The long-operating InSite safe injection site in Vancouver (Creative Commons)
Supervised Injection Sites Could Be Coming Soon to California [FEATURE]
The controversial harm reduction intervention may win its first foothold in the US.
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MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_136.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
A group of federal representatives tell Attorney General Sessions to quit blocking marijuana research, the White House wants data on Massachusetts medical marijuana patients, and more. -
Marijuana godbefrrry freedom of seeds.jpgChronicle AM: Anti-Marijuana Group Urges DOJ to Shut Down Legalization, More... (8/30/17)
As the summer doldrums draw to an end, it's pretty quiet on the drug reform front, but the political battle continues to rage over marijuana legalization, and more. -
pile-of-cash_180_126.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Yee-haw! A Philly drug task force officer gets nailed for exchanging drugs for sex, a Pennsylvania cop gets busted after being found ODing on stolen drugs on the evidence room floor, and more. -
DPA conference vigil, Albuquerque, 2009The 2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, October 11-14, Atlanta
The 2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference is the major biannual gathering of drug policy reformers from around the world. -
Maryland is lining up growers to fill dispensary shelves. (Sandra Yruel/DPA)Chronicle AM: SF Gets Cannabis Czar, CBP Reminds Mainers It's Still Illegal, More... (8/29/17)
San Francisco gets a cannabis czar, the Border Patrol reminds Mainers it's still federally illegal, Maryland's medical marijuana grower picture is getting clarifiied, and more. -
Cocaine supplies and seizures are at record levels, the DEA says. (US CBP)Chronicle AM: White House Seeks MA MedMJ Data, Ecstasy for PTSD Advances, More... (8/28/17)
The White House is sniffing around Massachusetts medical marijuana patient data, the FDA has granted breakthrough drug status for MDMA as a treatment of PTSD, the DEA warns of a looming tide of cocaine, the State Department's top anti-drug official calls it quits, and more. -
fentanyl... not marijuana (Creative Commons)Don't Believe the Hype: "Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana" is a Dangerous Myth [FEATURE]
Cops and politicians have been raising the alarm about a problem that doesn't exist. -
The California Psilocybin Legalization Initiative has been filed with state officials. (Greenoid/Flickr)California Could Be the First State to Legalize Magic Mushrooms
A voter initiative to do just that has been filed with state officials. -
marijuana leaf_43.jpgChronicle AM: Fed Reps Poke Sessions on MJ Research, CO Gov Says MJ Law Working, More (8/25/17)
A bipartisan group of congressmen call on the attorney general to quit being an obstacle to medical marijuana research, the Colorado governor defends the state's pot law from Sessions, the Minnesota governor just says no to legalization, and more.