Chronicle Book Review -- Rehab: An American Scandal
Too often, rehab is a racket.
Methadone & Other Opiate Maintenance
President Biden issued more than 1,500 clemencies and pardons today. (Creative Commons)
Biden Issues 1,500 Pardons and Commutations, Drug OD Decline Accelerates, More... (12/12/24)
The House passes a defense spending bill without a provision to bar the marijuana testing of military recruits, New York regulators issue more legal pot business licenses, and more.
The odor of burnt marijuana is not sufficient probable cause to search a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled.
Methadone Rules to Be Eased Next Month, GA Pharmacy Begins Selling MedMJ Despite DEA Warning, More... (9/20/24)
The Illinois Supreme Court rules the odor of burnt weed is not probable cause to search a vehicle, Mexico's president says the US shares the blame for cartel violence in Sinaloa, and more.
A ten percent decline in overdose deaths is good news, indeed, but there are still nearly 100,000 a year. (Creative Commons)
Fatal Drug Overdoses Are in Dramatic Decline [FEATURE]
The numbers are still horrifically high, but dropping fast, for a variety of reasons.
The Rio Grande River marks the US-Mexico border in Texas. And fentanyl flows like water across that border. (Creative Commons)
NH House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, CA Methadone Access Bill Filed, More... (4/12/24)
Customs and Border Patrol announces a new fentanyl crackdown, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and others file the SEEK HELP to protect people administering naloxone, and more.
Some Pennsylvania drug courts are being forced to allow the use of opioid addiction medications. (Creative Commons)
SF Mayor's Bid to Drug Screen Welfare Seekers Draws Opposition, PA Drug Courts to Allow Opioid Meds, More... (2/9/24)
A pair of Tennessee bills would allow voters to weigh in on marijuana policy questions, the European Union gives the go-ahead for a multi-national initiative campaign on medical marijuana and research, and more.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton doesn't want any pot leaves in the Lone Star State.
HHS Issues Rule to Ease Methadone Access, Texas AG Sues Pot Reform Cities, More... (2/1/24)
Rhode Island's first safe injection site is likely to be open by this summer, the FDA renews its warning on "gas station heroin," and more.
Iran executed nine drug convicts in recent days, state media reports. (iranhr.net)
AMA Releases 2023 Overdose Report, Ukraine Lawmakers Approve MedMJ, More... (1/3/24)
Somebody in Washington state thinks people who smoke pot should not be hired in drug treatment positions, Iran hangs nine more people for drug convictions, and more.
A Dutch cannabis coffeeshop. An experiment with legally grown weed begins this week. (Creative Commons)
Senate Committee Okays Bill to Ease Methadone Restrictions, Dutch Legal Weed Experiment, More... (12/12/23)
More than 100,000 Show Me State residents have seen their pot bust records erased, a pair of conservative rural California counties move to end needle exchanges, and more.
Chronicle Book Review: Whiteout
How the face of opioid addiction in America turned white, and what that means.