Mississippians should see dispensaries operating before year's end. (Sondra Yruel/Drug Policy Alliance)
Mississippi Becomes Latest State to Legalize Medical Marijuana [FEATURE]
Mississippi becomes the 37th state to legalize medical marijuana.
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drug checking kits (SSDP)
SD MJ Legalization Init Thrown Out, New Zealand Legalizes Drug Checking, More... (11/24/21)
A federal jury finds major drugstore chains culpable in two Ohio counties' opioid crisis, St. Louis decriminaizes marijuana possession, and more.
Employers are beginning to move away from drug testing workers and job applicants, a new survey finds. (Creative Commons)
OR Has Another $270 Million for Drug Treatment Programs, Germany to Legalize Marijuana, More... (11/19/21)
Germany is moving to legalize marijuana, DC is moving to legalize marijuana sales, and more.
Oregon's Mt. Hood. (David Mark/Pixabay)
Oregon Drug Decrim is Slashing Drug Arrests, Massively Funding Services [FEATURE]
It's been a year since Oregon voters approved drug decriminalization. How's it working?
South Dakota lawmakers want to ban medical marijuana home grows even though the voters approved them. (Creative Commons)
DEA to Increase Research Production Quotas for Marijuana & Psilocybin, SD MedMJ Home Grows Endangered, More... (9/1/21)
Panama legalizes medical marijuana, the DEA boosts quotas for production of marijuana and psilocbyin for research purposes, and more.
The InSite safe injection site in Vancouver has been operating successful for years. Now, Rhode Island wants to emulate it.
RI Legislature Passes Safe Injection Site Bill, CA Coerced Treatment Bill Advances More... (7/2/21)
The Mississippi Supreme Court continues to smack down the will of the people on medical marijuana, a coerced drug treatment bill advances in California to the dismay of reformers, and more.
Mississippi Supreme Court (mississippi.org)
Mississippi's Medical Marijuana Law Struck Down Before It Can Take Effect [FEATURE]
Mississippi's medical marijuana law gets thrown out and the will of the voters denied on a technicality.
The Mississippi Supreme Court. It just threw out a voter-approved medical marijuana initiative. (mississippi.org)
AL Becomes Latest MedMJ State, MS Supreme Court Throws Out Voter-Approved MedMJ Initiative, More... (5/17/21)
Ohio medical marijuana regulators expand the list of qualifying conditions, West Virginia medical marijuana regulators ponder allowing patient home grows, Kenyan Rastafaris petition seek to have their marijuana use legalized, and more.
LSD and other psychedelics would be decriminalized under a bill advancing in California. (Creative Commons)
CA Psychedelic Decrim Bill Advances, CT Marijuana Legalization Bill Advances, More... (4/7/21)
New York police will no longer be able to search vehicles based solely on the smell of marijuana, the Montana House passes a trio of competing legalization implementation bills, a cartel massacre in Mexico leaves more than two dozen dead, and more.
The Washington state capitol in Olympia. Lawmakers there and elsewhere are wrestling with drug decriminalization. (CC)
Drug Decriminalization is Starting to Show Up at the Statehouse [FEATURE]
Slowly but surely, a drug decriminalization wave is beginning to build.