Straight to the People
From restricting abortion to legalizing marijuana, voters are weighing in on a variety of significant state health policy questions this election.
(CORRECTION: An earlier version of this episode said Washington D.C. was considering “decriminalizing” psychoactive plants like mushrooms. They were in fact only considering effectively decriminalizing them by directing police to make enforcing laws related to this issue a low priority.)
Guest: Kathleen Hoke, JD, Professor, University of Maryland Carey School of Law
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