An Indiana prison guard gets caught bringing a half-pound weed sandwich to work, a Border Patrol agent gets nailed in a massive Southern California bust, and more.
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Mississippi medical marijuana patients will be able to make fewer visits to the dispensary now. (Creative Commons)
Facing a court challenge, the DEA cancels an administrative hearing on its proposed ban of two psychedelic substances; a new poll suggests the Florida legal weed initiative will win, and more.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has vetoed a controversial hemp bill. (fl.gov)
Connecticut expands its list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, an Illinois bill ending mandatory reporting of positive newborn drug tests to law enforcement goes to the governor, and more.
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Medical marijuana patient Marc Fogel has been imprisoned in Russia for the past three years for possessing a half-ounce of weed. (KDKA screenshot)
The Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee had doubts approving a treatment program that uses MDMA in psychotherapy as a treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Advocates are dismayed and say it's a lifesaver.
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A hospital emergency room. A new bill aims to provide guidelines for fentanyl testing at ERs. (Pixabay)
House and Senate conferees in New Hampshire are trying to hammer out a compromise to save a marijuana legalization bill, Ohio prepares for its first legal pot shop applicants, and more.
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Kratom. The state of California is moving to regulate -- not prohibit -- it. (Project CBD)
Customs and Border Patrol has cut the period of acceptable last marijuana use for recruits from two years to 90 days, the federal defense bill is the locus of several drug policy-related amendments, and more.
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Rogue opium plants beware! Inspector Kawamura Yuki, 3, is on the job.
A dangerous new substance is entering the nation's illicit powder drug supply, the New Hampshire marijuana legalization bill is now going to conference committee, and more.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime issues a new report on East and Southeast Asian drug trafficking, California psychedelic reform proponents ponder a 2026 initiative, and more.
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The abortion drug mifeprestone. It is now a controlled substance in Louisiana. (Genbiopro)
South Korea threatens to arrest its citizens if they smoke pot in countries where it is legal, Ireland wields harm reduction services as summer festival season arrives, and more.
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Harvesting opium poppies. There is not a lot of that going on in Afghanistan anymore. (UNODC)
The DEA releases its annual drug threat assessment, a new poll finds Texans are ready to legalize weed even if their political leaders are not, and more.
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More than 17 million Americans are toking up on a daily or near-daily basis--more than are drinking alcohol regularly. (IRIN)
A Massachusetts bill to create a study group on therapeutic psychedelics for veterans advances, a Colorado city kills its needle exchange program, and more.
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A .50 caliber rifle seized at the Port of Nogales. (CBP)
.50 caliber sniper rifles can take down a chopper, penetrate armor, and hit a target from a mile away. For $9,000 one can be yours. The Mexican cartels say "yes, please."
Alaska lawmakers have approved a bill that would increase workplace saliva drug testing, a South Dakota marijuana legalization initiative appears poised to appear on the November ballot, and more.
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Magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics will be the subject of a Maryland task force studying how to make them available. (Creative Commons)
A Louisiana bill to prepare for marijuana legalization is killed, a New Hampshire bill to legalize marijuana is facing objections in the House, and more.