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Eating poppy seed bagels can result in a positive drug test for opiates, and that can have consequences. (Pixabay)

Two New Jersey Moms Sue Over Failed Drug Tests Caused by Poppy Seed Bagels [FEATURE]

Two New Jersey women who ate poppy seed bagels before going to the hospital to give birth, and were then reported for possible child abuse or neglect after testing positive
Naloxone nasal sprays will be available OTC by late summer, the FDA has announced. (Creative Commons)

DE Legal Pot Bills Go to Governor, FDA Approves OTC Naloxone, More... (3/29/23)

A North Carolina marijuana legalization bill has been filed, more New York regions have been cleared to license marijuana businesses, and more. Delaware Marijuana Legalization Bills Go
"Whippets"--used nitrous oxide containers. Laughing gas could soon be banned in Britain. (CC)

Federal Marijuana Cases Continue to Decline, Britain Plans to Ban Nitrous Oxide, More... (3/28/23)

A Montana bill would turn back the clock on legal marijuana sales, a House bill to increase fentanyl penalties but also ease scientific research on Schedule I substances wins a
Increased coca and cocaine production in Colombia is leading to paradoxical hard times for coca growers. (dea.gov)

HI Legal Pot Bill Dead for This Year, CA Psychedelic Decrim Bill Advances, More... (3/27/23)

Hawaii's Democratic House speaker pumps the brakes on marijuana legalization, and Idaho medical marijuana bill emerges, and more. Marijuana Policy Hawaii Marijuana Legalization Bill Dies for Lack
Zaza, a product containing the opiate-like drug tianeptine, is now banned in Kentucky. (Creative Commons)

KY Governor Bans "Gas Station Heroin," OK, SD MedMJ Bills, More... (3/24/23)

A bill banning minors from buying Delta-8 THC products is signed into law in Kentucky, a bill banning medical marijuana use by pregant or breast-feeding women is signed into law
Therapeutic psilocybin is coming to Oregon. The first license has just been issued. (Pixabay)

OR Issues First Psilocybin License, AZ Nonprofits Can Now Get Marijuana Justice Funds, More... (3/23/23)

Memphis cops really like seizing people's cars, the Swiss will have a summer of marijuana legalization pilot projects, and more. Marijuana Policy Arizona Nonprofits Can Now Apply
Despite a half-century of the modern war on drugs, the cocaine trade is booming. (Creative Commons)

After the Pandemic, Cocaine Has Come Roaring Back Worldwide [FEATURE]

More than 60 years after coca and cocaine were banned internationally under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and more than a half-century since the commencement of the modern
US Secretary of State Blinken agrees with Lindsay Graham that cartels control parts of Mexico. (state.gov)

OK Senate Passes Bill to Rein In Illicit MedMJ Grows, Blinken Says Cartels Control Parts of Mexico, More... (3/22/23)

A Republican senator is calling on the banking industry to step up for a marijuana banking bill, the Oklahoma Senate moves to tighten up rules around medical marijuana grows, and
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akundzada announced on ban on cannabis cultivation Sunday. (CC)

DEA Warns on Fentanyl Laced with "Tranq," Taliban Bans Marijuana Cultivation, More... (3/21/23)

That Minnesota marijuana legalization bill keeps rolling toward final passage, Colombia's president suspends a ceasefire with a rightist drug trafficking group, and more. Marijuana Policy Minnesota Marijuana
The border "bomb" turned out to be a ball stuffed with sand wrapped in duct tape. (CBP)

Global Drug Executions Jumped Last Year, the Border Bomb That Wasn't, More... (3/17/23)

Medical marijuana is killed in Kansas but survives in Kentucky, cocaine production hits an all-time high, and more. Medical Marijuana Kansas GOP Lawmakers Kill Medical Marijuana Bill

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