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Medical Marijuana Update
A Pennsylvania medical marijuana expansion bill heads to the governor's desk, a Delaware medical marijuana expansion bill gets filed, and more.
The Middle Eastern amphetamine Captagon. (narcanon.us)
UN General Assembly Synthetic Drugs Resolution, Jordan Strikes Drug Smugglers in Syria, More... (12/19/23)
Presumed drug gangs kill a dozen people at a Christmas party in Mexico, Peruvian coca farmers are blamed for killing an indigenous leader, and more.
November brought some hope with the release of Philippine former senator Leila de Lima (protest photo from Feb. 2018)
The Top Ten International Drug Policy Stories of 2023 [FEATURE]
There were signs of progress on the global drug policy front in 2023, but drug war brutality endures.
Reforming Global Drug Policy
Our global drug policy reform program advocates broad drug policy objectives, and supremacy of human rights vs. drug control in the UN treaty system.
Human Rights and Rule of Law
Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo recorded a powerful video criticizing extrajudicial killings in President Duterte's drug war, for our March 2017 UN side event. It ran first on TIME.com. Duterte allies tried unsuccessfully to impeach her for it.
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CO Gun Rights for Pot Users Initiative Filed, DE MedMJ Bill Filed, More... (12/18/23)
The parties in a lawsuit over the constitutionality of imposing federal pot prohibition in legal marijuana states agree to an extension, an Italian petition drive to force parliament to take up marijuana legalization is underway, and more.
Dozens of pregnant Oklahoma women have been prosecuted for using medical marijuana. (Creative Commons)
OK Supreme Court Asked to Block Prosecutions of MedMJ-Using Pregnant Women, More... (12/15/23)
Maryland's governor orders a bureaucratic reshuffling in a bid to stem the overdose crisis, a fentanyl and xylazine testing bill heads to the Pennsylvania governor's desk, and more.
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PA MedMJ Permit Expansion Bill Goes to Governor, KY Ponders Ibogaine for Opioid Treatment, More... (12/14/23)
The Ohio legislature's effort to revise the voter-approved marijuana legalization law will not get done this year, the Kansas Republican Senate leader says he is open to medical marijuana, and more.
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The Top Ten Domestic Drug Policy Stories of 2023 [FEATURE]
Another year has come and gone, and cannabis still remains federally illegal. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly in drug reform this year.
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