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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A North Carolina cop was acting like a gangster, a Florida deputy let his habits get the best of him, jail guards go wild, and more.
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A Pennsylvania medical marijuana expansion bill heads to the governor's desk, a Delaware medical marijuana expansion bill gets filed, and more. -
The Middle Eastern amphetamine Captagon. (narcanon.us)UN General Assembly Synthetic Drugs Resolution, Jordan Strikes Drug Smugglers in Syria, More... (12/19/23)
Presumed drug gangs kill a dozen people at a Christmas party in Mexico, Peruvian coca farmers are blamed for killing an indigenous leader, and more. -
November brought some hope with the release of Philippine former senator Leila de Lima (protest photo from Feb. 2018)The Top Ten International Drug Policy Stories of 2023 [FEATURE]
There were signs of progress on the global drug policy front in 2023, but drug war brutality endures. -
Marijuana_joint wikim_24.jpgCO Gun Rights for Pot Users Initiative Filed, DE MedMJ Bill Filed, More... (12/18/23)
The parties in a lawsuit over the constitutionality of imposing federal pot prohibition in legal marijuana states agree to an extension, an Italian petition drive to force parliament to take up marijuana legalization is underway, and more. -
Dozens of pregnant Oklahoma women have been prosecuted for using medical marijuana. (Creative Commons)OK Supreme Court Asked to Block Prosecutions of MedMJ-Using Pregnant Women, More... (12/15/23)
Maryland's governor orders a bureaucratic reshuffling in a bid to stem the overdose crisis, a fentanyl and xylazine testing bill heads to the Pennsylvania governor's desk, and more. -
ibogaine shrub (Creative Commons)PA MedMJ Permit Expansion Bill Goes to Governor, KY Ponders Ibogaine for Opioid Treatment, More... (12/14/23)
The Ohio legislature's effort to revise the voter-approved marijuana legalization law will not get done this year, the Kansas Republican Senate leader says he is open to medical marijuana, and more. -
drug dealing pixabay_0.jpgThe Top Ten Domestic Drug Policy Stories of 2023 [FEATURE]
Another year has come and gone, and cannabis still remains federally illegal. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly in drug reform this year. -
Myanmar has overtaken Afghanistan as the world's largest opium producer, UNODC reports. (UNODC)FDA Asked to Review MDMA as Treatment for PTSD, Myanmar Now Leading Opium Producer, More... (12/13/23)
The World Health Organization is going to review the status of coca leaves, the Colombian Senate kills mariuana legalization, at least for now, 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.