This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
An Arkansas cop gets caught slinging dope in uniform and a West Virginia federal prison guard breaks bad.
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South Dakota's Badlands. The state may not be such a bad land for pot smokers after November. (Creative Commons)
NY Medicinal Psilocybin Bill Filed, NH Marijuana Legalization Bill Amended Again, More... (5/22/24)
Alaska lawmakers have approved a bill that would increase workplace saliva drug testing, a South Dakota marijuana legalization initiative appears poised to appear on the November ballot, and more.
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Magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics will be the subject of a Maryland task force studying how to make them available. (Creative Commons)
CA Assembly Approves Marijuana Cafes, MD Governor Signs Psychedelic Task Force Bills, More... (5/21/24)
A Louisiana bill to prepare for marijuana legalization is killed, a New Hampshire bill to legalize marijuana is facing objections in the House, and more.
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A .50 caliber Remington rifle. An emerging favorite of Mexican cartels, it can take down a helicopter. (Remington)
Trump Demands Biden Take Drug Test, Chicago DA Goes After Pretextual Traffic Stops, More... (5/20/24)
A trio of harm reduction bills are still alive in Illinois as the legislative session ticks toward a close on Friday, a trio of congressional Democrats files a bill restricting .50 caliber weapons, and more.
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No therapeutic magic mushrooms for you, California, not this year after a bill dies in the Senate. (Creative Commons)
NH Senate Approves Legal Pot Bill, CA Psychedelics Bill Dies, More... (5/17/24)
Yet another poll has a strong national majority for marijuana legalization, employment drug test cheating is at record high levels, and more.
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Libyan militiamen posing with seized drugs and prisoners. A clash with smugglers in the desert left three Brigade 444 members dead. (Brigade 444)
Biden DOJ Moves on Marijuana Rescheduling, UN Says Afghan Opium Production Plummets, More... (5/16/24)
Prohibition-related violence leaves three militiamen dead in Libya and 11 villagers dead in Mexico, and more.
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Chronicle Book Review: The Suburban Crisis
Trying to deal with car culture kids in the post-World War II Los Angeles suburbs laid the groundwork for the war on drugs.
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The CDC says drug overdose deaths are now declining, but there were still more than 107,000 fatal ODs last year. (Creative Commons)
Drug OD Deaths Decline for First Time in Five Years, DEA Cases Continue to Fall, More... (5/15/24)
Opium production is seeing a resurgence in conflict-riddled Myanmar, Nebraska medical marijuana petitioners reach a preliminary milestone, and more.
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The Buckeye State will soon, finally, have places to buy marijuana legally for all adults.
Ohio Lawmakers Clear Way for Legal Pot Sales, Saudis Execute Two Drug Smugglers, More... (5/14/24)
A House panel wants to do away with drug testing military recruits for weed, Minnesota sees tens of thousands of marijuana expungements, and more.
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Mifeprestone, an abortion-inducing drug. Louisiana could become the first state to make it a controlled substance. (Genbiopro)
Louisiana Bill Would Make Abortion Drugs Controlled Substances, NY Marijuana Overhaul, More... (5/13/24)
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's (R) losing streak continues, Mexico is slow-walking visas for DEA agents, and more.
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Xyzaline, also known as "tranq." It will soon be a controlled substance in Pennsylvania. (Creative Commons)
DEA Releases Annual Threat Assessment, PA Set to Ban Xylazine, More... (5/10/24)
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) gets banned from a fifth Native American reservation over her cartel comments, 18 are dead in prohibition-related violence in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, and more.
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The Supreme Court rejects a call for faster asset forfeiture hearings in two cases where cars were seized for offenses the owners did not commit. (CC)
NH Pot Legalization Bill Still Lives, Deadly Bomb Strikes Taliban Opium Eradicators, More... (5/9/24)
Mayor Eric Adams (D) is heralding a crackdown on illicit pot shops in New York City, the Supreme Court demurs on faster hearings in asset forfeiture cases, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A hundred grand in drug money is missing from a narcotics office in Pennsylvania, a Wisconsin cop cops to forging signatures in a drug investigation, and more.
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Natural psychedelics could be on the ballot in Massachusetts in November. (Greenoid/Flickr)
Delaware Releases Draft Rules for Legal Pot Commerce, New Zealand Call for Drug Legalization, More... (5/7/24)
A proposed psychedelic initiative is now drawing organized opposition in Massachusetts, a psychedelic study bill is moving in Vermont, and more.
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In Afghan fields, the poppies no longer grow, and the peasants are not happy. (UNODC)
Pot Use Among Workers at "Historic" High, Afghanistan Opium Eradication Clashes, More... (5/6/24)
Minnesota lawmakers are working to expedite the arrival of legal marijuana, voters in the West Texas city of Lubbock resoundingly rejected marijuana decriminalization, and more.
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US Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has gone on a reefer rant. Chill, Bill. (Senate.gov)
VT Senate Approves Safe Injection Site Bill, CT House Approves Bill to Regulate Cannabis Products, More... (5/3/24)
A Republican US senator from Tennessee engages in some Reefer Madness, a safe injection site in Burlington, Vermont, is one step closer to happening, and more.
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The Rio Grande River marks the US-Mexico border in Texas. Mexican troops are now deployed nearby. (Creative Commons)
No MedMJ for South Carolina This Year, Mexico Deploys Troops to Border Amid Cartel Clashes, More... (5/2/24)
A House panel advances a bill aimed at therapeutic psychedelics for military veterans, a South Carolina committee chair pronounces a medical marijuana bill dead, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A former Border Patrol agent heads for federal prison and a Kentucky corrections officer gets busted in Oklahoma. Let's get to it.
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A marijuana legalization bill from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and allies was filed today. (Creative Commons)
Senate Democrats File Federal Legalization Bill, Push to Expand Organic Grow Program, More... (5/1/24)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and allies have refiled the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act and a leading certifier of organic, regenerative pot farms seeks to expand.
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DEA to Reschedule Marijuana -- Weed World Reacts [FEATURE]
The DEA is moving to reschedule marijuana, but the industry and reformers say that is not enough.