Needle Exchange

President Biden issues a national security memorandum on fentanyl, the Philippine House of Representatives approves a medical marijuana bill, and more.

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

Washington state lawmakers vote to kill a 37 percent excise tax on medical marijuana, Nebraska lawmakers fail to override a veto of a needle exchange bill, and more.

A federal court in Vermont rules that the ADA does not protect medical marijuana patients, the drug czar says the cocaine trade remains a US priority, and more.

One Canadian province is moving backwards on harm reduction, the West Virginia legislature sends a bill legalizing drug test strips to the governor, and more.

More than 100,000 Show Me State residents have seen their pot bust records erased, a pair of conservative rural California counties move to end needle exchanges, and more.

There is a better, smarter, more humane way of dealing with the overdose crisis than a return to failed drug war policies.

The National Governors Association weighs in with a progressive, if limited, approach to dealing with drug overdoses.

Faced with having no drug possession law at all come July 1, the legislature came up with a compromise.

Minnesota is one Senate vote away from legalizing marijuana, the RESTORE Act gets reintroduced, and more.