The vaping crisis has impelled two more states to restrict marijuana vaping products, Mexican cartel gunmen kill 14 police in a bloody ambush, and more.
A new study deflates one of the leading worries of marijuana legalization foes, the state of Texas abruptly quits taking medical marijuana dispensary applications, and more.
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Marijuana social equity organizations are keeping the pressure on Congress to not stop with merely a banking bill. (CC)
HHS comes out with new guidelines for physicians on tapering patients off opioids, marijuana social equity advocates keep the pressure on Congress, Tulsi Gabbard calls for drug decriminalization, and more.
Two UN agencies report that US airstrikes on Afghan drug labs were illegal and killed civilians, a Michigan roadside drug testing pilot program has now gone statewide, and more.
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Mexico's congress is set to vote on a marijuana legalization bill this month. (Creative Commons)
Nevada sees its first "cannabis tasting room," a New York poll finds continuing support for marijuana legalization amidst the vaping scare, British drug policy upheavals, and more.
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Coca production is spiking along the Peru-Bolivia border. (dea.gov)
The Trump administration allows states to demand drug tests for laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits, a Florida marijuana legalization initiative's signature gathering campaign is off to a fast start, and more.
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At the InSite safe injection site in Vancouver. Could a similar facility be coming to Philadelphia? (vch.ca)
A federal judge hands a preliminary legal victory to proponents of a Philadelphia safe injection site, hundreds of cannabis industry figures call on Congress to deschedule marijuana as a means of grappling with the vaping crisis, and more.
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Ayahuasca-inspired art. The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled the substance illegal. (Pinterest)
Los Angeles sees the nation's first legal cannabis cafe, the Arizona pot legalization initiative draws industry opposition, the Justice Department says DEA didn't adequately regulate opioid manufacturing, and more.
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Cocaine. Peru's potential cocaine production "remains elevated," the drug czar's office said.
Marijuana arrests nationwide increased last year despite spreading legalization, a California psilocbyn decriminalization initiative has been filed, and more.
The feds are homing in on THC products as the vaping crisis intensifies, a Virginia poll shows a rapid increase in support for marijuana legalization there, Indianapolis says bye-bye to small-time pot prosecutions, and more.
A rapey reserve officer is in hot water in Louisiana, an NYPD officer who moonlighted as a bodyguard for El Chapo's wife gets nailed in a sting, an Indiana hospital cop gets caught with his fingers in the pain pill jar, and more.
Massachusetts regulators approve cannabis cafes and home delivery, a key congressman pledges continuing support for broad marijuana reforms, Australia's capital city legalizes pot possession, and more.