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A bill toughening penalties for hard drug selling is moving in Ohio, Thailand clears the way for the medical use of opium and magic mushrooms, and more.

A meth-slinging Pennsylvania police chief gets ready to head to prison and so does a former NYPD officer who used her desk duties to cook up dope deals.

A half-dozen states could see marijuana legalization or medical marijuana initiatives on the ballot this year.

Lawmakers in the Granite State are dealing with a bevy of medical marijuana bills, a North Carolina Native American tribe opens the state's first dispensary, and more.

The Kansas governor signs a civil asset forfeiture reform bill into law, a South Carolina medical marijuana bill that has languished for months finally gets some attention, and more.

Maine's governor signs a bill to seal the records of past marijuana offenses, a North Carolina tribe opens the first medical marijuana dispensary in the state, and more.

Pot fans gathered in Berlin and San Francisco to mark 4/20, the Colorado Senate has approved a social media bill that could ban praise of illicit drugs, and more.

Granite State lawmakers ponder a bevy of medical marijuana bills, a Data for Progress poll has two-thirds supporting marijuana legalization, and more.

That National Conference of State Legislatures reiterates its support for banking access for pot businesses, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) files a marijuana expungement bill, and more.

The UN says Colombian coca cultivation is at an all-time high, North Carolina lawmakers move to ban "gas station heroin," and more.

There was some torture-style nastiness over failed drug tests in a Kentucky prison, Kentucky lawmakers act to expedite medical marijuana licensing, and more.

A political battle is looming in Brazil over drug decriminalization, New York's attorney general is investigating a hospital for drug testing pregnant patients without their consent, and more.

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Victims/survivors of Duterte's extrajudicial drug war killings face continuing hardship and indignity. This event will explore challenges they face, efforts being made to help them, and how it affects the ICC Philippines case.

Customs and Border Patrol announces a new fentanyl crackdown, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and others file the SEEK HELP to protect people administering naloxone, and more.

Maine lawmakers reject a xenophobic effort to crack down on illicit pot grows, District of Columbia lawmakers reject an effort to tighten location restrictions on dispensaries, and more.

A poll of marijuana consumers offers some hints about who they will vote for in November, a group of US senators condemns Russia for holding a Pennsylvania medical marijuana user prisoner, and more.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signs a bill protecting medical marijuana-using state and local government employees, GOP senator demands Border Patrol step back from easing restrictions on past marijuana use among new hires, and more.

A New York bill to require informed consent before drug testing pregnant women hits a roadblock, Australia's New South Wales gets its first drug checking pilot program, and more.

Once upon a time, marijuana was illegal in Massachusetts...