This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
The Chronicle was on vacation last week, but prohibition-related law enforcement corruption took no holiday.
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Psilocybin mushrooms. Olympia, Washington, has become the latest locality to move to ease access to them. (Creative Commons)Dallas to Vote on Pot Decriminalization, PA Study Finds Racial Profiling Traffic Stops No Longer a Problem, More... (8/15/24)
The Olympia, WA, city council has voted to decriminalize natural psychedelics, the former head of the British Virgin Islands is headed to a US prison for drug trafficking, and more. -
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA). The nonagerian drug warrior is worried marijuana rescheduling is moving too fast. (senate.gov)New FL Polls Split on Legalization Initiative, Mexico Investigates Drug Kingpin's Delivery to US, More... (8/14/24
Long-time congressional drug warrior Chuck Grassley has concerns about marijuana rescheduling, Maine utilities regulators don't bite on an offer from the power company to rat out illegal marijuana grows, and more. -
Rampant cash seizures at the Indianapolis airport FedEx hub spark a lawsuit. (Creative Commons)IN Sued Over Cash Seizures at FedEx Hub, OH Has Legal Weed--and High Prices, More... (8/13/24)
Delaware's legal marijuana market is rolling out a bit ahead of schedule, a Filipino lawmaker's bid to drug test political candidates and officeholders gets criticism, and more. -
Filipino Rep. Paolo Duterte. The son of former president Rodrigo Duterte wants to drug test politicians. (congress.gov.ph)North Dakota to Vote on Marijuana Legalization, FDA Rejects MDMA-Assisted Therapy, More... (8/12/24)
A central California county is following San Francisco's lead in putting a welfare drug screening measure before voters, Rodrigo Duterte's son wants to drug test Filipino politicians, and more. -
Psilocybin-based products will soon be coming to a pharmacy near you--if you live in Jamaica. (Greenoid/Flickr)Jamaica to Allow Psilocybin Products in Pharmacies, AR MedMJ Init Gets More Signature-Gathering Time, More... (8/1/24)
Minnesota employers can now add oral fluid drug testing to their panoply of surveillance technologies, the Sentencing Project rips the Biden Administration fentanyl analog and xylazine scheduling proposal, and more. -
Joe Biden is still president, and today, he issued a national security memorandum on fentanyl. (whitehouse.gov)NYC Illicit Pot Shop Crackdown Having Effect, MA Senate Approves Safe Injection Sites, More... (7/31/24)
President Biden issues a national security memorandum on fentanyl, the Philippine House of Representatives approves a medical marijuana bill, and more. -
StoptheDrugWar.org's Marijuana Rescheduling Comment
Our rescheduling comment submitted on Regulations.gov last week argues that marijuana's Schedule I status harms small businesses and their workers, and that despite legalization and descheduling being our desired policy, rescheduling is the advisable step in this specific administrative process. -
New Zealand drivers could be seeing signs like these soon after the government filed a roadside drug testing bill. (sonosheriff.org)Key GOP Lawmakers Question Marijuana Rescheduling Process, Another FL Poll Has MJ Init Winning, More... (7/30/24)
A Senate committee advances a spending bill with medical marijuana protections included, New Zealand's new conservative government files a roadside drug testing bill, and more. -
Market Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, home to many of the city's welfare recipients. (Creative Commons)San Francisco Could Pay Welfare Recipients to Stay Drug-Free, MA Safe Injection Site Hearing, More... (7/29/24)
The ACLU of Missouri is suing over state officials punishing a probationer for using medical marijuana; Glasgow, Scotland, is seeking to open a drug checking site, and more.