Voters in Denver, Colorado, passed an initiative making the city the first in the United States to decriminalize the use and possession of psychedelic mushrooms. As of early Wednesday morning, Initiated Ordinance 301 trailed by several thousand votes, with 73,450 “no” votes to 68,711 “yes” votes, according to the Denver …
Read More »Vermont Legalizes Recreational Pot
Vermont made history today, becoming the ninth state to legalize marijuana and the first to do so through the legislative process. Last week, both houses of the state legislature passed H. 511, a bill that made it legal for adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of …
Read More »Is the Porn Industry Doing Enough for Performers' Mental Health?
UPDATE: Adult performer Olivia Lua, who also went under the name Olivia Voltaire, was found dead this weekend in a rehab facility in California, making her the fifth porn performer to pass away in the past three months. *** When the Adult Video News Awards take place next weekend in …
Read More »Trump Takes Action on Opioid Crisis – Will It Be Enough?
Lawmakers, law enforcement officials and the nation’s health care community are cheering President Trump’s move Thursday to officially designate the nation’s opioid crisis a public health emergency, even as many of them openly wonder if he has gone far enough. The action – a 90-day declaration that Trump could then …
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