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The bipartisan Combating Illicit Xylazine Act has been reintroduced in the House by author Rep. Jimmy Panetta, CA-19, that ...

While still prohibited by federal law, most states and D.C. have legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use (or both) ...

U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced a bill cracking down on the Fentanyl ...

A federal lawmaker serving Greater Williamsport has voted in support of legislation designed to halt fentanyl by classifying ...

The legislation seeks to empower law enforcement and fight the opioid epidemic while also protecting access to the drug for ...

A Democrat is leading the effort to put into law new policy from Attorney General Pam Bondi’s first day on the job cracking down on dangerous drugs.

The “Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act” would amend the Controlled Substances Act to include fentanyl as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning it has no "accepted medical use and a high potential for ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee considered whether to permanently classify fentanyl and its related substances as Schedule I drugs, a move that could have significant impacts on ...

This article discusses New York's Clean Slate Act, which came into effect in November 2024.

Psychedelics are categorized as Schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act and the DEA defines them as having no ...