Philippines former Senator Leila de Lima is now a free woman. (Forum Asia)
Leading Filipina Critic of Duterte's Bloody Drug War Finally Free of All Charges After Years in Jail on Bogus Charges [FEATURE]
Justice for Leila de Lima has been a long time coming.
The MDMA molecule. (NIDA)
FDA Panel Rejects MDMA for PTSD Application, But Recommendation Is Not Binding [FEATURE]
The Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee had doubts approving a treatment program that uses MDMA in psychotherapy as a treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Advocates are dismayed and say it's a lifesaver.
Chronicle Magazine Review: The Baffler, No. 74, Altered States
Our first-ever magazine review. This smart and scrappy rag has earned it.
Medical Marijuana Update
Mississippi patients are going to catch a break starting next month, and more.
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A CBP agent in San Diego got greedy, so did some coke-snatching cops in Columbus, and more.
A Dutch marijuana coffee shop. Now, shops in 10 cities can obtain a legal, licensed supply of marijuana. (Creative Commons)
VT Lawmakers Override Safe Injection Site Veto, Dutch "Weed Experiment" Expands, More... (6/18/24)
A New Jersey psilocybin legalization bill gets amended into a therapeutic psilocybin services bill, bipartisan Pennsylvania lawmakers prepare to roll out a marijuana legalization bill, and more.
The California State Fair in Sacramento next month will feature not only weed sales and on-site consumption, but a competition. (Pixabay)
CA State Fair Will Be First in Nation to Allow Weed Sales, AZ Governor Vetoes Psilocybin Services Bill, More... (6/19/24)
Federal legislation has been filed to ensure Job Corp applicants are not automatically canned for a second positive pot test, San Francisco takes aim at "drug-permissive" housing for the homeless, and more.
Colombian troops dismantling the coca and cocaine complex in Norte de Santander. (cgfm.mil.co)
NC Senate Approves MedMJ, DE House Approves Expedited Adult-Use Sales Bill, More... (6/20/24)
The Colombian Army has raided a coca- and cocaine-processing complex in Norte de Santander just as it has raided countless complexes before in its fruitless quest to repress the cocaine trade, and more.
Seized fentanyl. China and the US say they are cooperating to thwart the trade. (CBP)
Former DEA Heads and GOP AGs Seek Hearing on Marijuana Rescheduling; China-US Meeting on Fentanyl, More... (6/21/24)
Louisiana's hard right governor vetoes a bill that would have eased the pardon process for first-time marijuana possession offenders, the House Committee on the CCP forms a fentanyl working group, and more.
FL Legal Pot Campaign Now Most Highly-Funded Ever, UN Health Expert Calls for End to War on Drugs, More... (6/24/24)
Activists in Dallas hand in signatures for a municipal decriminalization initiative, Arizona's governor signs a bill that would allow for therapeutic MDMA with federal approval, and more.
Donald Trump wants Joe Biden to take a drug test before Thursday's debate and says he would, too. (Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons)
Trump & Allies Call for Biden Drug Test, Brazil Supreme Court Moves to Decriminalize Pot, More... (6/25/24)
A bipartisan marijuana legalization bill gets filed in the Pennsylvania House, Louisiana's governor signs a bill decriminalizing pot paraphernalia, and more.
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