Minnesota's most populous county moves to help--not prosecute--drug-using pregnant women, a Florida bill would protect medical marijuana-using public employees, and more.
San Francisco's mean streets just got a little meaner. (Creative Commons)
A Florida court has ruled in favor of a worker who uses medical marijuana, Hawaii's governor issues an executive order to protect medical marijuana caregivers, and more.
An Amsterdam cannabis coffee shop. We should start seeing something similar in California this year. (Creative Commons)
A new poll from the conservative Manhattan Institute shows strong support for marijuana legalization, European Union experts meet to ponder what do to about drug trafficking, and more.
Myanmar is now once again the world's leading opium producer even though production declined slightly from last year. (UNODC)
The corporate strategic consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay hundreds of millions for its role in creating the prescription opioid addiction epidemic, and more.
President Biden issued more than 1,500 clemencies and pardons today. (Creative Commons)
The House passes a defense spending bill without a provision to bar the marijuana testing of military recruits, New York regulators issue more legal pot business licenses, and more.
A Utah DHS agent gets nailed for using a snitch to sell seized bath salts, an Iowa deputy heads to prison for stealing dope from the evidence room and breaking into pharmacies to get more, and more.