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A bill to establish the East Coast's first psychedelic medicine center is moving in Connecticut, Utah's Republican governor signs a psychedelic research bill, and more. Marijuana Policy

A spate of fatal pot shop robberies in Washington is leading to calls to pass the SAFE Act, the Mexican military sends reinforcements to Nuevo Laredo amidst continuing clashes, and

Transforming the War on Drugs: Warriors, Victims and Vulnerable Regions edited by Annette Idler and Juan Carlos Garzon Vergara (2021, Oxford University Press, 584 pp., $34.95 PB) If you

Another fairly quiet week on the medical marijuana front, with actions in just two states. Georgia Georgia House, Senate Pass Separate Medical Marijuana Bills. The House approved a

Rhode Island lawmakers are trying to thrash out agreement on a marijuana legalization bill, the Marijuana Policy Project releases a report on the states lagging behind on marijuana reform, and

A New Hampshire marijuana legalization bill takes another key step toward passage, there's a push for drug decriminalization in Maine, and more. Marijuana Policy New Hampshire House

A suburban Atlanta prosecutor's big to clamp down on Delta-8 THC products runs into a judicial roadblock, the University of Michigan SSDP chapter is spearheading a municipal drug decriminalizaiton resolution

Medical marijuana bills advance in Georgia and Kentucky, Honduras' former " narcopresidente" is a step closer to being extradited to the United States on drug charges, and more. [image:1 align:left

The Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus appropriations bill signed into law by President Biden on Tuesday has drug reform and civil rights groups fuming over both what was left out and

We've got a real rogue's gallery of crooked cops this week, with a California cop wrecking his car while on meth and fentanyl, a Philadelphia cop extorting sex and selling

South Dakota lawmakers move to restrict the number of plants patients may grow, and more. Kentucky Kentucky Medical Marijuana Bill Advances . The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday

Georgia cops will pay for a misbegotten massive pot bust, the US and Russia criticize each other in remarks at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, and more. [image:1

Mexico is sending more trips to fight cartel violence in the state of Jalisco, the head of the WHO speaks out about unneccessary suffering due to lack of access to

Congressional Democrats gathered in Philadelphia last Thursday to talk about marijuana legalization, the Washington legislature has approved $200,000 for psilocying research, and more. Marijuana Policy Democrats Elevate

A medical marijuana bill advances in Kentucky, congressional negotiators have slashed harm reduction funding in the final appropriations bill of the year, and more. Marijuana Policy Delaware

A Missouri marijuana legalization bill gets a hearing, a Maryland drug decriminalization gets one, too, and more. Marijuana Policy Missouri Marijuana Legalization Bill Gets Hearing. A bill

This piece was written for Drug War Chronicle by criminal justice reporter Clarence Walker, [email protected]. What happens if an unsuspecting citizen finds a police-installed GPS tracking device attached beneath his

The Washington Post has a major piece on police misconduct payouts, an expungement bill advances in California, and more. Marijuana Policy Poll: Two Thirds of Americans Want

Oklahoma Republicans move to take on what they see as an out of control medical marijuana system, Afghan farmers are planting more opium poppies this year, and more. [image:1 align:right

Bills to produce marijuana-consuming workers advance in Illinois and DC, an Idaho bill to require drug tests for substitute school teachers is killed, and more. Marijuana Policy