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- Should Marijuana Banking Wait for Legalization? [FEATURE]
- Keeping It Real: Duterte's Drug War Slaughter and the ICC [EVENT VIDEO]
- How the Global Drug Warâs Victims Are Fighting Back [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- LA Times Endorses Safe Injection Sites, New Zealand to Ban Cigarettes By Raising Legal Age, More... (12/9/21)
- Yet Another Poll Shows Strong Marijuana Legalization Support, Canada Decrim Platform, More... (12/10/21)
- St. Louis Repeals Marijuana Law, Haiti President Likely Murdered by Well-Heeled Drug Traffickers, More... (12/13/21)
- Senate Names Meth an "Emerging Drug Threat," UFCW Marijuana Industry Unionization, More... (12/14/21)
- Malta Legalizes Marijuana, NY GOP US Reps Back Bill to "Defund de Blasio's Injection Sites," More... (12/15/21)
- Key Senate Democrats Block SAFE Banking Act's Inclusion in Must-Pass Defense Spending Bill [FEATURE]
- EVENT: Keeping It Real: Duterte's Drug War Slaughter and the International Criminal Court
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Austin Init Would Decriminalize Marijuana and Ban No-Knock Raids, VT Medical Society Wants THC Limits, More... (12/1/30)
- MN MedMJ Patients to Get Access to Edibles, DEA Increases Research Quotas for Psychedelics, More... (12/2/21)
- Groups Call on Congress to Reject Biden Fentanyl Scheduling Proposal, FL MedMJ Privacy Protection Bill Filed, More... (12/3/21)
- GOP Lawmakers in Missouri and Ohio File Legal Marijuana Bills, UK PM Takes Aim at Posh Drug Users, More... (12/6/21)
- Move to Ease Research Burdens on Schedule I Drugs Gains DEA Support, Colombia Pill Testing, More... (12/7/21)
- Washington Post Endorses Safe Injection Sites, NIDA to Look at Ibogaine Derivative, More... (12/8/21)
- Chronicle Book Review: "Psychedelic Justice"
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- OR Has Another $270 Million for Drug Treatment Programs, Germany to Legalize Marijuana, More... (11/19/21)
- First Actual Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana Case -- Or Not? -- ICC Temporarily Suspends Philippines Probe, More... (11/22/21)
- NY Marijuana Arrests Up in Smoke, TX MJ Poll, First SD MedMJ Patient Card, More... (11/23/21)
- SD MJ Legalization Init Thrown Out, New Zealand Legalizes Drug Checking, More... (11/24/21)
- MA Poll Finds Public Happy with Legal Weed, Mexico Senate Moving on Marijuana Legalization, More... (11/26/21)
- FL Decrim Bill, UAE Drug Reform, Guide for Psychedelic Churches, More... (11/29/21)
- NYC Opens Nation's First Official Supervised Injection Sites, Toronto Moves Toward Drug Decrim, More... (11/30/21)
- Oregon Drug Decrim is Slashing Drug Arrests, Massively Funding Services [FEATURE]
- Chronicle Book Review: The Dope [FEATURE]
- Chronicle Book Review: The Afghanistan Papers
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Three Senate Dems Seek Pardons for Nonviolent Marijuana Prisoners, MS MedMJ Will Have to Wait, More... (11/11/21)
- CO Announces Stricter MedMJ Rules, German Coalition Nearing Marijuana Legalization Deal, More... (11/12/21)
- IN Democrats Call for Marijuana Legalization, PA ACLU Opposes Parental Drug Screening Bill, More... (11/15/21)
- Drug ODs Top 100,000 in One Year, GOP Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill Filed, More... (11/17/21)
- Capitol Hill Democrats Divided on Marijuana Reform Progress, Administration Releases Model Naloxone Legislation, More... (11/18/21)
- House Votes to End Federal Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity [FEATURE]
- CA Governor Signs Bill Rolling Back Mandatory Minimums for Some Drug Offenses [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- House Judiciary Committee Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, SD Lawmakers Move to Ban MedMJ Home Grows, More... (9/30/21)
- NE MedMJ Initiatives Get Rolling, Temporary Fentanyl Analog Ban Extended, Ecuador Prison Riot, More... (10/1/21)
- Senators File Bill to Undo Supreme Court Decision on Crack Sentencing, CO Pot Tax Initiative, More... (10/4/21)
- Seattle Psychedelic Decriminalization, OH Towns to Vote on Marijuana Decrim, More... (10/5/21)
- Pennsylvania Marijuana Legalization Bill, MI Opioid Treatment Bills, More... (10/6/21)
- NY Governor Signs Package of Bills Aimed at Curbing OD Crisis, CA Governor Signs Hemp Regulation Bill, More... (10/8/21)
- Booker & Warren Call on DOJ to Deschedule Marijuana; US & Mexico Meet to Forge New Relations on Crime & Drugs, More... (10/12/21)
- The Taliban Says It Will Stop the Opium Trade, But Is That Likely? [FEATURE]
- Chronicle Book Review: "This Is Your Mind on Plants" by Michael Pollan
- Chronicle Book Review: "Undoing Drugs" by Maia Szalavitz
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- ICC Will Investigate Philippine Drug War Killings, KY Supreme Court Narrows Good Samaritan Law, More... (9/15/21)
- White House Releases Annual List of Drug Producing & Transit Countries, WA Drug Decrim Initiative Organizing, More... (9/16/21)
- CA Psilocybin Legalization Init Cleared for Signature Gathering, DE Supreme Court on Pot Odor, More... (9/17/21)
- Vancouver Clinic Offers Take-Home Prescription Heroin, Nepal Marijuana Protest, More... (9/20/21)
- Houston Narc & Suspect Killed in Drug Raid, FL Marijuana Init Can Gather Signatures, More... (9/21/21)
- Congress to Temporarily Extend Fentanyl Analogue Ban, House to Vote on Marijuana Banking, More... (9/22/21)
- Meth Deaths Were on Rise Before Pandemic, Scotland Moves Toward "De Facto" Drug Decrim, More... (9/23/21)
- Senate Democrats Roll Out Bill to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Free Drugs Handed Out in Vancouver, NJ Dismisses Nearly 88,000 Marijuana Cases with More to Come, More... (7/15/21)
- CA Psilocybin Legalization Initiative Gets Underway, House Spending Bill Includes Needle Exchange Funding, More...7/16/21)
- Surgeon General Say Don't Jail People for Pot, ME Law Ends Civil Asset Forfeiture, More... (7/19/21)
- CO Releases Annual Report on Marijuana Legalization, SC Governor Candidate Says Legalize It, More... (7/20/21)
- DEA Agent Arrested for Role in US Capitol Riot, NC MedMJ Bill Advances, More... (7/21/21)
- US Prison, Parole, Probation Population Continues Slow Decline; $26 Billion Opioid Settlement, More... (7/22/21)
- Biden Vows to Continue Pressure on China over Opioids, Chiapas Militia Emerges to Fight Cartels, More... (7/23/21)
- Federal Appeals Court Taps the Breaks on Drug Induced Homicide Prosecutions of Drug Users [FEATURE]
- Historic Federal Drug Decriminalization Bill Introduced [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- House Democrats Advance Marijuana Banking, DC Pot Sales Bill, NC MedMJ Bill Advances, More... (6/24/21)
- RI Marijuana Legalization Push Hits Bump, UN Warns Pandemic Could Propel Drug Use, Cultivation, More... (6/25/21)
- CA Psychedelic Decrim Bill Advances, Marijuana Gets Legalized in Three States This Week, More... (6/30/21)
- ME Senate Defeats Drug Decrim Bill, House Approves Marijuana Research Language, More... (7/1/21)
- RI Legislature Passes Safe Injection Site Bill, CA Coerced Treatment Bill Advances More... (7/2/21)
- NJ Governor Signs MedMJ Telehealth Bill, SD Activists Prepare 2022 Legalization Initiatives, More... (7/6/21)
- The Push to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition This Year Is Now Underway [FEATURE]
- ICC Prosecutor Announces Request to Authorize Philippines Investigation
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- CT Senate Votes to Legalize Marijuana, VT Governor Signs Marijuana Social Equity Bill, More... (6/8/21)
- National Poll Find Majority Supports Drug Decrim, CT Legal Pot Bill Delayed, More... (6/9/21)
- NY Syringe Legalization Passes Senate, Portugal Ponders Marijuana Legalization, More... (6/10/21)
- Idaho Activists Ponder Two Marijuana Initiatives for 2022, Asian Meth Boomed During Pandemic, More... (6/11/21)
- Supreme Court Rejects Reduced Charges for Low-Level Crack Offenders, ICC Prosecutor Seeks to Open Philippine Drug War Investigation, More... (6/14/21)
- Mississippi's Medical Marijuana Law Struck Down Before It Can Take Effect [FEATURE]
- Making a Better Good Samaritan Law in North Carolina [FEATURE]
- Making Marijuana Green [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- CA Psychedelic Decrim Bill Advances, NM Patient Sues Over Purchase Limits, More... (5/20/21)
- House Marijuana Legalization Bill Coming Soon, CO Doubles Legal Pot Possession Amounts, More... (5/21/21)
- LA House Passes Legal Pot Study Resolution, Peru Coca Zone Massacre, More... (5/25/21)
- IL House Passes Marijuana Equity Bill, Mexican State Police Commander Gunned Down, More... (5/26/21)
- Good Pot Polls in NH & UT, ME Drug Decrim Advances, More... (9/27/21)
- Marijuana Legalization Bill Filed in House, MD Governor Vetoes Paraphernalia Decrim, More... (5/28/21)