Her sentence, if not the circumstances in which she came to face it, is unfortunately par for the course in the regressive Russian criminal justice system.
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Kentucky did not do it, but maybe the federal government can obtain justice for Breonna Taylor.
Arkansas election officials knock a marijuana legalization initiative off the ballot -- at least for now -- San Francisco's new DA cracks down on drug dealers, and more.
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Vancouver's InSite safe injection site. Such facilities could be coming soon to some California cities. (vch.ca)
A small-town Pennsylvania got too friendly with the local drug dealer, a small-town Ohio cop probably wishes he had maintained domestic bliss, and more.
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An Amsterdam cannabis "coffee shop." More shops like this are coming to California. (Creative Commons)
The country's largest federal workers' union wants an end to marijuana testing of employees in states where it is legal, Mexican cartel gunmen get in a shoot-out with the Guatemalan president's guards at a border village, and more.
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The Vancouver safe injection site. California cities could soon follow suit. (vch.ca)
Louisiana police can no longer search homes based on the odor of marijuana without a warrant, there is good polling for marijuana legalization in Missouri, and more.
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Chicago officials handed out Narcan and fentanyl test strips at last weekend's Lollapalooza festival. (Creative Commons)
Last weekend's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago featured not only music but harm reduction measures, a new poll finds support for federal -- as opposed to state-level -- marijuana legalization, and more.
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San Francisco could become the largest US city to decriminalize psychedelics. (Creative Commons)
Marijuana seizures at the US-Mexican border are down again, Colombia's Gulf Clan is escalating its attacks on police as it jockeys for position in upcoming negotations, and more.
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Psilocybin mushrooms. Legalizing them could be on the ballot in Medford, Oregon, this November. (Pixabay)
A South Carolina deputy gets in trouble for his relationship choices, a former small-town Pennsylvania police chief's heroin habit gets him in trouble, and more.
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The ex-president offered a dark and dreary vision of America as he called for the death penalty for drug dealers. (CC)
Senate Majority Leader Schumer's marijuana legalization bill gets two new cosponsors and a hearing tomorrow, a Cannabis Resource Center to promote equity in the industry launches in New York, and more.
Signature-gatherers are criss-crossing the Cowboy State for a pair of marijuana initiatives, the DEA uncharacteristically backs off from some new prohibitions, and more.
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The Rio Grande River marks the US-Mexico border in this remote region of Texas. Can you spot any spotters? (Pixabay)
Singapore is set to hang a drug offender today, Sensators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY) filed a bill to allow the terminally ill to use certain psychedelics, and more.
A Michigan detective goes to prison for peddling fentanyl, a Tennessee deputy is in trouble over a tricky scheme to get his hands on a vehicle seized in a drug bust, and more.
The history of drug prohibition is increasingly well-trodden territory, but with Opium's Orphans, British historian P.E. Caquet brings a fascinating new perspective embedded in a sweeping narrative and fortified with an erudite grasp of the broad global historical context.
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Weed will be on the Senate's mind next week. (Creative Commons)
Indonesia's Constitutional Court rejects medical marijuana but calls for "immediate" study, DC Mayor signs workplace protection bill for marijuana users, more.
There are marijuana reform rumblings in the Lone Star State, Ohio becomes the latest state to see a fentanyl test strip decriminalization bill, and more.
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The number of Americans injecting drugs increased five-fold in the past decade. (Creative Commons)
British Tories audition a new scheme for punishing drug users that effectively decriminalizes somebody's first two drug busts, a new study finds racial disparities in Pennsylvania marijuana arrests increasing, and more.