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Getting high in Thailand. In the future, you'll likely need a medical marijuana card to do that. (Creative Commons/RetinaFunk)

Reform Groups Call for Descheduling Cannabis, Honduras Busts Another Coca Plantation, More... (3/1/24)

The Colorado House has approved a bill allowing school bus drivers and students to administer naloxone and drug test strips, Thailand is moving toward banning recreational marijuana, and more.
Medical Marijuana Update

South Dakota takes a regressive step, while Utah takes a progressive one.
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

A thug narc gets a short prison stay, and more. Let's get to it.
Psilocybin is getting a lot of attention at statehouses these days. (Creative Commons)

VA Lawmakers Approve Pot Sales Bills, OR Drug Recrim Bill Advances, More... (2/29/24)

Measures to allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin advanced in Arizona and Missouri, and more.
Maryland GOP efforts to reinstate a law allowing vehicle searches over the odor of weed has come up short. (Creative Commons)

DEA Warns E-Sellers on Pill Presses, Indiana Sees Another Year With No Pot Law Reforms, More... (2/28/24)

Big city mayors in the Netherlands take different lines on drug use, Maryland lawmakers fend off an effort to let cops once again search vehicles because of the smell of weed, and more.
Las Vegas -- the next Amsterdam? (Creative Commons)

AZ Bill Targets "Predatory" Moves on Social Equity Pot Licenses, NV First Weed Lounge Opens, More... (2/27/24)

A South Dakota bill would allow cops to investigate, search, and prosecute medical marijuana businesses; a Florida bill to cap THC content for adult use marijuana dies, and more.
CA Governor Vetoes Naloxone Insurance Bill, Idaho Governor Signs Fentanyl Mandatory Minimums, Bill... (2/26/24)

The New Hampshire House (once again) approves a marijuana legalization bill, a psilocybin decriminalization bill gets filed in Connecticut, and more.
Germany's "traffic light" coalition is set to move on limited marijuana legalization on Friday. (Pixabay)

Germany's Parliament Votes for Marijuana Legalization Today [FEATURE]

There will be no commercial sales, but home cultivation and cannabis social clubs will be permitted.
The Mexican military is investigating clashes between rival drug gangs in Guerrero. (Creative Commons)

Vets' Groups Urge Quick Marijuana Rescheduling, German Parliment Votes to Legalize Weed, More... (2/23/24)

Lawmakers in Virginia are working toward a compromise on getting legal retail sales going, prohibition-related violence flares in Mexico's Guerrero state, and more.
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visits the Detroit Job Corps Center. (Creative Commons)

Job Corps Eases Rules for Marijuana, OR Dems Agree to Drug Possession Recrim, More... (2/22/24)

A Utah bill with powerful backers would punish cities who punish medical marijuana patients, a New Hampshire bill to legalize marijuana wins a House floor vote, and more.

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