Prohibiting Harmless Consensual Or Self-Regarding Acts By Adults Is Bad Law And Policy

Yet, despite the abundance of evidence that overcriminalization is unnecessary and destructive, local, state, and federal governments just can’t seem to let go.

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Op-Eds California, Federal Government Affairs, Health Tech, Patent Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

State-run drug company can’t fix a broken patent system

Wayne T. Brough June 12, 2026 The Orange County Register

Newsletters Clean Energy, Energy and Environment, Energy Subsidies, Environmental Regulation, Low-Energy Fridays

Low-Energy Friday: Ethanol policy is a hot mess—literally

Josiah Neeley June 12, 2026

Analysis Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Federal Government Affairs, Policing

Understanding Federal Law Enforcement in the United States Part 5—Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Jillian Snider June 11, 2026

Analysis Artificial Intelligence, Data Security and Data Privacy, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

AI Preemption in Exchange for Unconstitutional Online Safety Bills is a Bad Deal

Josh Withrow, Adam Thierer June 11, 2026

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Erica Schoder’s Keynote at the OTT Conference 2026: The Knowledge In This Room

June 11, 2026

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Reintroduced American Innovation and Choice Online Act would harm consumers and small businesses

Corie Whalen June 10, 2026

Newsletters Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Safer Solutions: What does the FDA approve?

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall June 10, 2026

Op-Eds Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation

Sanders’ Soviet approach to AI a failure in-the-making

Marc Hyden June 8, 2026 The Newnan Times-Herald

Analysis Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation

The United States Must Reject Government Control of Artificial Intelligence

Adam Thierer June 8, 2026

Analysis Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

“Let Them Eat Cake”: Harm Reduction Edition

Jeffrey S. Smith June 5, 2026