Medical Marijuana Update
The Arkansas medical marijuana expansion initiative gets thrown off the ballot, Kansas cops are -- gasp! -- not for medical marijuana, and more.
State & Local Legislatures
MDMA. Lykos Therapeutics met with the FDA about moving forward with new Phase III trials after the agency rejected earllier ones. (Creative Commons)
KS Cops Warn Against Medical Marijuana, Lykos Had "Productive" FDA Meeting, More... (10/22/24)
The bloody fight between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel now threatens to bring down the governor of the state, and more.
Mexican lime producers are being targeted by drug cartels that want to expand their extortionate operations. (Creative Commons)
Kamala Harris Says She Will Federally Legalize Marijuana, NJ Hemp Conundrum, More... (10/14/24)
The Mexican federal government has sent hundreds of troops into the country's lime-producing heartland to help growers fend off drug cartels, and more.
Psilocybin mushrooms are getting a lot of attention in state legislatures these days. (Greenoid/Flickr)
AZ MJ-Using Drivers Must Be Impaired to Face DUI, NJ Therapeutic Psilocybin Bill Advances, More... (10/10/24)
A Minnesota task force recommends decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms, New Hampshire lawmakers reject therapeutic psychedelics bill, and more.
Pittsburgh. The city council has just approved an ordinance barring job discrimination against medical marijuana patients.
Pittsburgh Bars Job Discrimination Against MedMJ Patients, Czech Marijuana Legalization Draft Released, More... (9/24/24)
The death toll keeps rising in Sinaloa Cartel factional fighting, Germany's move to legal marijuana commerce is increasingly in doubt, and more.
Harvesting coca crops in Colombia. The Segunda Marquetalia guerrilla faction has imposed peace in Narino. (DEAMuseam.net)
DEA Increases Quotas for Psychedelic Research, Sinaloa Cartel Infighting Death Toll Rises, More... (9/23/24)
New Hampshire lawmakers are already rolling out marijuana reform proposals for next year, peace has come -- at least for now -- to a troubled Colombian coca-producing province, and more.
A peaceful scene in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexican. Things are not so peaceful these days. (Creative Commons)
Japan to Punish Pot Use with Up to Seven Years in Prison, NE MedMJ Inits Certified for Ballot, More... (9/13/24)
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has filed a marijuana legalization bill in Pennsylvania, the Mexican city of Culiacan is at a standstill amid fears of intra-cartel clashes, and more.
The Tennessee Supreme Court upholds a search based on a drug dog's hit on a backpack, even though the dog can't tell weed from hemp. (Creative Commons)
FDA Approves Early-Stage Trials of Psychelic "Moxy," Oregon Study on Decrim and Overdoses, More... (9/5/24)
Wisconsin tribes are mobilizing for medical marijuana, the Tennessee Supreme Court rules that even though drug dogs can't distinguish hemp from weed, a sniff can still be probable cause for a search, and more.
A new day dawns in Oregon, but it's a return to the drug policies that have failed for the past century. (Creative Commons)
OR Law Recriminalizing Drug Possession Now in Effect [FEATURE]
The country's first experiment with state-level decriminalization of drug possession is over, but what will change -- other than more drug arrests?
Oregon State Capitol
OR Drug Decrim Ends, Nebraska Initiatives Qualify for Ballot, More... (9/3/24)
The Kamala Harris campaign slams Trump for "brazen flip-flopping" on marijuana after he says he'll vote for Florida initiative, a paired set of Nebraska medical marijuana initiatives has qualified for the ballot, and more.