Medical Marijuana

Colombian troops dismantling the coca and cocaine complex in Norte de Santander. (cgfm.mil.co)

NC Senate Approves MedMJ, DE House Approves Expedited Adult-Use Sales Bill, More... (6/20/24)

The Colombian Army has raided a coca- and cocaine-processing complex in Norte de Santander just as it has raided countless complexes before in its fruitless quest to repress the cocaine trade, and more.

Medical Marijuana Update

Mississippi patients are going to catch a break starting next month, and more.

Mississippi medical marijuana patients will be able to make fewer visits to the dispensary now. (Creative Commons)

White House Opposes Ban on Pot Testing Military Recruits, MS MedMJ Patients Catch a Break, More... (6/12/24)

New York's legal marijuana retailers will be able to permanently put on farmers markets--if the governor signs the bill--and more.

A cannabis cafe in Amsterdam. Soon we could see something similar in California. (Creative Commons)

Central New York Bad Dope Warning, CA Cannabis Cafe Bill Advances, More... (6/11/24)

Facing a court challenge, the DEA cancels an administrative hearing on its proposed ban of two psychedelic substances; a new poll suggests the Florida legal weed initiative will win, and more.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has vetoed a controversial hemp bill. (fl.gov)

FL Gov Vetoes Hemp Bill, Dutch Panel Recommends MDMA for PTSD, More... (6/10/24)

Connecticut expands its list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, an Illinois bill ending mandatory reporting of positive newborn drug tests to law enforcement goes to the governor, and more.

Medical marijuana patient Marc Fogel has been imprisoned in Russia for the past three years for possessing a half-ounce of weed. (KDKA screenshot)

NH Conferees Reach Agreement on Pot Legalization Bill, NC Tribe OKs Adult-Use Pot Sales, More... (6/6/24)

The Senate has passed a resolution demanding Russia free imprisoned Pennsylvania medical marijuana patient Marc Fogel, and more.

Could the longstanding congressional ban on DC pot sales be coming to an end? (Creative Commons)

House Panel Removes Ban on DC Pot Sales, SD Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization in November, More... (6/4/24)

House and Senate conferees in New Hampshire are trying to hammer out a compromise to save a marijuana legalization bill, Ohio prepares for its first legal pot shop applicants, and more.

More than 17 million Americans are toking up on a daily or near-daily basis--more than are drinking alcohol regularly. (IRIN)

Study Finds More Americans Using Pot Daily Than Booze, LA House Approves Making Abortion Drugs Controlled Substances, More... (5/23/24)

A Massachusetts bill to create a study group on therapeutic psychedelics for veterans advances, a Colorado city kills its needle exchange program, and more.

Magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics will be the subject of a Maryland task force studying how to make them available. (Creative Commons)

CA Assembly Approves Marijuana Cafes, MD Governor Signs Psychedelic Task Force Bills, More... (5/21/24)

A Louisiana bill to prepare for marijuana legalization is killed, a New Hampshire bill to legalize marijuana is facing objections in the House, and more.

The CDC says drug overdose deaths are now declining, but there were still more than 107,000 fatal ODs last year. (Creative Commons)

Drug OD Deaths Decline for First Time in Five Years, DEA Cases Continue to Fall, More... (5/15/24)

Opium production is seeing a resurgence in conflict-riddled Myanmar, Nebraska medical marijuana petitioners reach a preliminary milestone, and more.

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