Chronicle Magazine Review: The Baffler, No. 74, Altered States
Our first-ever magazine review. This smart and scrappy rag has earned it.
ketamine
More than 17 million Americans are toking up on a daily or near-daily basis--more than are drinking alcohol regularly. (IRIN)
Study Finds More Americans Using Pot Daily Than Booze, LA House Approves Making Abortion Drugs Controlled Substances, More... (5/23/24)
A Massachusetts bill to create a study group on therapeutic psychedelics for veterans advances, a Colorado city kills its needle exchange program, and more.
prescription ketamine (DEA)
CDC Says ODs Hit Record High Last Year, CA Bans "Excited Delirium" As Cause of Death, More... (10/12/23)
More usual suspects come out against the Ohio marijuana legalization initiative, the FDA issues a warning about the home use of prescribed ketamine, and more.
House Passes HALT Fentanyl Act, CA Senate Passes Psychedelic Decriminalization Bill. More... (5/25/23)
No more pot smoking on the streets of Amsterdam's red light district, a bipartisan marijuana legalization bill gets filed in Ohio, and more.
The newest member of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, Rep. Brian Mast. (R-FL) (House.gov)
ND Pot Legalization Initiative Campaign Begins, MD Veterans' Therapeutic Psychedelic Bill Advances, More... (4/11/22)
Kentucky's governor is considering exectuive action on medical marijuana as the Senate leadership says it is not interested in passing a bill this year, the Congressional Cannabis Caucus has a
Pills, pills, pills. (Pixabay)
Drug Companies Seek Big Tax Write-Offs for Opioid Settlements, VA Legal Pot Bill Advances, More... (2/12/21)
South Dakota's obstinate governor continues to get in the way of marijuana legalization, a freshman Kansas state representative files a drug decriminalization bill, and more.
Bernie Sanders talks criminal justice reform, but he's not the only Democratic doing so. (senate.gov)
Chronicle AM: Beto, Bernie Talk Criminal Justice Reform; FDA Oks Ketamine for Depression, More... (3/6/19)
Democratic presidential contenders begin staking out criminal justice reform positions, yet another poll has a national majority for marijuana legalization, the FDA approves ketamine for depression, and more.
the "date rape" drug ketamine (wikimedia.org)
California Bill Seeks to Name Three Obscure Substances "Date Rape Drugs," Enhance Penalties [FEATURE]
A bill that seeks to address date rape by going after three obscure drugs misses the forest for the trees -- and threatens a lot of people who aren't rapists.
thousands of ecstasy pills seized by German police in bust of one vendor on one dark web drug sales site
Chronicle AM: NV Pot Init Will Go to Voters Next Year, Dark Web Drug Bust, Saudis Behead Three, More (3/13/15)
Nevada is the first state in line to legalize it in 2016 after the legislature failed to act this week, a controversial Ohio legalization initiative wins a preliminary approval to move forward, there was a major dark web drug bust in Germany this week, and more.
RaveOn vienna 2005 wikiem.jpg
Check Those Pills! Harm Reduction and Club Drugs [FEATURE]
With the holiday party season approaching, it's time to look twice at those pills. But harm reduction also extends to changing public policies that make things worse.