Big city mayors in the Netherlands take different lines on drug use, Maryland lawmakers fend off an effort to let cops once again search vehicles because of the smell of weed, and more.
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Las Vegas -- the next Amsterdam? (Creative Commons)
A South Dakota bill would allow cops to investigate, search, and prosecute medical marijuana businesses; a Florida bill to cap THC content for adult use marijuana dies, and more.
Lawmakers in Virginia are working toward a compromise on getting legal retail sales going, prohibition-related violence flares in Mexico's Guerrero state, and more.
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Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visits the Detroit Job Corps Center. (Creative Commons)
A Utah bill with powerful backers would punish cities who punish medical marijuana patients, a New Hampshire bill to legalize marijuana wins a House floor vote, and more.
An Arkansas medical marijuana expansion initiative is cleared for signature-gathering, Wisconsin GOP lawmakers declare medical marijuana is dead for the session, and more.
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Fentanyl test strips could soon be legal in Idaho. (Creative Commons)
A Michigan narc developed a taste for the stuff he was supposed to be repressing, a San Diego detention deputy got caught with cocaine in his car in the jail parking lot, and more.
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Voters in San Francisco appear set to approve anti-crime and anti-drug measures next month. (Creative Commons)
Battles over what to do with Oregon's drug decriminalization continue, an Arizona bill ostensibly aimed at homelessness would heighten penalties for some drug crimes and create a new offense, and more.
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You still can't legally grow a plant at home in Washington state after a bill to allow it died. (Creative Commons)
Virginia lawmakers keep moving toward approving a legal marijuana marketplace, Hawaii lawmakers now have a pair of complementary marijuana legalization bills to ponder, and more.
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Some Pennsylvania drug courts are being forced to allow the use of opioid addiction medications. (Creative Commons)
A pair of Tennessee bills would allow voters to weigh in on marijuana policy questions, the European Union gives the go-ahead for a multi-national initiative campaign on medical marijuana and research, and more.
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Lawmakers in Oregon are debating whether to recriminalize drug possession. (Creative Commons)