A bipartisan marijuana legalization bill gets filed in the Pennsylvania House, Louisiana's governor signs a bill decriminalizing pot paraphernalia, and more.
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Philippines former Senator Leila de Lima is now a free woman. (Forum Asia)
Activists in Dallas hand in signatures for a municipal decriminalization initiative, Arizona's governor signs a bill that would allow for therapeutic MDMA with federal approval, and more.
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Seized fentanyl. China and the US say they are cooperating to thwart the trade. (CBP)
Louisiana's hard right governor vetoes a bill that would have eased the pardon process for first-time marijuana possession offenders, the House Committee on the CCP forms a fentanyl working group, and more.
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Colombian troops dismantling the coca and cocaine complex in Norte de Santander. (cgfm.mil.co)
The Colombian Army has raided a coca- and cocaine-processing complex in Norte de Santander just as it has raided countless complexes before in its fruitless quest to repress the cocaine trade, and more.
Federal legislation has been filed to ensure Job Corp applicants are not automatically canned for a second positive pot test, San Francisco takes aim at "drug-permissive" housing for the homeless, and more.
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A Dutch marijuana coffee shop. Now, shops in 10 cities can obtain a legal, licensed supply of marijuana. (Creative Commons)
A New Jersey psilocybin legalization bill gets amended into a therapeutic psilocybin services bill, bipartisan Pennsylvania lawmakers prepare to roll out a marijuana legalization bill, and more.
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A bill to allow therapuetic psilocybin service centers to operate has passed the legislature in Arizona. (Creative Commons)
Tens of thousands march for marijuana legalization in Sao Paulo, the Biden administration rolls out grants for mental health and substance abuse needs, and more.
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Methamphetamine. The US Sentencing Commission has a new report on meth sentencing and purity. (DEA)
Marijuana legalization is dead in New Hampshire this year, a California initiative to "fix" voter-approved sentencing reforms qualifies for the November ballot, and more.
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The defense funding bill is headed for a House floor vote and still includes a ban on testing military recruits for marijuana. (Creative Commons)
A key House committee has eliminated all marijuana-related amendments to the defense spending bill, leaving intact a ban on marijuana testing for recruits, and more.
An Indiana prison guard gets caught bringing a half-pound weed sandwich to work, a Border Patrol agent gets nailed in a massive Southern California bust, and more.
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Mississippi medical marijuana patients will be able to make fewer visits to the dispensary now. (Creative Commons)
Facing a court challenge, the DEA cancels an administrative hearing on its proposed ban of two psychedelic substances; a new poll suggests the Florida legal weed initiative will win, and more.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has vetoed a controversial hemp bill. (fl.gov)
Connecticut expands its list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, an Illinois bill ending mandatory reporting of positive newborn drug tests to law enforcement goes to the governor, and more.
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Medical marijuana patient Marc Fogel has been imprisoned in Russia for the past three years for possessing a half-ounce of weed. (KDKA screenshot)
The Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee had doubts approving a treatment program that uses MDMA in psychotherapy as a treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Advocates are dismayed and say it's a lifesaver.