Vancouver's InSite safe injection site. Such facilities could be coming soon to some California cities. (vch.ca)
California is One Signature Away from Okaying Safe Injection Sites [FEATURE]
A bill legalizing safe injection sites has passed the California legislature and is now on the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
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Chronicle Book Review: American Cartel
This new entry in the growing literature on the opioid crisis digs deep and paints a picture that isn't pretty. But the book's laser-sharp focus on corporate and political malfeasance omits much of the context in which this crisis has unfolded, and that context is important.
This is what got Brittney Griner a nine year sentence.
Russian Court Sentences American Basketball Star Brittney Griner to Nine Years in Prison
Her sentence, if not the circumstances in which she came to face it, is unfortunately par for the course in the regressive Russian criminal justice system.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A small-town Pennsylvania got too friendly with the local drug dealer, a small-town Ohio cop probably wishes he had maintained domestic bliss, and more.
Psilocybin mushrooms. Legalizing them could be on the ballot in Medford, Oregon, this November. (Pixabay)
White House Preps for MDMA Therapy Approval, MO Legalization Init Could Come Up Short, More... (7/28/22)
South Dakota's first state-licensed medical marijuana dispensary opens, the FDA is moving toward approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, and more.
San Francisco could become the largest US city to decriminalize psychedelics. (Creative Commons)
AR Legalization Init Has Enough Signatures, UN Experts Criticize Singapore Drug Executions, More... (7/29/22)
Marijuana seizures at the US-Mexican border are down again, Colombia's Gulf Clan is escalating its attacks on police as it jockeys for position in upcoming negotations, and more.
Chicago officials handed out Narcan and fentanyl test strips at last weekend's Lollapalooza festival. (Creative Commons)
Poll Finds Support for Psychedelic Research for Military Members, Federal Marijuana Expungement Bill Filed, More... (8/1/22)
Last weekend's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago featured not only music but harm reduction measures, a new poll finds support for federal -- as opposed to state-level -- marijuana legalization, and more.
The Vancouver safe injection site. California cities could soon follow suit. (vch.ca)
CA Safe Injection Site Bill Goes to Governer, WV Cities and Counties Settle with Opioid Distributors, More... (8/2/22)
Louisiana police can no longer search homes based on the odor of marijuana without a warrant, there is good polling for marijuana legalization in Missouri, and more.
An Amsterdam cannabis "coffee shop." More shops like this are coming to California. (Creative Commons)
CA Marijuana Lounges Set to Expand, Coca Clashes in Bolivia, More... (8/3/22)
The country's largest federal workers' union wants an end to marijuana testing of employees in states where it is legal, Mexican cartel gunmen get in a shoot-out with the Guatemalan president's guards at a border village, and more.
Kentucky did not do it, but maybe the federal government can obtain justice for Breonna Taylor.
Feds Charge Four Louisville Cops in Fatal Breonna Taylor Drug Raid, Thai Cannabis Tourism, More... (8/4/22)
Arkansas election officials knock a marijuana legalization initiative off the ballot -- at least for now -- San Francisco's new DA cracks down on drug dealers, and more.
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