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Prohibition-related violence continues unabated in Mexico. (Creative Commons)

NYPD Spent Almost $100 Million on Drug Enforcement Last Year, Mexico Cartel Violence, More... (6/26/20)

Mexico City's police chief narrowly escapes a cartel assassination attempt, the NYPD spent nearly $100 million enforcing the drug laws last year, and more.
The Swiss are moving to ease access to medical marijuana. (Creative Commons)

DOJ Whistleblower Accuses Barr of Anti-Pot Bias, Marijuana Reform Pioneer Dr. Lester Grinspoon Dies, More... (6/25/20)

Bill Barr is accused of improperly pushing probes of legal marijuana companies, DARPA is funding research into psychedelic-inspired drugs for military purposes, Virginia's Black Legislative Caucus wants marijuana legalized this summer, and more.
Colombian peasant harvesting the coca crop. (DEA.gov)

Colombia After the Peace Accords: A Conversation with Vanda Felbab-Brown [FEATURE]

Things haven't gone exactly as planned.
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Medical Marijuana Update

All the medical marijuana news is from the Keystone State this week.
Safe injection sites could be coming to San Francisco--if the state and federal governments clear the way. (CC)

SF Supes Approve Safe Injection Site Measure, OK Pot Init Can Start Collecting Signatures, More... (6/24/20)

The Kansas City and Los Angeles city councils advance marijuana measures, San Francisco supervisors approve a measure to allow safe injection sites, marijuana legalization is advancing in the Isreali Knesset, and more.
The InSite safe injection site in Vancouver. Now activists are calling for a safer drug supply, too. (vch.ca)

Dem Congresswomen File COVID Decarceration Bill, Vancouver Activists Rally for Safe Drug Supply, More... (6/23/20)

Iowa's capital and largest city moves toward marijuana law reform, Vancouver activists march to demand a safe drug supply, progressive Democratic congresswomen roll out a public health-minded bill to reduce incarceration, and more.
With a Knesset committee vote, Israel takes another step toward marijuana legalization. (Creative Commons)

US Deploys Air Force Planes to Curacao in Anti-Drug Effort, Israel Moves Closer to Pot Legalization, More... (6/22/20)

Georgia Senate Democrats have filed a police reform bill that includes marijuana decriminalization, the US is ramping up anti-drug operations near Venezuela, Israel takes a step toward marijuana legalization, and more.
Montana has a good shot at getting a chance to vote on marijuana legalization in November. (Creative Commons)

NJ Assembly Passes Criminal Justice Reform Package, MT Pot Legalization Campaign Hands in Signatures, More... (6/19/20)

Montana campaigners handed in what should be enough signatures to get marijuana legalization measures on the ballot, the New Jersey Assembly quickly passed a package of criminal justice reform bills, Houston's police chief is facing mounting pressure to release a report on a deadly drug raid, and more.
Potential Colombian cocaine production was up slightly last year, the UNODC reports. (Pixabay)

NV Mass Marijuana Pardons, Colombia Cocaine Surge, NJ Pot Decrim Bill Advances, More... (6/18/20)

Fifteen thousand Nevada pot offenders just got automatic pardons, the UN says Colombian potential cocaine production was up last year, Kansas City moves toward pot decriminalization, and more.
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Is the Era of the No-Knock Drug Raid Coming to an End? [FEATURE]

No-knock police raids are under fire like never before. Will we finally see change?

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