Rolling Stone: 2017: The Year Pot Policy Stood Still as Opioids Ravaged the Nation

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Written By Matt Laslo

Attorney General Sessions didn’t crack down on locally legal weed, but this year saw little progress on drug policy.

By Matt Laslo

The United States Senate is an intentionally slow moving body when it comes to passing laws, but the nation’s upper legislative chamber is even slower when it comes to catching up with the popular will of the American people. That’s especially been on display when it comes to the nation’s pot laws, but now there’s a growing core group of senators who are vocally crying out for the federal government to catch up with the states…

DIVE DEEPER: Read LCB founder Matt Laslo’s full drug policy feature at Rolling Stone.

Matt Laslo

The LCB’s founder, veteran political correspondent Matt Laslo, has brought Washington, DC to life for millions (73+ million on last count) of listeners, viewers and readers. He’s reported for five Pulitzer Prize-winning news outlets, 60+ award-wining local NPR outlets, nonprofit newsrooms and national magazines. He also runs the popular interactive journalism startup Ask a Pol Politics — a Substack bestseller.

Laslo’s groundbreaking generative AI coverage has been cited in 13+ law reviews, think tanks and a fiery letter Sen. Elizabeth Warren letter penned to OpenAI founder Sam Altman. His data privacy reporting for WIRED is cited in 25+ law reviews — including Cornell, Duke and Harvard. His tech features are assigned reading at NYU, UNC Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins and DePaul. Laslo’s also cited as a government reform expert in 20+ (mostly) books, while his “war on drugs,” opioid epidemic and criminal justice reform features are quoted in 25 law reviews and books.

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