A small-town Pennsylvania police chief gets a slap on the wrist for pilfering heroin to feed his habit, a former North Carolina cop gets caught partying in a church parking
With the signature of Gov. Andy Beshear (D) on Senate Bill 47 last Friday, Kentucky became the 38 th state to make medical marijuana legal. The legislature had balked for
Kentucky becomes the 38th state to embrace medical marijuana. Kentucky Kentucky Becomes 38th State to Legalize Medical Marijuana. Gov. Andy Beshear last Friday signed into law Senate Bill
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If reelected, former President Donald Trump is hankering for military action against Mexican drug cartels. (Creative Commons)
A Florida marijuana legalization initiative looks well placed to meet its signature gathering threshold, a pair of GOP senators introduce a bill designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, and
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The NBA won't be testing for this anymore. (Creative Commons)
Missouri's marijuana legalization has become a job creation engine, the Urban Institute for a report on the impact of reforms in Mississippi's criminal justice system, and more.
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Medical marijuana dispensaries like this one will soon be coming to the Bluegrass State. (Creative Commons)
Minnesota's marijuana legalization bill wins yet another committee vote, a Connecticut psilocybin decriminalization bill heads for a House floor vote, and more. Marijuana Policy Minnesota Marijuana Legalization
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Shops like this could be popping up soon in Kentucky if a medical marijuana bill passes today. (Creative Commons)
A State Department drug diplomat heads to Mexico City, the Missouri House gives initial approval to a therapeutic psilocybin study bill, and more. Medical Marijuana Kentucky Medical
A former DARE cop gets decades in prison for sexually assaulting teens years ago, a south Texas cop faces an occupational hazard, and more. Let's get to it:
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Eating poppy seed bagels can result in a positive drug test for opiates, and that can have consequences. (Pixabay)
Two New Jersey women who ate poppy seed bagels before going to the hospital to give birth, and were then reported for possible child abuse or neglect after testing positive
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Naloxone nasal sprays will be available OTC by late summer, the FDA has announced. (Creative Commons)
A North Carolina marijuana legalization bill has been filed, more New York regions have been cleared to license marijuana businesses, and more. Delaware Marijuana Legalization Bills Go
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"Whippets"--used nitrous oxide containers. Laughing gas could soon be banned in Britain. (CC)
A Montana bill would turn back the clock on legal marijuana sales, a House bill to increase fentanyl penalties but also ease scientific research on Schedule I substances wins a
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Increased coca and cocaine production in Colombia is leading to paradoxical hard times for coca growers. (dea.gov)
Hawaii's Democratic House speaker pumps the brakes on marijuana legalization, and Idaho medical marijuana bill emerges, and more. Marijuana Policy Hawaii Marijuana Legalization Bill Dies for Lack
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Zaza, a product containing the opiate-like drug tianeptine, is now banned in Kentucky. (Creative Commons)
A bill banning minors from buying Delta-8 THC products is signed into law in Kentucky, a bill banning medical marijuana use by pregant or breast-feeding women is signed into law
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Therapeutic psilocybin is coming to Oregon. The first license has just been issued. (Pixabay)
Memphis cops really like seizing people's cars, the Swiss will have a summer of marijuana legalization pilot projects, and more. Marijuana Policy Arizona Nonprofits Can Now Apply
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Despite a half-century of the modern war on drugs, the cocaine trade is booming. (Creative Commons)
More than 60 years after coca and cocaine were banned internationally under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and more than a half-century since the commencement of the modern
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US Secretary of State Blinken agrees with Lindsay Graham that cartels control parts of Mexico. (state.gov)
A Republican senator is calling on the banking industry to step up for a marijuana banking bill, the Oklahoma Senate moves to tighten up rules around medical marijuana grows, and
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Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akundzada announced on ban on cannabis cultivation Sunday. (CC)
That Minnesota marijuana legalization bill keeps rolling toward final passage, Colombia's president suspends a ceasefire with a rightist drug trafficking group, and more. Marijuana Policy Minnesota Marijuana
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The border "bomb" turned out to be a ball stuffed with sand wrapped in duct tape. (CBP)
Medical marijuana is killed in Kansas but survives in Kentucky, cocaine production hits an all-time high, and more. Medical Marijuana Kansas GOP Lawmakers Kill Medical Marijuana Bill
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Fentanyl. Texas is the latest state to experiment with charging sellers with murder if an overdose happens. (Creative Commons)
The Texas Senate has approved a bill raising fentanyl penalties, a Delaware Senate committee advances a pair of marijuana legalization and regulation bills, and more. Marijuana Policy
An East Texas police chief breaks bad, and there's trouble on the task forces. Let's get to it: In Payne Springs, Texas, the Payne Springs police chief and