A parallel event to the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development takes on the future of the Philippines drug war now that Duterte is gone.
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Coca and cocaine production remained relatively stable at high levels last year. (Pixabay)
The NYPD reverses course on testing cops for marijuana, Colorado's governor signs an executive order protecting marijuana-using workers from discrimination, and more.
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Marijuana is on the agenda on Capitol Hill. (Creative Commons)
Some marijuana and psychedelic amendments have made it into a defense spending bill, Germany's Left Party is calling for drug decriminalization, and more.
DC's congressional delegate files an amendment to allow marijuana use in public housing in places where weed is legal, Connecticut hands out its first social equity marijuana growing licenses, and more.
Pennsylvania will provide some protections to banks and insurers doing business with pot companies, a Florida therapeutic psilocybin bill is filed, and more.
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The former president lauded China for executing drug offenders and suggested we should do the same. (Creative Commons)
It looks like they will be voting to free the weed in North Dakota this year, Customs officers nail a 5,000 load of methamphetamine near the Mexican border, and more.
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A Nebraska medical marijuana initaitive campaign faces nail-biting time after handing in signatures with very little cushion.
A federal circuit court puts the hurt on a Nebraska medical marijuana initiative, DC residents can now self-certify as medical marijuana patients, and more.
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The legislature didn't get a decrim bill done this year, but a new poll bodes well for the future. (Creative Commons)
A Nebraska medical marijuana initiative campaign is going down to the wire on signature-gathering, a Pennsylvania bill to protect patients from DUI charges advances, and more.
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President Biden is being pushed to deschedule marijuana via executive action. (whitehouse.gov)
The Nebraska medical marijuana initiative campaign is in a final frantic push to come up with additional signatures, the Oklahoma marijuana legalization initiative campaign hands in beaucoup signatures, and more.
The Ohio Supreme Court rejects a police backpack search for marijuana, the Massachusetts Senate has approved an asset forfeiture reform bill, and more.
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The safe injection site in Vancouver. Similar facilities could be coming soon to California cities. (vcha.ca)
North Carolina permanently legalizes hemp at the last minute, a Missoula, Montana, entheogen decriminalization resolution is withdrawn for lack of support, and more.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor writes for the majority. (Creative Commons)
A House committee has advanced an amendment to protect state-legal marijuana businesses, the DC city council votes to let adults "self-certify" for a medical marijuana card, and more.