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Virginia Adult Retail Marijuana Sales Quashed By House GOP [FEATURE]
Elections have consequences, as Virginia voters are finding out. Two years ago, a Democratically-controlled Senate and House passed legislation legalizing marijuana, and the Democratic governor signed it
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Oklahoma Votes on Marijuana Legalization Next Month [FEATURE]
In less than a month, voters in Oklahoma will be deciding if it will become the 22 nd state to legalize marijuana. In a special election set for March 7
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Chronicle Book Review: "Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable"
Shielded: How the Police Became Unaccountable by Joanna Schwartz (2023: Viking Press, 308 pp., $30 HB) As Donald Trump laid out his fascistoid law and order platform last month
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Chronicle Book Review: "The Riders Come Out at Night"
The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-Up in Oaklandby Ali Winston & Darwin Bondgraham (2023, Atria Books, 467 pp., $30 HB) The killing of Tyre
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Medical Marijuana Update
A North Carolina medical marijuana bill is moving, an Idaho initiative campaign is not, and more. Idaho Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Campaign Comes Up Short on Signatures
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A small-town Pennsylvania police chief was slinging dope, so was an Ohio narcotics detective, and more. Let's get to it: In Greenburg, Pennsylvania, the Greenburg police chief was
A fentanyl test strip. South Dakota just legalized them, and a bill to do the same is advancing in Kansas. (Creative Commons)
SD Governor Signs Fentanyl Test Strip Bill, Vancouver Magic Mushroom Shops Thrive, More... (2/27/23)
Queensland will become the first Australian state to okay pill-testing, Vancouver magic mushrooms shops are not illegal but thriving anyway, and more. Harm Reduction Kansas Bill to
Kansas does not have any medical marijuana dispensaries. Patients are growing impatient. (Creative Commons)
Federal Marijuana Hiring Standards Could Get More Lenient, KS MedMJ Hearings This Week, More... (2/28/23)
A Pennsylvania GOP state senator is pushing for gun rights for medical marijuana patients, an Italian court clarifies that hemp is not a narcotic, and more. Marijuana
Benzodiazepines such as Valium will be subject to tighter telehealth prescribing rules as the COVID emergency ends. (CC)
MN Legal Pot Bill One Step Closer, Feds to Start Limiting Telehealth Prescriptions, More... (3/1/23)
North Carolina's Senate gives initial approval to a medical marijuana bill, New Jersey lawmakers pass a bill giving pot businesses the ability to take state business tax deductions, and more
Attorney General Merrick Garland says DOJ is "still working" on marijuana policy. (DOJ)
Attorney General Garland Talks Pot on Capitol Hill, TN MedMJ Bill Killed, More... (3/2/23)
California legal marijuana sales revenues decrease for the first time ever, a fourth Michigan city endorses natural psychedelic decriminalization, and more. Marijuana Policy Attorney General Says DOJ
A BC company has been awarded a license to make and distribute cocaine. (Pixabay)
BC Company Awarded License to Make and Sell Cocaine, Voting Underway for OK Pot Initiative, More... (3/3/23)
A Florida marijuana legalization initiative is about halfway home on signature gathering, Arizona politics is roiled by an unsubstantiated charge that the Sinaloa Cartel is bribing state and county officials
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