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These States Could Legalize Marijuana via the Ballot Box in 2022 [FEATURE]
A new year brings a new slate of potential state-level marijuana legalization initiatives.
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pile-of-cash_180_234.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A sticky-fingered former Kentucky sheriff is in trouble, a former Connecticut cop gets nailed for helping out a target of a DEA drug investigation, and more. -
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Fourteen months after voters approved medical marijuana at the polls only to see it thrown out by the state Supreme Court, Mississippi legislators have reached an agreement on a medical marijuana bill, and more. -
Psilocybin mushrooms got some attention in Seattle, Oklahoma City and Richmond this week. (Creative Commons)MS Lawmakers Reach Agreement on MedMJ Bill, Seattle City Council Approves Psychedelic Decrim, More... (1/26/22)
Thailand takes another big step toward marijuana decriminalization, San Francisco is turning a blind eye to drug use at a Tenderloin services center, and more. -
South Dakota medical marijuana patients will not be able to grow this at home under a bill that just passed the House. (CC)SD House Votes to Ban MedMJ Home Grows, MN Usual Suspects Form Anti-Marijuana Coalition, More... (1/25/22)
Life just got a bit easier for Empire State medical marijuana patients, a Wisconsin GOP lawmaker wants to reinstate drug testing for some welfare recipients, and more. -
The South Carolina will -- after seven years -- debate a medical marijuana bill this week. (Creative Commons)VA GOP Bill Would Gut Marijuana Social Equity Funding, Mexico Murders May Have Peaked, More... (1/24/22)
North Dakota marijuana initiative campaigners will have to go back to the drawing board, social equity funding is on the chopping block in Virginia's GOP marijuana implementation bill, and more. -
Psilocybin mushrooms could be decriminalized under a New Hampshire bill. (Creative Commons)DEA Proposes Scheduling Five Tryptamines, RI Governor to Push for Marijuana Legalization, More... (1/21/22)
Legislators in a pair of red states attempt to deal with mounting pressure for medical marijuana, a Washington state bill moves to end employment-related marijuana testing, and more. -
Colombian coca farmers will not have to worry about having toxic herbicides dumped on their fields. (DEA)MS House Passes MedMJ Bill, MO Drug Decrim Bill Filed, More... (1/20/22)
A marijuana services company has filed a federal lawsuit over massive cash seizures by cops in California and Kansas, the Colombian Constitutional Court puts the kibosh on spraying coca crops with herbicide, and more. -
vending machine with naloxone and other harm reduction supplies, Cincinnati (caracole.org)New York City's Plans to Install Naloxone Vending Machines [FEATURE]
New York City opened safe injection sites in December, and now it is moving to have naloxone vending machines operating across the city by February. -
pile-of-cash_180_233.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
An NYPD sergeant made a bad choice of a boyfriend, a Houston constable made a bad choice to escort what he thought was a load of dope, and more.