Mississippians are still waiting on that legislative special session to get medical marijuana approved, Nebraska activists have begun signature gathering for a linked pair of medical marijuana initiatives, and more.
A proposed Michigan bill would let community-based organization dispense the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone. (CC)
A crack appears in Pennsylvania Republicans' opposition to legalizing marijuana, that DEA agent killed in Tucson on Monday died enforcing pot prohibition, and more.
Not only the cultivation and possession but also the sharing of natural psychedelics is decriminalized in Seattle. (CC)
The Philippine government tries to look like it is doing something about human rights abuses in its drug war, Bolivian coca grower factions continue to clash, Seattle decriminalizes natural psychedelics and more.
Denver. As legal marijuana production hits a record, an initiative would increase taxes to help educate kids. (Creative Commons)
A bipartisan group of leading senators files a bill to ensure that low-level federal crack prisoners get the same shot at retroactive sentence reductions as other crack offenders, a Colorado initiative would increase pot taxes to fund educational programs for low-income kids, and more.
Afghan opium prices are up as actors worry about a Taliban ban on the poppy. (UNODC)
The city of Raleigh pays out to people framed and jailed on drug charges, civil rights and drug reform groups criticize inclusion of fentanyl analog scheduling in stopgap spending bill, and more.
Marijuana legalization is advancing in the Congress. (Creative Commons)
Mississippi's Republican governor says a special session to deal with medical marijuana is coming soon, a South Dakota medical marijuana subcommittee votes to undo the patient home grow provision approved by voters, and more.
Mississippi is moving toward a legislative special session to implement medical marijuana, Connecticut patients are now able to grow their own medicine, and more.
A crack cocaine user. Harsh federal crack penalties fell disproportionately on the Black community. (Creative Commons)