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The SAFE Banking Act is back. Bipartisan legislation to increase public safety through statutorily authorizing state-legal marijuana businesses access to the financial sector was reintroduced in both the House and

An Oklahoma cop ripped off both the department and his fellow officers, an Arizona prison guard takes the whole family along for a smuggling trip, and more. In Warner

Senate Republicans play politics with a veterans' medical marijuana bill, and more. National Senate Republicans Block Veterans' Medical Marijuana Bill from Advancing. After a "spirited debate" in the

The Texas House gives preliminary approval to a marijuana decriminalization bill, Senate Republicans block a veterans' medical marijuana bill, and more. Marijuana Policy California Bill to Crack

A bipartisan bill addressing xylazine gets filed, Texas Republican senators block a fentanyl test strip bill, and more. Psychedelics Colorado Senate Advances Psychedelic Regulation Bill Without Local

Another year of no marijuana legalization for Louisiana, the European Union sanctions Syrian officials and entities for trafficking in a Middle Eastern amphetamine, and more. Marijuana Policy

Dispensaries are finally coming to Georgia (though product choice is limited), a trio of 4/20 week polls show continuing strong support for marijuana legalization, and more. Marijuana

As Saturday night turned into Sunday morning, Delaware became the 22 nd state to legalize marijuana. That is because Gov. John Carney (D), who is skeptical of legalization and who

There will be no marijuana law reform in Alabama this year, senior senators introduce a package of criminal justice reform bills, and more. Marijuana Policy Alabama Legislative

Dozens of advocacy groups urge the White House to end federal pot prohibition, Brazil's new president reinstalls civil society representatives on the national drug policy council, and more. [image:1 align:right

The end is in sight. After surviving a perilous passage through more than two dozen House and Senate committees, companion marijuana legalization bills, House File100 and Senate File 73 are

A federal bill to let vets use medical marijuana is back, a package of medical marijuana bills is moving in the Oklahoma House, and more. National Bipartisan Bill

A federal veterans' medical marijuana bill gets refiled, an Oklahoma fentanyl test strip bill advances, and more. Medical Marijuana Bipartisan Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana for Military Veterans

A Washington therapeutic psilocybin bill goes to the governor's desk, the Minnesota marijuana legalization bill is finally heading for House and Senate floor votes, and more. Marijuana

Canada's Supreme Court upholds a Quebec ban on home marijuana cultivation, the Illinois Senate approves bills deepening marijuana legalization, and more. Marijuana Policy Candidate Trump Suggests "Genetically

A bipartisan bill aims to lay the groundwork for federal marijuana legalization, Oregon naloxone access bills are moving, and more. Marijuana Policy Bipartisan Bill to Prepare for

Houston's DA tells the cops not to jail people for less than four grams of drugs, Washington's House votes to keep drug possession a misdemeanor, and more.

Marijuana Boom: The Rise and Fall of Colombia's First Drug Paradise by Lina Britto (2023, University of California Press, 332 pp., $29.95 PB) The first time I smoked Colombian

A Maryland bill blocking police searches based on the odor of marijuana is on the governor's desk, a Delaware bill to end civil asset forfeiture reform is filed, and more

A drug policy think tank releases a "toolkit" for avoiding a corporate takeover of the marijuana industry, the Texas House approves a fentanyl test strip legalization bill, and more. [image:1