This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A hundred grand in drug money is missing from a narcotics office in Pennsylvania, a Wisconsin cop cops to forging signatures in a drug investigation, and more.
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Natural psychedelics could be on the ballot in Massachusetts in November. (Greenoid/Flickr)Delaware Releases Draft Rules for Legal Pot Commerce, New Zealand Call for Drug Legalization, More... (5/7/24)
A proposed psychedelic initiative is now drawing organized opposition in Massachusetts, a psychedelic study bill is moving in Vermont, and more. -
In Afghan fields, the poppies no longer grow, and the peasants are not happy. (UNODC)Pot Use Among Workers at "Historic" High, Afghanistan Opium Eradication Clashes, More... (5/6/24)
Minnesota lawmakers are working to expedite the arrival of legal marijuana, voters in the West Texas city of Lubbock resoundingly rejected marijuana decriminalization, and more. -
US Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has gone on a reefer rant. Chill, Bill. (Senate.gov)VT Senate Approves Safe Injection Site Bill, CT House Approves Bill to Regulate Cannabis Products, More... (5/3/24)
A Republican US senator from Tennessee engages in some Reefer Madness, a safe injection site in Burlington, Vermont, is one step closer to happening, and more. -
The Rio Grande River marks the US-Mexico border in Texas. Mexican troops are now deployed nearby. (Creative Commons)No MedMJ for South Carolina This Year, Mexico Deploys Troops to Border Amid Cartel Clashes, More... (5/2/24)
A House panel advances a bill aimed at therapeutic psychedelics for military veterans, a South Carolina committee chair pronounces a medical marijuana bill dead, and more. -
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A former Border Patrol agent heads for federal prison and a Kentucky corrections officer gets busted in Oklahoma. Let's get to it. -
A marijuana legalization bill from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and allies was filed today. (Creative Commons)Senate Democrats File Federal Legalization Bill, Push to Expand Organic Grow Program, More... (5/1/24)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and allies have refiled the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act and a leading certifier of organic, regenerative pot farms seeks to expand. -
DEA to Reschedule Marijuana -- Weed World Reacts [FEATURE]
The DEA is moving to reschedule marijuana, but the industry and reformers say that is not enough. -
Market Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. Police are making lots of drug arrests, but are they making any difference? (Creative Commons)DEA Recommends Rescheduling Marijuana, San Francisco Drug Crackdown Continues, More... (4/30/24)
A push to pass the SAFER Banking Act via the FAA reauthorization bill has faltered, fentanyl is wiping out opium farmers in Guatemala, and more. -
Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. The state could vote on marijuana legalization this year. (Creative Commons)DEA Warns on Xylazine in Illicit Fentanyl, BC Recriminalizes Public Drug Possession, More... (4/29/24)
A North Dakota marijuana legalization initiative campaign can begin signature-gathering, a last gasp at medical marijuana fails in Kansas, and more.