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  • The bill would allow for the purchase of 10 syringes without a prescription. (image via wikimedia.org)
    The bill would allow for the purchase of 10 syringes without a prescription. (image via wikimedia.org)

    New Jersey Pharmacy Needle Sales Bill Passes

    A bill that would allow for the purchase of up to 10 syringes without a prescription at pharmacies has passed the New Jersey legislature and awaits the governor's signature.
  • The DEA seized this money, but it has laundered millions for the Mexican drug cartels. (Image: DEA)
    The DEA seized this money, but it has laundered millions for the Mexican drug cartels. (Image: DEA)

    NY Times: DEA Launders Mexico Drug Cartel Profits

    The New York Times reports that the DEA has laundered millions in drug profits for Mexican drug cartels as part of its investigations into them.
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    fusarium oxysprorum (wikimedia.org)

    Drug Crop-Killing Fungi Too Risky, Scientists Say

    No "Frankenfungi" for the drug warriors just yet -- we don't know enough about the dangers of using mycoherbicides to eradicate drug crops to be doing that, a panel of scientists from the National Research Council says.
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    The Future of Drug War Chronicle

    As drug policy reform continues into its most consequential stage in decades, StoptheDrugWar.org plays a crucial role for leaders and organizations in the movement. But we need your help, more perhaps than ever, to keep the most important StoptheDrugWar.org service, the Drug War Chronicle newsletter, at full strength.
  • Reduces nausea, spasms -- and traffic accidents? (image courtesy Laurie Avocado via wikimedia.org)
    Reduces nausea, spasms -- and traffic accidents? (image courtesy Laurie Avocado via wikimedia.org)

    New Study Finds Traffic Fatalities Decline with Medical Marijuana Laws [FEATURE]

    In what could be an important intervention in the debates over medical marijuana and pot legalization, the first study to examine the relationship between medical marijuana and traffic deaths found they declined in medical marijuana states.