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House Marijuana Legalization Bill to Get Judiciary Committee Vote This Week, Seattle Psychedelics, More… (9/27/21)
Marijuana PolicyMassachusetts lawmakers take up safe injection site and drug decriminalization bills during a virtual hearing today, Connecticut medical marijuana patients will be able to…
Smartphone sensor data has potential to detect cannabis intoxication
A smartphone sensor, much like what is used in GPS systems, might be a way to determine whether or not someone is intoxicated after consuming…
House Passes Defense Spending Bill With Pot Banking Provisions, AR Pot Init Campaign Gets Underway, More… (9/24/21)
Mississippians may get a medical marijuana program afterall, the House defense spending bill includes marijuana banking provisions, and more.Marijuana PolicyHouse Passes Defense Spending…
Meth Deaths Were on Rise Before Pandemic, Scotland Moves Toward "De Facto" Drug Decriminalization, More… (9/23/21)
Violence continues in Colombia's coca producing regions, marijuana researchers appeal a US 9th Circuit Court dismissal of their rescheduling petition, and more.Medical MarijuanaMarijuana…
Congress to Temporarily Extend Fentanyl Analogue Ban, House to Vote on Pot Banking Protections, More… (9/22/21)
Protections for banks dealing with state-legal marijuana businesses will get a House floor vote as part of a defense spending bill, the Congress is poised…
Vancouver Clinic Offers Take-Home Prescription Heroin, Nepal Marijuana Protest, More… (9/20/21)
Violence linked to cartel in-fighting continues to rock Mexico's state of Michoacan, a Vancouver clinic is now offering take-home prescription heroin to a small number…
Houston Narc, Suspect Killed in Drug Raid; FL Marijuana Legalization Init Can Gather Signatures, More… (9/21/21)
A Houston drug raid proved deadly Monday, mass killings are on the rise in one of Colombia's cocaine conflict zones, and more.Marijuana PolicyFlorida…
CA Psilocybin Legalization Initiative Cleared for Signature Gathering, DE Supreme Court on Pot Odor, More… (9/17/21)
Supporters of a proposed Philadelphia safe injection site have asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision blocking it, the Delaware Supreme Cout…
White House Releases Annual List of Drug Producing, Transit Countrie; WA Drug Decrim Initiative Coming, More… (9/16/21)
Granite State lawmakers are looking at a voter-approved constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana, Washington activists are laying the groundwork for a 2022 drug decriminalization initiative,…
NJ Sees a Summer of Marijuana Expungements, Finnish Green League Endorses Pot Legalization, More… (9/14/21)
The Flint, Michigan, city council punts on a chance to do some drug war virtual signaling, South Dakota legislators balk on some of the governor's…
BOP Tells Certain Drug Prisoners to Apply for Clemency, Italy Pot Decrim Referendum Campaign Underway, More… (9/13/21)
Italian activists and political parties are pushing a referendum on decriminalizing marijuana cultivation and possession, the Biden administration asks prisoners with certain drug offenses to…
CT Legal Pot Sales Could Be Delayed, CA Hemp Bill Goes to Governor's Desk, More… (9/10/21)
There are signs South Dakota is moving away from harsh drug sentencing, GOP conservatives stick up for mandatory minimum fentanyl analog sentences, and more.Marijuana Policy[image:1…
MD House Marijuana Legalization Working Group Meets, Italy Moves To Allow Home Pot Grows, More… (9/9/21)
A fire at an overcrowded Indonesian prison kills at least 41, mostly drug offenders; a Maryland House of Delegates working group is moving forward with…
Marijuana Use at All-Time High Among Young Adults, Cartel Violence Sparks Protests in Mexico's Michoacan, More… (9/8/21)
The latest Monitoring the Future survey finds marijuana use is at an all-time high among young adults; Georgia's Tybee Island, home of the state's largest…
NYC Pot Arrests Hit Single Digits, MI Psychedelic Decriminalization Bill Filed, More… (9/7/21)
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds marijuana legalization has little impact on youth use rates, the number of marijuana…
Thai Parliament Approves Drug Reform Bill, US Reform Groups Urge DOJ to End Fentanyl Analog Scheduling
Drug reform, civil rights, and other groups urge the Justice Department to end the punitive emergency scheduling of fentanyl and its analogs, a North Carolina…
NJ Regulators Approve Rules for Recreational Pot Market, Mexico President Could Free Aged Killer Drug Lord, More….(8/24/21)
A Mississippi legislative special session to pass a medical marijuana bill is still possible, New Jersey moves one step closer to legal recreational marijuana sales,…
OH Marijuana Legalization Measure Takes Small Step Forward, Portland Psychedelic Push, More… (8/23/21)
An Ohio effort to legalize marijuana cleared an initiial hurdle last Friday, Wyoming marijuana legalization and medical marijuana advocates will begin signature gathering next month,…
Chronicle Book Review: "This Is Your Mind on Plants" by Michael Pollan
Chronicle Book Review:This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan (2021, Penguin Press, 274 pp., $28.00 HB)[image:1 align:left]A long time ago, in the days…
Taliban Say No More Opium Production Under Their Rule, CA Psychedelic Decrim Bill Advances, More… (8/19/21)
The harm reduction group DanceSafe releases new test kits for cocaine and ketamine, a North Carolina medical marijuana bil is moving, and more.Medical…
Teens who use cannabis frequently more likely to have premature baby
Teenagers who use cannabis frequently may be more likely to have children born preterm, when they become parents up to twenty years later, finds a…
September Will Be Psychedelic Awareness Month in Ann Arbor, US Afghan Opium Fiasco, More… (8/18/21)
Pennsylvania's medical marijuana advisory board rejects five potential qualifying conditions, it will be Psychedelic Awareness Month next month in Ann Arbor, and more.Medical…
Gallup Says Nearly Half of US Adults Have Smoked Pot, Sri Lanka Drug War Abuses Called Out, More… (8/17/21)
Washington state's governor is moving to commute hundreds of drug possession sentences, a new Gallup poll has the number of Americans who admit ever using…
Magic Mushroom Shops Sprout in Vancouver, OH Activists Resubmit Marijuana Legalization Petition, More… (8/16/21)
California's Supreme Court says no pot for prisoners, the Philippine Justice Department makes an announcement but sheds no light, and more.Marijuana PolicyCalifornia Supreme…
Cancer patients use less marijuana than general public, study finds
A new study shows that between 2013 and 2018, as many U.S. states were legalizing recreational marijuana, cancer patients continued to abstain in large numbers.
White House Considering Clemency for Federal Drug Offenders, WY Marijuana Initiatives Advance, More… (8/13/21)
A major drug crackdown in India's Assam state is raising fears of another bloody drug war like the one in neighboring Bangladesh, Wyoming marijuana inititives…
Naloxone Shortage Looms, MS MedMJ Effort Drawing Near to Special Session, More… (8/11/21)
Wisconsin Democrats cross the state line to an Illinois pot shop to roll out their marijuana legalization bill, there's bad news for people who might…
Federal Prisons Failing on Providing Medication-Assisted Opioid Treatment, Mexico Cartel Threat, More… (8/10/21)
Korea is arresting more people on drug charges, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel is threatening to kill a TV anchor over "unfair" coverage, and more.[image:1…
AR Legal Pot Initiative Already Has 10,000 Signatures, NC Cherokees Become First in State to Approve MedMJ, More… (8/9/21)
Medical and recreational marijuana initiative campaigns are getting underway, Puerto Rico's governor signs into law employment protections for medical marijuana patients, and more.Marijuana…
New Orleans Decriminalizes Weed, PA Appeals Court Rules Workers Can Sue Over MedMJ Discrimination, More… (8/6/21)
Life in the Big Easy just got a little easier, Ohio marijuana legalization activists will have to try again with that ballot summary language, and…
House Approves Marijuana Measures, Three More Towns Move Toward Psychedelic Decrim, More… (8/5/21)
Activists in Ohio and Wyoming are gearing up for marijuana legalization pushes, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections is being sued over bad drug tests, and…
ME Pioneers Texts Alert to Warn of Overdose Spikes, AR Pot Legalization Initiative Underway, More… (7/26/21)
Yet another study takes aim at the discredited "gateway theory," the Filipino president remains unrepentant and defiant over his record of drug war killings, and…
US Prison, Parole, Probation Population Continues Slow Decline; $26 Billion Opioid Settlement, More… (7/22/21)
Florida's Republican establishment may not be ready for marijuana legalization but the public is, the Justice Department drops an effort to send some First Step…
DEA Agent Arrested for Role in US Capitol Riot, NC MedMJ Bill Advances, More… (7/21/21)
A new Republican bill would bar food stamp recipients from using their cards for any marijuana purchases–even medical, a Mississippi city reaches a settlement in…
CO Releases Annual Report on Marijuana Legalization, SC Governor Candidate Says Legalize It, More… (7/20/21)
A biill to protect the 2nd Amendment rights of state-legal marijuana users languishes in the House Judiciary Committee, South Carolina Democratic guberatorial candidate Joe Cunningham…
Surgeon General Say Don't Jail People for Pot, ME Law Ends Civil Asset Forfeiture, More… (7/19/21)
The AMA Advocacy Update chronicles one doctor's problems trying to prescribe for chronic pain and addicted patients, Maine becomes the fourth state to end civil…
CA Psilocybin Legalization Initiative Gets Underway, House Spending Bill Includes Needle Exchange Funding, More…7/16/21)
Maryland legislative leaders are lining up to support a voter referendum on marijuana legalization next year, the House Appropriations Committee is passing spending bills that…
Study shows strong association between perceived risk, availability and past-year cannabis use
Combined perceptions of the risk and availability of cannabis influence the risk of cannabis use more than perceived risk and perceived availability alone, according to…
Senate Democrats Roll Out Bill to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition [FEATURE]
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and his colleagues Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) rolled out an initial…
Free Drugs Handed Out in Vancouver, NJ Dismisses Nearly 88,000 Marijuana Cases with More to Come, More… (7/15/21)
Ohio sees its first full-fledged marijuana legalization bill, Mississippi is moving toward a legislative special session to address medical marijuana, Israeli pot legalization gets stalled,…