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A signature-gathering deadline looms in Nebraska, DC does away with requiring a doctor's recommendation to buy medical marijuana, and more.
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A Colombian coca farmer. The country's truth commission is calling for big changes. (dea.gov)
No Drug Decrim Init in WA This Year, Colombia Truth Commission Calls for Legal, Regulated Drugs... (6/29/22)
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.
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Something good came out of the US Supreme Court on Monday. (Pixabay)
Supreme Court Rules for Crack Prisoners, CO Psychedelic Initiative Campaign Hands in Signatures, More... (6/28/22)
A major Swiss bank gets convicted of cocaine money laundering, a House committee wants a GAO report on federal psilocybin policy, and more.
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The Supreme Court holds prosecutors to a high standard on charging doctors over prescribing. (Pixabay)
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of "Pill Mill" Docs, UN Human Rights Experts Call for End to Drug War, More... (6/27/22)
Drug charges account for nearly one-third of all federal criminal prosecutions, Pakistan moves toward licensing medical and industrial cannabis production, Spain moves toward medical marijuana sales, and more.
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Marijuana Banking Protections Again Excluded from Spending Bill, House Approves Easing Bupe Access, More.... (6/24/22)
The Mississippi Supreme Court upholds a black man's life sentence for marijuana possession, a Senate committee clears the way for people who have used marijuana to get jobs in the intelligence community, and more.
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Despite an announced Taliban ban on opium, sales are continuing at the market in Helmand. (UNODC)
NE MedMJ Initiative Signature Deadline Looms, Swiss Ease Medical Marijuana Access, More... (6/23/22)
North Carolina House Republicans are blocking a medical marijuana bill that has already passed the Senate, opium sales continue at an Afghanistan opium market despite a Taliban ban, and more.
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Colombia's next president, Gustavo Petro (Creative Commons)
Leftist Former Guerrilla and Drug War Critic Gustavo Petro Wins Colombian Presidency [FEATURE]
A new day dawns in Colombia.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
An Iowa deputy's pill habit got way out of control, a Pennsylvania cop gets in trouble for letting a drug gang use his apartment as a stash house, and more.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana legislation gets thwarted in North Carolina, a governor's medical marijuana committee gets going in Kentucky, and more.
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LA Governor Signs MedMJ Bills, KY Governor's MedMJ Committee Meets, More... (6/22/22)
The US Supreme Court declines to overturn a Minnesota ruling that employers don't have to compensate workers for medical marijuana use related to on-the-job injuries, a Kentucky committee to plot a path foward on medical marijuana meets, and more.
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Prescription herion (diamorphine). Supplies are running low in Great Britain. (Creative Commons)
TX GOP Opposes Marijuana Legalization, British Prescription Heroin Shortage, More... (6/21/22)
Pennsylvania takes a step toward legalizing fentanyl test strips, Thailand moves to block minors from using marijuana or hemp, and more.
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Brazil Court Okays MedMJ Home Grows, NC MedMJ Bill Stalled, More... (6/15/22)
The North Carolina Compassionate Use Act is stuck in the House, the European Union's drug monitor reports increasing drug production on the continent, and more.
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Nebraska initiative campaigners catch a break, the Arkansas Supreme Court has some harsh words for regulators, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A New Mexico cop gets popped for using drugs to lure potential mates, a Texas deputy partied too hearty, a Minneapolis cop goes away for stealing drugs during bogus traffic
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The push is on once again for medical marijuana in the Cornhusker State. (Creative Commons)
OR Bans Sale of Artificial Cannabinoids, NE MedMJ Initiative Wins Key Federal Court Ruling, More... (6/14/22)
Polling suggests that if a Nebraska medical marijuana can make the ballot, it can win easily; the Arkansas Supreme Court reams that state's medical marijuaan regulators, and more. [image:1 align:right
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Up to a gram of cocaine (and other drugs) could be decriminalized in Australia's New South Wales. (Pixabay)
Germany Takes First Steps Toward Legal Weed, Australia's NSW AG Calls for Drug Decriminalization, More... (6/13/22)
Brazil's annual march for marijuana is back, a bill legalizing medical marijuana just landed in the Ukrainian parliament, and more. International Australia's New South Wales Attorney General
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A Colombian coca farmer. Are drones coming for his crop? (DEAmuseum.org)
Australian Capital Territory Decriminalizes Drug Possession, Malaysia Ends Mandatory Death Penalties, More... (6/10/22)
The State Department is looking for drones to spray Colombian coca crops, Thailand begins handing out a million marijuana plants, and more. Foreign Policy US Wants to
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Chicago Expands Drug Diversion Program, Thailand Marijuana Legalization Now in Effect, More... (6/9/22)
Nominees to the US Sentencing Commission vowed to the Senate Judicary Committee that they would implement reforms in the First Step Act, Ukraine moves to allow medical marijuana, and more
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Delaware Lawmakers Fail to Override Governor's Marijuana Legalization Veto [FEATURE]
Delaware marijuana legalization supporters suffered a bitter defeat this week. They had seen a legalization bill, House Bill 371, pass the legislature with a veto-proof majority, only to see the
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A North Carolina medical marijuana bill is moving, a Louisiana bill to protect medical marijuana-using state employees goes to the governor, and more. Louisiana Louisiana Bill to Protect