A new federal bill uses drugs and terrorism to take aim at tech companies' liability protections, a new Wyoming bill would ban smokable hemp and most CBD products, and more.
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There's now a field manual for people who want to challenge psychedelic criminalization at the local level. (Creative Commons)
The battle over medical marijuana in Mississippi is heating up, a proposed 2022 Oklahoma marijuana legalization initiative has to go back to the drawing board, and more.
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Trump claims with no evidence that Biden must be on performance-enhancing drugs. (Creative Commons)
Medical marijuana via telemedicine could be coming soon to New Jersey, medical marijuana via the ballot box could be coming to Nebraska in 2022, and more.
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Police in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. (AdamChandler86/Creative Commons)
East Bay CA County Won't Prosecute for Drug Possession, OR Democrats go all in for drug decriminalization and therapeutic psilocybin initiatives, and more.
A Vermont legal marijuana commerce bill goes to the governor, Michael Bloomberg has paid the fines of 32,000 felons in Florida so they can vote this year, and more.
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Marijuana legalization and medical marijuana initiatives are polling well. If they can win in South Dakota... (CC)
A Texas judge has temporarily lifted a ban on smokable hemp, the Ann Arbor city council approves a resolution effectively decriminalizing plant-based psychedelics, and more.
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Cocaine is driving US policy toward Colombia, and the illicit trade is sparking violence and calls for reform. (Pixabay)
People with small-time marijuana possession convictions in New York state can now move to get them expunged, Secretary of State Pompeo promises more anti-drug aid for Colombia, and more.
There will be no House voe on marijuana legalization until after the election, Vermont lawmakers reach agreement on regulated legal marijuana sales, British Columbia moves to expand access to a "safe supply" of drugs to replace street drugs, and more.
Despite marijuana legalization, Black DC residents still make up 90% of pot arrestees; human rights groups challenge a pending drug execution, and more.
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Drug war victim Breonna Taylor. Her family has settled with the city of Louisville. (Taylor family)
There is a landmark settlement in the killing of Breonna Taylor, the federal government hints at a move toward the use of hair follicle testing for federal employees, and more.
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Bills seeking to declare a national methamphetamine emergency have been filed in both the House and Senate. (DEA.gov)
The Nebraska Supreme Court blocks the state from voting on a medical marijuana initiative, both houses of the Virginia legislature pass marijuana expungement bills, and more.