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Colorado Voters Can Embrace Psychedelic Reform in November [FEATURE]
Beginning with the successful 2019 Denver municipal initiative that made possession of psilocybin mushrooms the lowest law enforcement priority, Colorado has been on the cutting…
San Francisco Deprioritizes Natural Psychedelics, UK Blocks Bermuda Pot Legalization, More… (9/8/22)
Prisoners and advocacy groups call on the Bureau of Prisons to clean up its act, Colombia's new president has some words for the US, and…
Poll Finds SAFE Banking Act Has Broad Support, DEA Fentanyl Scaremongering, More… (9/7/22)
Missouri's Republican governor rejects a call to include marijuana legalization in an upcoming special session, a DC court reverses the firing of a medical marijuana-using…
Iran Drug Executions Surge, Trump Baselessly Accuses Fetterman of Abusing Hard Drugs, More… (9/6/22)
Marijuana legalization initiatives in Arkansas and Missouri face challenges, California's governor signs a pair of medical marijuana bills, and more.Marijuana PolicyArkansas Marijuana Legalization…
PA Pot Pardon Program Unveiled, New York City Rally for Safe Injection Sites Statewide, More… (9/2/22)
New York City's child welfare agency is still holding marijuana use against parents–especially black ones–San Francisco's new DA is approaching misdemeanor drug prosecutions much like…
These Six States Could Legalize Marijuana on Election Day [FEATURE]
It is just a little over two months until Election Day, and the picture around marijuana legalization in the states is becoming clear. Six states—Arkansas,…
MI Police Admit Pot Driving Drug Tests Are No Good, CA Pot Bills Go to Governor, More… (9/1/22)
Indonesia has more than 200 people on death row for drug offenses, an effort by a Nebraskas medical marijuana campaign to block part of the…
CA Bill to Protect Workers' Off-Duty Marijuana Use Passes, OK Supreme Court to Decide If Legal Pot Initative Makes Ballot, More… (8/31/22)
Workers' rights to use marijuana off duty are in the news, a Missouri marijuana legalization campaign draws organized opposition from within the cannabis community, and…
CA Governor Signs Fentanyl Test Strip Bill, FL Sets MedMJ Rules, More… (9/30/22)
Residents of La Paz, Bolivia, are growing weary of coca grower clashes, Colombia's new president calls for a regional assembly to plot alternatives to the…
Gallup Poll Has Pot Use at All-Time High, DEA Walks Back Proposed Ban on Two Psychedelics, More… (8/29/22)
A trio of marijuana bills are on the California governor's desk, New York City cocaine users are adopting fentanyl test strips, Colombia's new president announces…
Cannabis legalization boosts use by double digits
A new first-of-its-kind study of twins finds that residents of states where recreational marijuana is legal use it 24% more frequently than those in states…
NY Now Taking Applications for Pot Shops, Bolivia Coca Clashes Continue, More… (8/26/22)
A strike in British Columbia is impacting retail marijuana shops, there is still a sliver of hope for Nebraska's medical marijuana initiataive, and more. [image:1 align:left…
DEA Moves to Ban Two Obscure Psychedelics, Odd SD Pot Poll, More… (8/25/22)
Colombia's new president says he will not extradite drug traffickers who quit the trade and comply with surrender conditions, a California bill to protect employees…
OK Legal Pot Initiative May Miss November Ballot, San Francisco Could Open Safe Injection Sites, More… (8/24/22)
A bipartisan coalition of senators is demanding justice for another American medical marijuana user imprisoned in Russia, a Nebraska senator vows to file a medical…
OK Legal Pot Initiative Has Enough Signatures, CA Governor Vetoes Safe Injection Sites, More… (8/23/22)
Prohibitionists file a legal challenge to a Missouri legalization initiative, a Nebraska medical marijuana initiative signature-gathering campaign comes up short, and more.Marijuana PolicyMissouri…
People who use therapeutic cannabis are more likely to use nicotine, too
People who use therapeutic cannabis are more likely to also use nicotine products than the general population, according to a new study.
Psychedelic Use Increasing in US, Colombia Looks to Cocaine Decriminalization, More… (8/22/22)
The European Parliament wants to buy up the Afghan opium harvest and turn it into legal opioid medications, a Swiss pilot program allowing legal marijuana…
Oakland Entheogenic Church Sues Over Raid, Thai Minister Discourages Pot Tourism, More… (8/19/22)
Wisconsin's Republican legislative majority is out of step with the people when it comes to freeing the weed, an Idaho medical marijuana initiative campaign takes…
North Dakota Marijuana Legalization Initiative Qualifies for the November Ballot [FEATURE]
And then there were five: With an announcement Monday by the secretary of state that a New Approach North Dakota marijuana legalization had qualified for…
NYPD Busts Unlicensed Pot Trucks; Meth Use, Arrests, OD Deaths All Up in Recent Years, More… (8/18/22)
Nevada's Supreme Court rules against employees who smoke marijuana, Ireland is about to see its first pilot drug checking program, and more.Marijuana PolicyNevada…
New Gallup Pot Poll, Bolivia Coca Conflict Continues, More… (8/17/22)
South Korean prosecutors sign on for more, better drug war' a group of French senators makes an urgent call for marijuana legalization, and more.[image:1 align:left…
ND Legal Pot Initiative Qualifies for Ballot, Appalachian Senators Call for More Drug War, More.. (8/16/22)
A South Dakota marijuana legalization initatiive draws organized opposition, Mexico's week of cartel violence raises questions, and more.Marijuana PolicyNorth Dakota Becomes Fifth State…
CA Psychedelic Decriminalization Bill Dies, Mexico Cartels Wreak Havoc, More… (8/15/22)
Another Texas poll has solid majority support for marijuana legalization, cartel violence flares in Mexico, and more.Marijuana PolicyAnother Texas Poll Has Majority Support…
CA Psychedelic Legalization Advances, AR MJ Legalization Back on Ballot, More… (8/12/22)
Maryland officials finalize the ballot language for a marijuana legalization referendum, a Florida marijuana legalization bill dies without a hearing, and more.[image:1 align:left]Marijuana PolicyArkansas Supreme…
Missouri Marijuana Legalization Initiative Makes the Ballot, But Not Everybody Is Happy [FEATURE]
Missourians will be voting on whether to free the weed in November. On Tuesday, Secretary of State John Ashcroft certified that an initiative in the…
CO Pot Sales Declining for Months, Biden Orders More Colombia Drug War, More… (8/11/22)
An Ohio harm reduction group is suing a state board over how $400 million in opioid settlement money is spent, an Uruguayan meth bust signals…
Biden DOJ Opposes Gun Rights for MedMJ Patients, MO Legal Pot Initiative Qualifies, More… (8/10/22)
A Florida marijuana legalization initiative campaign aimed at 2024 gets underway, a Colorado natural psychedelic initiative comes up short, and more.Report: Spike in…
Russian Court Sentences American Basketball Star Brittney Griner to Nine Years in Prison
A Russian judge sentenced American basketball star Brittney Griner Thursday to nine years in a Russian penal colony after earlier being found of bringing cannabis…
AR Legal Pot Campaign Sues to Get Back on Ballot, Honduras Coca Production, More… (8/5/22)
Coca grower factions continue to clash in Bolivia, Colombia'w new president will move to decriminalize drugs, and more.Marijuana PolicyArkansas Marijuana Legalization Campaign Sues…
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…
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 marijua na of employees in states where it is legal, Mexican cartel gunmen get in…
CA Safe Injection Site Bill Goes to Governer; WV Cities, 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,…
Researchers ID the high-efficiency hacks cannabis cells use to make cannabinoids
Plant biologists have defined the high-efficiency ‘hacks’ that cannabis cells use to make cannabinoids (THC/CBD). Although many biotechnology companies are currently trying to engineer THC/CBD…
MO Pot Initiative Could Come Up Short, White House Preps for FDA Approval of MDMA-Assisted Therapy, 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.Marijuana PolicyMissouri Marijuana…
Poll: Support for Psychedelic Research for Military Members, Federal Pot 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,…
AR Legal Pot Initiative Has Enough Signature, UN Experts Criticiize 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…
Trump Calls for Death Penalty for Drug Dealers, Senate Legal Pot Bill Gets Hearing, More… (7/27/22)
The House approves a medical marijuana research bill, Switzerland and Zimbabwe open up to medicinal cannabis, and more.Senate Democrats' Marijuana Legalization Bill Gets…
High-strength cannabis linked to addiction and mental health problems
Largest ever study into the health effects of different types of cannabis highlights concerns about stronger forms of the drug.
Senate Democrats' Legal Pot Bill Gets Hearing Tomorrow, Senate Bill to Allow TV Pot Ads in Legal States Filed, More… (7/26/22)
Senate Majority Leader Schumer's marijuana legalization bill gets two new cosponsors and a hearing tomorrow, a Cannabis Resource Center to promote equity in the industry…
DEA Backs Off on Banning 5 New Psychedelics, Colombia's ELN Hints at Peace Talks with New President, More… (7/25/22)
Signature gatherers are criss-crossing the Cowboy State for a pair of marijuana initiatives, the US and India signa joint agreement on cooperating against the drug…