Drug War Chronicle #1149 - January 20, 2022
New York City's Plans to Install Naloxone Vending Machines [FEATURE]
New York City opened safe injection sites in December, and now it is moving to have naloxone vending machines operating across the city by February.
Medical Marijuana Update
Mississippi lawmakers are moving to pass a medical marijuana bill more than a year after voters at the polls said they wanted it, a bipartisan pair of Florida lawmakers are seeking to tighten regulations around Delta-8, and more.
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
An NYPD sergeant made a bad choice of a boyfriend, a Houston constable made a bad choice to escort what he thought was a load of dope, and more.
![Austin voters are nearly set to vote on a municipal marijuana decriminalization initiative in May. (Creative Commons) Austin voters are nearly set to vote on a municipal marijuana decriminalization initiative in May. (Creative Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/Austin%20creative%20commons_1.jpg?itok=Prlw5ANC)
Austin voters are nearly set to vote on a municipal marijuana decriminalization initiative in May. (Creative Commons)
Global Coalition to Internationally Reschedule Psilocybin, Mississippi Medical Marijuana Bill, More... (1/12/22)
A Florida bill seeks to make it easier to prosecute drug overdoses as murders, an Austin initiative to decriminalize marijuana possession has enough signatures to qualify for the May ballot, and more.
![Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R). Will the Senate's modified medical marijuana bill be good enough for him? (ms.gov) Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R). Will the Senate's modified medical marijuana bill be good enough for him? (ms.gov)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/Tate-Reeves-scaled.jpg%20nga%20%282%29_1.jpg?itok=T-VTwghH)
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R). Will the Senate's modified medical marijuana bill be good enough for him? (ms.gov)
MS Senate Approves MedMJ Bill, Italy Marijuana and Psilocybin Referendum Has Needed Signatures, More... (1/13/22)
Florida Democratic lawmakers urge the Republican legislature to pass a marijuana legalization bill, an Oklahoma Republica lawmaker wants to tighten up the state's medical marijuana law, and more.
![A bomb dropped from a drone explodes as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel attacks its rivals in Michoacan. (Twitter) A bomb dropped from a drone explodes as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel attacks its rivals in Michoacan. (Twitter)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/Mexico%20drone.jpg?itok=d7WPstol)
A bomb dropped from a drone explodes as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel attacks its rivals in Michoacan. (Twitter)
Mexico Cartel Drone Bombs Rivals, Vermont Drug Decriminalization Bill, More... (1/14/22)
Ohio marijuana legalization campaigners take a second stab at coming up with enough signatures for their initiated statute, Virginia lawmakers file bills to defelonize peyote and psilocybin mushrooms, and more.
NJ Governor Signs Syringe Access Expansion Bills, Thailand to Decriminalize Marijuana, More... (1/18/22)
It's January, and the marijuana bills are coming fast and furious, a Utah bill would create a psychedelic therapy task force, and more.
![Black men are dying of drug overdoses at a rate higher than any other demographic group. (Creative Commons) Black men are dying of drug overdoses at a rate higher than any other demographic group. (Creative Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/Drug-Overdose-280x212_32.jpg?itok=1Kj09tSJ)
Black men are dying of drug overdoses at a rate higher than any other demographic group. (Creative Commons)
Overdose Surge Hits Black Men the Hardest, Austin No-Knock Raid Ban and Decrim Inits, More... (1/19/22)
The prospects for home marijuana gardens in the Garden State grow dim, black men are bearing the brunt of the fatal overdose crisis, and more.
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