The Justice Department seeks to throw out a challenge to federal marijuana prohibition, Mexican wants to know where military grade weaponry reaching drug cartels is coming from, and more.
Chronicle
Tiantepine or "gas station heroin" marketed as "Zaza"
The Justice Department seeks to throw out a challenge to federal marijuana prohibition, MexicO wants to know where military grade weaponry reaching drug cartels is coming from, and more.
Chronicle
A West Virginia bill would turn current misdemeanor drug charges into felonies. (Creative Commons)
A Georgia bill would raise the age for medical marijuana, a South Dakota bill would clarify that workers in certain safety-sensitive positions can still be fired for medical marijuana use, and more.
Chronicle
The feds arrested roughly 20,000 people on drug charges in FY 2021, the Justice Department reports. (dea.gov)
The Department of Health and Human Services releases its full review of marijuana rescheduling, Oregon GOP lawmakers plot to undo drug decriminalization there, and more.
Chronicle
Magic mushrooms. They are now effectively decriminalized in Ypsilanti. (Creative Commons)
A bill requiring warnings that medical marijuana users cannot own guns is moving in South Dakota, a pair of Alaska lawmakers file a psychedelic reform bill, and more.
Chronicle
Los Choneros leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," being transferred between prisons in 2023. (FFAAE)
A Rhode Island bill would temporarily legalize the possession, cultivation, and sharing -- but not the commercialization -- of psilocybin, a California bill is the first in the nation to target roadside field drug tests and more.
A new NORML report looks at marijuana expungements, a Kentucky bill that would legalize pot possession and home grows but not commercial sales is filed, and more.
Chronicle
Is medical marijuana finally coming to Wisconsin? (Creative Commons)
A Florida Republican lawmaker files a bill to cap THC limits in legal weed if voters approve an initiative, the new Thai government attempts to rein in recreational marijuana sales and use, and more.
Chronicle
Honolulu. It is now the first American city to require that venues carry naloxone. (Creative Commons)
A New York bill takes aim at unlicensed pot shops, the Honolulu city council approves an ordinance requiring that naloxone be on hand at bars and nightclubs, and more.
Chronicle
Lee Sun-Kyun in happier times. (Kinocine/Creative Commons)
Somebody in Washington state thinks people who smoke pot should not be hired in drug treatment positions, Iran hangs nine more people for drug convictions, and more.
Chronicle
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has commuted the sentences of a dozen people imprisoned for "unlawful ingestion" of drugs. (CC)
There is yet another hiccup in the effort to get Alabama medical marijuana dispensaries open, South Dakota's Republican governor commutes the prison sentences of a dozen people for using drugs, and more.
Chronicle
Biden grants more pardons and clemencies. (whitehouse.gov)
A Ukrainian rightist faction is blocking the signing of the just-passed medical marijuana bill, the Biden administration moves to expand access to naloxone at federal facilities, and more.