Organic Section at Chalice, a Golden Grail Group dispensary in Portland, OR (Photo Credit: Vincent Deschamps)
Is Your Pot Organic? A New Retail Program Will Help You Find Out [FEATURE]
The "Organic Section" program from regenerative organic marijuana certifier Sun+Earth aims to let marijuana consumers be informed about what's in their weed.
Bolivians chew coca. The country defended the traditional use of coca at the UN in Vienna this week. (Creative Commons)
IL Therapeutic Psychedelics Bill Gets Hearing, Bolivia Again Calls for UN to Recognize Coca, More... (12/10/24)
A Nebraska Republican has appealed a court decision upholding voter-approved medical marijuana initiatives, Colombia bombards the Gulf Clan, and more.
President Biden issued more than 1,500 clemencies and pardons today. (Creative Commons)
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The House passes a defense spending bill without a provision to bar the marijuana testing of military recruits, New York regulators issue more legal pot business licenses, and more.
Captagon, or Middle Eastern speed. Syrian rebels have uncovered a huge factory at a Syrian Army base run by Assad's brother. (narconon.us)
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The corporate strategic consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay hundreds of millions for its role in creating the prescription opioid addiction epidemic, and more.
Medical marijuana dispensaries should be coming soon to the Cornhusker State after a November victory at the polls. (Creative Commons)
NE Governor Signs MedMJ Inits into Law, NY Activists Begin Push for Sentencing Reforms, More... (12/16/24)
A South Carolina legislative champion of medical marijuana is back to try with another bill this coming session, and more.
Myanmar is now once again the world's leading opium producer even though production declined slightly from last year. (UNODC)
MA Substance Use Bill Will Not Include Safe Injection Sites, China Warns US on "Smears" over Fentanyl, More... (12/18/24)
Canada will tighten its borders in the face of Trump tariff threats, opium production falls slightly in Myanmar, and more.
Australia's New South Wales will do a drug checking trial at music festivals next year. (Pixabay)
NJ Drug Conviction Pardons, Australia's New South Wales Okays Festival Drug Checking Trial, More... (12/19/24)
A new poll from the conservative Manhattan Institute shows strong support for marijuana legalization, European Union experts meet to ponder what do to about drug trafficking, and more.
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