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Kentucky Becomes 38th Medical Marijuana State [FEATURE]
With the signature of Gov. Andy Beshear (D) on Senate Bill 47 last Friday, Kentucky became the 38th state to make medical marijuana legal. The…
NH House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, Federal Smart Sentencing Act Filed, More… (4/6/23)
An Arkansas pot legalization bill gets filed, the German health minister says the government's pot legalization bill will be revealed after Easter, and more.[image:1 align:left…
GOP Pounding War Drums on Mexican Cartels, MN Legal Pot Bill Draws Near to Floor Votes, More… (4/5/23)
A Florida marijuana legalization initiative looks well placed to meet its signature gathering threshold, a pair of GOP senators introduce a bill designating Mexican drug…
NBA to End Marijuana Testing, Costa Rica Drug Killings on Rise, More… (4/4/23)
Missouri's marijuana legalization has become a job creation engine, the Urban Institute for a report on the impact of reforms in Mississippi's criminal justice system,…
KY Becomes 38th MedMJ State, Bipartisan Federal Reentry Act Introduced, More… (4/3/23)
Minnesota's marijuana legalization bill wins yet another committee vote, a Connecticut psilocybin decriminalization bill heads for a House floor vote, and more.Marijuana PolicyMinnesota…
House, Senate Bills to Schedule "Tranq" Filed; KY MedMJ Bill Faces Crucial Votes Today, More…(3/30/23)
A State Department drug diplomat heads to Mexico City, the Missouri House gives initial approval to a therapeutic psilocybin study bill, and more.Medical…
DE Legal Pot Bills Go to Governor, FDA Approves OTC Naloxone, More… (3/29/23)
A North Carolina marijuana legalization bill has been filed, more New York regions have been cleared to license marijuana businesses, and more.Delaware Marijuana…
Federal Marijuana Cases Continue to Decline, Britain Plans to Ban Nitrous Oxide, More… (3/28/23)
A Montana bill would turn back the clock on legal marijuana sales, a House bill to increase fentanyl penalties but also ease scientific research on…
HI Legal Pot Bill Dead for This Year, CA Psychedelic Decrim Bill Advances, More… (3/27/23)
Hawaii's Democratic House speaker pumps the brakes on marijuana legalization, and Idaho medical marijuana bill emerges, and more.Marijuana PolicyHawaii Marijuana Legalization Bill Dies…
KY Governor Bans "Gas Station Heroin," OK, SD MedMJ Bills, More… (3/24/23)
A bill banning minors from buying Delta-8 THC products is signed into law in Kentucky, a bill banning medical marijuana use by pregant or breast-feeding…
OR Issues First Psilocybin License, AZ Nonprofits Can Now Get Marijuana Justice Funds, More… (3/23/23)
Memphis cops really like seizing people's cars, the Swiss will have a summer of marijuana legalization pilot projects, and more.Marijuana PolicyArizona Nonprofits Can…
OK Senate Passes Bill to Rein In Illicit MedMJ Grows, Blinken Says Cartels Control Parts of Mexico, More… (3/22/23)
A Republican senator is calling on the banking industry to step up for a marijuana banking bill, the Oklahoma Senate moves to tighten up rules…
DEA Warns on Fentanyl Laced with "Tranq," Taliban Bans Marijuana Cultivation, More… (3/21/23)
That Minnesota marijuana legalization bill keeps rolling toward final passage, Colombia's president suspends a ceasefire with a rightist drug trafficking group, and more.Marijuana…
Global Drug Executions Jumped Last Year, the Border Bomb That Wasn't, More… (3/17/23)
Medical marijuana is killed in Kansas but survives in Kentucky, cocaine production hits an all-time high, and more.Medical MarijuanaKansas GOP Lawmakers Kill Medical…
Sheriffs' Group Call on Congress to Act Against Cartels, DE Legal Pot Bill Advances, More… (3/16/23)
The Texas Senate has approved a bill raising fentanyl penalties, a Delaware Senate committee advances a pair of marijuana legalization and regulation bills, and more.[image:1…
House GOP Members File Bill Designating Cartels as Terrorist Groups, Germany to Move Ahead With Legal Pot Proposal, More… (3/15/23)
A Kentucky medical marijuana bill faces a looming Senate deadline, Vermont lawmakers file a number of drug reform bills, and more.Medical MarijuanaKentucky Medical…
Bolivia to Seek End to UN Ban on Coca Leaf, Biden Budget Keeps Ban on DC Pot Sales, More… (3/14/23)
A trio of psychedelic research bills is filed in Texas, a Maine bill would allow for marijuana consumption at pot shops, and more.Marijuana…
Opioid Settlement Causing Problems for Patients, MD Legal Pot Regulation Bill Passes House, More… (3/13/23)
The Justice Department is open to Sentencing Commission marijuana guideline reforms, a Texas bill to remove jail time for pot possession advances, and more.[image:1 align:left…
DE House Approves Marijuana Regulation Bill, Federal Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill Filed, More… (3/10/23)
Nevada lawmakers filed a bill to legalize magic mushrooms, bipartisan senators file a federal asset forfeiture reform bill, and more.Marijuana PolicyDelaware House Passes…
Oklahoma Marijuana Legalization Initiative Defeated [FEATURE]
Voters in Oklahoma resoundingly rejected the State Question 820 marijuana legalization initiative Tuesday in an election where it was the only thing on the ballot.…
MN Marijuana Legalization Bill Advances Again, WA Senate Approves Psychedelic Research Bill, More… (3/9/23)
Indiana marijuana reform bills appear dead in the water, Lindsay Graham will file a bill designating Mexican cartels as terrorists organizations, and more.Marijuana…
DE House Approves Marijuana Legalization, Anti-Cartel Resolution Filed in House, More… (3/8/23)
The Oklahoma marijuana legalization initiative gets crushed at the polls, a bipartisan federal bill to ease the rescheduling of therapeutic psychedelics gets filed, and more.[image:1…
DOJ Now Accepting Pot Pardon Applications, OR House OKs Naloxone Expansion, More… (3/7/23)
The Justice Department signals it will appeal a federal court ruling invalidating the federal ban on guns for pot users, Colombia calls for coca leaf…
HI Marijuana Legalization Bill Advances, WA Senate Approves Bill Upping Drug Sentences, More… (3/6/23)
A long-shot marijuana legalization bill is filed in Florida, a fentanyl test strip decriminalization bill gets a hearing in Arkansas, and more.Marijuana PolicyFlorida…
BC Company Awarded License to Make and Sell Cocaine, Voting Underway for OK Pot Initiative, More… (3/3/23)
A Florida marijuana legalization initiative is about halfway home on signature gathering, Arizona politics is roiled by an unsubstantiated charge that the Sinaloa Cartel is…
Attorney General Garland Talks Pot on Capitol Hill, TN MedMJ Bill Killed, More… (3/2/23)
California legal marijuana sales revenues decrease for the first time ever, a fourth Michigan city endorses natural psychedelic decriminalization, and more.Marijuana PolicyAttorney General…
MN Legal Pot Bill One Step Closer, Feds to Start Limiting Telehealth Prescriptions, More… (3/1/23)
North Carolina's Senate gives initial approval to a medical marijuana bill, New Jersey lawmakers pass a bill giving pot businesses the ability to take state…
Federal Marijuana Hiring Standards Could Get More Lenient, KS MedMJ Hearings This Week, More… (2/28/23)
A Pennsylvania GOP state senator is pushing for gun rights for medical marijuana patients, an Italian court clarifies that hemp is not a narcotic, and…
SD Governor Signs Fentanyl Test Strip Bill, Vancouver Magic Mushroom Shops Thrive, More… (2/27/23)
Queensland will become the first Australian state to okay pill-testing, Vancouver magic mushrooms shops are not illegal but thriving anyway, and more.Harm ReductionKansas…
NH Marijuana Legalization Bill Wins House Vote; Bolivia, Colombia Seek UN Move on Coca, More… (2/23/23)
An Idaho medical marijuana initiative didn't get past the signature gathering stage, US correctional populations declined in 2021, and more.Marijuana PolicyNew Hampshire Marijuana…
Meth-Related Deaths Skyrocketed in 20 Years, MS Bill Would Ban "Gas Station Heroin," More… (2/22/23)
The Minnesota marijuana legalization bill continues to advance, so does a North Carolina medical marijuana bill, and more.Marijuana PolicyMinnesota Marijuana Legalization Bill Wins…
Former Mexico Top Cop Found Guilty of Drug Trafficking, NM Safe Injection Site Bill Moves, More… (2/21/23)
The Republican-led Virginia House kills another drug reform bill, Iowa House Democrats roll out a marijuana legalization bill, and more.Marijuana PolicyIowa House Democrats…
MD Maryland Regulation Bill Poised to Advance, FL MedMJ Homegrow Initiative, More… (2/20/23)
A package of civil asset forfeiture bills is filed in Georgia, a psilocybin research bill advances in Arizona, and more.Marijuana PolicyMaryland Marijuana Regulation…
CO Safe Injection Site Bill Filed, Twitter Okays Marijuana Ads, More… (2/17/23)
Marijuana legalization bills advance in Hawaii and Minnesota, a Virginia psilocybin reform bill dies, and more.Marijuana PolicyTwitter Becomes First Social Media Platform to…
FDA Panel Calls for Over-the-Counter Naloxone, NH Legal Pot Bill Advances, More… (2/16/23)
Washington state legislators advance a bill allowing interstate marijuana commerce, Kansas lawmakers file a pair of asset forfeiture reform bills, and more.Marijuana PolicyNew…
Virginia Adult Retail Marijuana Sales Quashed By House GOP [FEATURE]
Elections have consequences, as Virginia voters are finding out.Two years ago, a Democratically-controlled Senate and House passed legislation legalizing marijuana, and the Democratic…
VA House GOP Blocks Marijuana Sales, Ireland to Have Citzens' Assembly on Drug Policy, More… (2/15/23)
Senate Majority Leader Schumer is trying to get some movement on marijuana legislation, a psilocybin research bill advances in Arizona, and more.Marijuana PolicySchumer…
MN Marijuana Legalization Bill Advances Again, Colombia Peace Talks with ELN, More… (2/14/21)
Four federal legislators file a bill to strengthen the drug war in the Caribbean, a Hawaii bill to ease the way toward the therapeutic use…
CA Bill Would Allow Fresh Food Sales at Cannabis Cafes, Peru Police Attacked in Coca Hotspot, More… (2/13/23)
The Louisiana legislature sees a marijuana legalization bill for the third year in a row, coca production is expanding in Guatemala but without signs of…
Addiction Medicine Group Calls for Drug Decrim, Texas Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill Filed, More… (2/10/23)
That Minnesota marijuana legalization bill continues to advance, the city of Amsterdam is banning outdoor pot smoking in its red light district, and more.[image:1 align:left…