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On Tuesday, San Francisco city officials voted to ban e-cigarette sales in brick-and-mortar stores, becoming the first city in the United States to institute such a law. The ordinance, which passed unanimously, restricts the sale of e-cigarettes in San Francisco until they are officially approved by the FDA. It will …

The premise of talk therapy centers on giving a person the space to discuss and process their innermost feelings, fears and desires with a mental health expert in a professional setting. Though great in theory, in some situations, the uniquely intimate relationship between a therapist and their client can go …

John William King, 44, a white supremacist who brutally murdered a black man named James Byrd, Jr. in a 1998 hate crime that horrified the nation, was executed on Wednesday night in Texas via lethal injection. When asked if he had any last words, King reportedly said “no” before receiving …

In the midst of the growing marijuana decriminalization movement, New York City’s city council has passed a groundbreaking bill that would prevent most employers from requiring job applicants to undergo marijuana drug tests. Authored by public advocate Jumaane D. Williams, the bill would be the first legislation in the country …

The trial of Anna Delvey a.k.a. Anna Sorokin, the 28-year-old fake German heiress and so-called “Soho grifter” who is accused of stealing up to $250,000 from banks and hotels in New York City, is in its first few days, and it’s already garnered as much attention as Delvey herself. On …

A drug similar to ketamine has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment for drug-resistant depression. The New York Timesreports that the drug will be marketed as a nasal spray to those who struggle with treatment-resistant depression. The drug, esketamine, is a chemical cousin to …

Actress Ellen Page said she “had no reason to doubt Jussie [Smollett]” after he originally claimed he was the victim of a hate crime, and urged people not to “lose sight of the very real, endemic violence that LGBTQ+ people, people of color and other underrepresented communities face every day” …

As marijuana legalization continues to sweep the nation, some state lawmakers are instead focusing their energies on curtailing access to a far more addictive and deadly smokable substance: tobacco. Over the last several weeks, Virginia’s House and Senate have passed bills that would raise the legal age for purchasing cigarettes …

A lawyer for accused drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera took the floor in Brooklyn federal court one last time Thursday, delivering a fire-and-brimstone final argument accusing the prosecution’s witnesses of intentionally lying in a bid to send his client to prison for life. In an impassioned speech that …

Update: The Denver Elections Division announcedon Friday, February 1st, that they have enough signatures to go forward with the ballot initiative in May. Denver could become the first U.S. city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms after a petition gained enough signatures to take the issue to voters. On Monday, the advocacy …