives”: A Clinical Psychologist Talks Cannabis Healing & Activism Published January 16, 2020
More Cannabis Workers Are Unionizing as Legalization Rolls Forward Published January 16, 2020
Activists Across Social Justice Movements Fight Voter Suppression in Georgia Published January 15, 2020
California’s Mushroom Decrim Campaign Cleared to Begin Voter Signature Drive Published January 10, 2020
Does the CDC Drastically Undercount US Overdose Deaths? Published January 9, 2020
“An Abstinence-Based State”—Utah Harm Reduction Faces Unique Challenges Published January 9, 2020
Addiction Treatment Facilities Fall Badly Short, Shows Federal Study Published January 8, 2020
World’s First Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Panel Starts Work in Denver Published January 2, 2020
TripApp Is the Latest Mobile Innovation to Make Drug Use Safer Published December 31, 2019
The World’s Biggest Online Drug Survey Wants To Help You Get High More Safely Published December 30, 2019
Tucker Carlson Calls John Boehner A ‘Pig’ For His ‘Disgusting’ Marijuana Work Published December 30, 2019
The Top Ten Psychedelic Moments of 2019 Published December 28, 2019
Tennessee Harm Reduction Workers Combat Stigma to Save Lives Published December 23, 2019
Three-Fourths Of New Mexico Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, State-Funded Poll Shows Published December 20, 2019
Congressional Fix Denies DC Voters Their Wish for Legal Cannabis Sales Published December 19, 2019
The Impact of Restored Voting Rights for 140,000 People With Convictions in Kentucky Published December 18, 2019
Criminalizing Drug Sellers Makes Drugs Cheaper And Deadlier, Report Says Published December 17, 2019
Four Intersecting Overdose Crises Require Unique Responses, Researchers Find Published December 16, 2019
Finally: A Black-Owned, Equity-Program Cannabis Dispensary in San Francisco Published December 12, 2019
A Patented Psilocybin Nasal Spray Is Coming. Will Legalization Be Fair? Published December 11, 2019
How to Legalize MDMA, With the Help of Pharmacies and Nightlife Spaces Published December 6, 2019
NYC Over-Polices Subway at the Expense of Marginalized People Published December 6, 2019
“Not Mechanized or Automatic”—Ketamine Researcher Sounds Caution Over Alcohol Study Published December 5, 2019
What Do We Know About Ketamine’s Potential to Help Problematic Drinking? Published November 27, 2019
Skid Row Project Highlights Toilets as Harm Reduction and a Human Right Published November 25, 2019
California Bid to Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms in 2020 Gets a Boost Published November 22, 2019
Federal Marijuana Legalization Closer After Historic Vote in Congress Published November 20, 2019
Decarceration USA: A Roundup of Campaigns to Close Local Jails Published November 20, 2019
Where US Psychedelic Decriminalization Efforts Stand Right Now Published November 15, 2019
A Determined Group of Newark Residents Fights for Clean Drinking Water Published November 14, 2019
Watch: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Urges Cannabis Justice Published November 13, 2019
Bringing the Worker Co-Op Revolution to Legal Weed Published November 13, 2019
What Kentucky, Mississippi Gubernatorial Results May Mean for Medicaid Published November 6, 2019
Why Private Prisons Are at the Center of a Pennsylvania Prosecutor Race Published November 4, 2019
Women Are Disproportionately Held in Jails Rather Than Prisons, Increasing Harms Published October 31, 2019
Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Expunge Millions of Cannabis Convictions Faster Published October 30, 2019
As Buttigieg Visits a Dispensary, How Far Will 2020 Dems Go for Cannabis Justice? Published October 25, 2019
What Drug Policies Did the “Bernie’s Back” Rally Crowd Want? Published October 23, 2019
Four Northeast Governors Say They’ll Prioritize Cannabis Justice—Activists Will Hold Them to Account Published October 22, 2019
2020 Democrats’ Misguided Call to Jail Pharma Execs for Opioids Published October 17, 2019
How Psychedelic Exceptionalism Harms Drug Users Published October 16, 2019
Murders of Homeless People in NYC’s Chinatown Reflect a Crisis Decades in the Making Published October 15, 2019
Pressure Mounts on NY Gov. Cuomo to Authorize Safe Consumption Sites Published October 10, 2019
Illinois Maps “Disproportionately Impacted Areas” for Its Cannabis Social Equity Program Published October 9, 2019
San Diego Proposals Illustrate Tricky Issues Around Cannabis Advertising Published October 7, 2019
Gun Control Needed But No Panacea, Say Chicago Experts After Dem Forum Published October 3, 2019
Victory for the Historic SAFE Banking Act Will Do Little for Social Equity Published October 2, 2019
Next Week Is the Perfect Time to Get Your Cannabis Conviction Expunged Published September 18, 2019
Inside the Toxic Sex Education Battle in Tucson, Arizona Published September 12, 2019
ACLU Sues Bureau of Prisons for Denying a Federal Prisoner Buprenorphine Published September 11, 2019
Are Fentanyl-Meth Deaths in Indiana Due to Contamination, or “Speedballing”? Published September 9, 2019
As First Cannabis Cafe in the US Opens, Can Such Venues Serve a Social Justice Need? Published September 5, 2019
Code for America to Automate Expungement of Cannabis Convictions in Cook County, IL Published September 4, 2019
Watch: Fentanyl Safety Campaign Poses the “Coke Challenge” Published August 29, 2019
The Quest to Pass Medical Cannabis in “Prohibition Island” Idaho Published August 28, 2019
EPA Criticized for Being Open to Hemp Growers Using Pesticides Published August 26, 2019
The First-Ever MDMA Therapy Training for Communities of Color Was Vital Published August 23, 2019
Berkeley, CA May Be Next the City to Decriminalize Natural Psychedelics Published August 22, 2019
“We Want to Inspire Others”—Boston’s First Recreational Cannabis Dispensary to Be Black-Owned Published August 21, 2019
New Mexico Reignites Debate Over State-Run Cannabis Retail Published August 16, 2019
Study Author Explains Extent to Which Police Violence Is a Public Health Hazard Published August 15, 2019
California Poised to Crack Down Harder on Illicit Medical Cannabis Market Published August 14, 2019
Social Equity Researcher Robert Chlala Breaks Down the Los Angeles Cannabis Debate Published August 13, 2019
Denver Lawmaker Tells Filter Why She Led Vote Against Private Prison Companies Published August 9, 2019
2020 Candidate Andrew Yang Tweets Support for Safe Consumption Sites Published August 8, 2019
How Activists Are Transitioning After Denver Psilocybin Decriminalization Published August 6, 2019
Psychedelic Decriminalization Bids Gain Momentum in Cities Nationwide Published August 2, 2019
California Working Toward Certifying “Almost Organic” Cannabis Published August 1, 2019
More Research-Marijuana Grow Sites Needed, Say Scientists, Congressmembers Published July 31, 2019
Massachusetts Advances Its Unique Cannabis Social Equity Program Published July 26, 2019
How Rodney Hampton Turned a Cannabis Arrest Into A Black-Owned Dispensary Published June 26, 2019
“No Blank Check”—Psychedelic Activists Tread Warily After Decrim Wins Published June 25, 2019
Cannabis Home-Growers in New Mexico Offer An Alternative to Recreational Sales: Joseph Ramirez on Making Home Cannabis Grows More Accessible Published June 7, 2019
Oakland Decriminalizes Psychedelic Mushrooms and Plants in Council Vote Published June 5, 2019
How One City Invests Cannabis Tax Dollars Into Black-Owned Businesses Published June 3, 2019
Oakland Scores Victory For Decriminalization of Entheogenic Substances Published May 30, 2019
A Fight for the Spirit of California Cannabis: A Conversation with Daniel Montero About Social Equity in San José Published May 18, 2019
Turn On, Tune In To Your Body: A Conversation with Jennifer Purdon on Psychedelic Inclusion, Music, and Nursing Published May 18, 2019
“Denver’s Just the First Domino”—City Dramatically Decriminalizes “Magic” Mushrooms Published May 9, 2019
“A Big-Ass Civics Lesson From Hell”: Leo M. Bridgewater on Failed Marijuana Legalization in New Jersey and How to Mobilize Voters Published April 30, 2019
Why Worldwide Drug Policy Progress Is Driven From the Ground Up Published April 30, 2019