Down OM Farm's Daniel Fink on the job. (Down OM) Trying to Grow Pot Right is a Real Fight [FEATURE] Mom-and-pop legal marijuana farmers trying to grow in the most Earth-friendly fashion face many obstacles, but they keep on keepin' on.
The streets in Portland are going to get a little meaner once police can go back to arresting drug users. (Creative Commons) In Bold Step Backward, OR Lawmakers Vote to Recriminalize Drug Possession [FEATURE] Oregon's experiment with drug decriminalization has been killed in its crib. All that is left is for the governor to perform the last rites.
Germany's "traffic light" coalition is set to move on limited marijuana legalization on Friday. (Pixabay) Germany's Parliament Votes for Marijuana Legalization Today [FEATURE] There will be no commercial sales, but home cultivation and cannabis social clubs will be permitted.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is just the latest Republican to beat the war drums against the cartels. (Creative Commons) Tom Cotton Files Bill to "Eliminate the Jalisco Cartel Leadership" [FEATURE] Yet more bellicose posturing on drugs from the Grand Old Party.
There is a better way to grow marijuana. Ask Rebel Farm. (rebelfarm.org) East Coast Sees First Certified Regenerative Organic Marijuana Operation [FEATURE] A movement toward sustainable, regenerative, organic cannabis cultivation that began on the West Coast is now on the East Coast.
A Sri Lankan beach. There is trouble in paradise. (Creative Commons) Sri Lanka Drug War Sees Tens of Thousands Arrested in Weeks [FEATURE] A nasty drug war is brewing in this island nation off the coast of India.
Is legal weed about to come to the Aloha State? Hawaii Attorney General Grudgingly Offers Draft Marijuana Legalization Bill [FEATURE] The Hawaii attorney general's office opposes marijuana legalization but sees the writing on the wall.
Lee Sun-Kyun in happier times. (Kinocine/Creative Commons) South Korea Drug Crackdown Claims Life of Renowned "Parasite" Actor [FEATURE] South Korea's policy of strict abstinence from drugs takes a toll.
November brought some hope with the release of Philippine former senator Leila de Lima (protest photo from Feb. 2018) The Top Ten International Drug Policy Stories of 2023 [FEATURE] There were signs of progress on the global drug policy front in 2023, but drug war brutality endures.
drug dealing pixabay_0.jpg The Top Ten Domestic Drug Policy Stories of 2023 [FEATURE] Another year has come and gone, and cannabis still remains federally illegal. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly in drug reform this year.