A fairly quiet week on the medical marijuana front, but there was action in two states. South Dakota South Dakota House Approves Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill . In
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A congressional resolution would authorize the use of military force against Mexican cartels on the Mexican side of the border.
The Oklahoma marijuana legalization initiative gets crushed at the polls, a bipartisan federal bill to ease the rescheduling of therapeutic psychedelics gets filed, and more. Delaware House
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Naloxone opioid overdose reversal kit. The Oregon House has voted to expand access to them. (hr.org)
The Justice Department signals it will appeal a federal court ruling invalidating the federal ban on guns for pot users, Colombia calls for coca leaf decriminalization, and more. [image:1 align:right
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The Washington Senate has approved a bill upping sentences for drug possession, including short mandatory minimums. (Pixabay)
A long-shot marijuana legalization bill is filed in Florida, a fentanyl test strip decriminalization bill gets a hearing in Arkansas, and more. Marijuana Policy Florida Marijuana Legalization
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A BC company has been awarded a license to make and distribute cocaine. (Pixabay)
A Florida marijuana legalization initiative is about halfway home on signature gathering, Arizona politics is roiled by an unsubstantiated charge that the Sinaloa Cartel is bribing state and county officials
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Attorney General Merrick Garland says DOJ is "still working" on marijuana policy. (DOJ)
California legal marijuana sales revenues decrease for the first time ever, a fourth Michigan city endorses natural psychedelic decriminalization, and more. Marijuana Policy Attorney General Says DOJ
Shielded: How the Police Became Unaccountable by Joanna Schwartz (2023: Viking Press, 308 pp., $30 HB) As Donald Trump laid out his fascistoid law and order platform last month
A North Carolina medical marijuana bill is moving, an Idaho initiative campaign is not, and more. Idaho Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Campaign Comes Up Short on Signatures
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Benzodiazepines such as Valium will be subject to tighter telehealth prescribing rules as the COVID emergency ends. (CC)
North Carolina's Senate gives initial approval to a medical marijuana bill, New Jersey lawmakers pass a bill giving pot businesses the ability to take state business tax deductions, and more
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Kansas does not have any medical marijuana dispensaries. Patients are growing impatient. (Creative Commons)
A Pennsylvania GOP state senator is pushing for gun rights for medical marijuana patients, an Italian court clarifies that hemp is not a narcotic, and more. Marijuana
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A fentanyl test strip. South Dakota just legalized them, and a bill to do the same is advancing in Kansas. (Creative Commons)
Queensland will become the first Australian state to okay pill-testing, Vancouver magic mushrooms shops are not illegal but thriving anyway, and more. Harm Reduction Kansas Bill to
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Chewing coca leaf in Bolivia. Bolivia and Colombia want the UN to remove coca from prohibited drug list (Creative Commons)
An Idaho medical marijuana initiative didn't get past the signature gathering stage, US correctional populations declined in 2021, and more. Marijuana Policy New Hampshire Marijuana Legalization Bill
They're trying again in North Caroliina, a Florida group wants to put a home grow initiative on the ballot, and more. Colorado Colorado Legislative Committee Kills Medical Marijuana
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Products containing the unscheduled anti-depressant tianeptin, AKA "gas station heroin." (WZDK screen grab)
The Minnesota marijuana legalization bill continues to advance, so does a North Carolina medical marijuana bill, and more. Marijuana Policy Minnesota Marijuana Legalization Bill Wins One More
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Genaro Garcia Luna. The former Mexican top cop found guilty in federal court in of taking bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel (CC)
The Republican-led Virginia House kills another drug reform bill, Iowa House Democrats roll out a marijuana legalization bill, and more. Marijuana Policy Iowa House Democrats File Marijuana
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A proposed Florida initiative would allow medical marijuana patients to grow their own medicine. (Creative Commons)
A package of civil asset forfeiture bills is filed in Georgia, a psilocybin research bill advances in Arizona, and more. Marijuana Policy Maryland Marijuana Regulation Bill Poised
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The Vancouver safe injection site. Could one be coming to Denver? (vch.ca)
Marijuana legalization bills advance in Hawaii and Minnesota, a Virginia psilocybin reform bill dies, and more. Marijuana Policy Twitter Becomes First Social Media Platform to Allow Marijuana
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An FDA panel has called for naloxone to be made available over-the-counter. (publicimage.org)
Washington state legislators advance a bill allowing interstate marijuana commerce, Kansas lawmakers file a pair of asset forfeiture reform bills, and more. Marijuana Policy New Hampshire Marijuana
Two Great Plains medical marijuana laggards are seeing efforts to advance. Kansas Kansas Senators File Medical Marijuana Bill. The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee has filed a
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The state capitol in Richmond. (Amadeust/Creative Commons)
Elections have consequences, as Virginia voters are finding out. Two years ago, a Democratically-controlled Senate and House passed legislation legalizing marijuana, and the Democratic governor signed it