The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-Up in Oaklandby Ali Winston & Darwin Bondgraham (2023, Atria Books, 467 pp., $30 HB) The killing of Tyre
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No medical marijuana edibles for you, North Dakota! (Creative Commons)
The North Dakota House kills an effort to allow medical marijuana patients to use edibles, a Republican congressman files a marijuana rescheduling bill, and more. Marijuana Policy
Mississippi becomes the latest state to see legal medical marijuana sales, the North Dakota House kills bills aimed at allowing patients to use edibles, and more. Mississippi Medical Marijuana
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The psilocybin molecule. A Virginia bill would reschedule it, making possession a misdemeanor instead of a felony. (CC)
The White House punts on marijuana banking reform, Virginia bills to provide tax breaks to the marijuana industry and gear up for legal sales advance, and more.
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Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is back under the scrutiny of the International Criminal Court. (CC)
An Arizona magic mushroom research bill is filed, Germany's plans to legalize marijuana face delays, and more. Marijuana Policy Washington State Home Cultivation Bill Gets Hearing This
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Opium production is Myanmar has jumped dramatically since the military coup nearly a year ago. (UNODC)
A Minnesota marijuana legalization bill is cruising right along, Hong Kong bans CBD as a "dangerous drug," and more. Marijuana Policy Minnesota Marijuana Legalization Bill Keeps Advancing. A
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A Colombian coca farmer. The Petro government is moving away from forced eradication efforts. (dea.gov)
Delaware bills to legalize marijuana are moving, a North Carolina medical marijuana bill is filed, and more. Marijuana Policy Delaware Marijuana Legalization Bill Wins Committee Vote. The
Civil asset forfeiture -- the police seizing cash or property from people without first obtaining a criminal conviction -- rankles Americans' sense of fundamental fairness, and legislators around the country
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Marijuana legalization is on the agend in Delaware and the Czech Republic. (Creative Commons)
A pair of Delaware marijuana legalization bills are moving, Ukraine patients and veterans beseech the parliament to act on a pending medical marijuana bill, and more. Marijuana
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Massachusetts is the latest state to see a bill filed to decriminalize "natural entheogens." (Creative Commons)
Hawaii is getting on the fentanyl test strip decriminalization bandwagon, an Arizona bill would set aside taxpayer funds to study the therapeutic potential of psilocybin, and more.
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This could finally be the year Delaware legalizes weed. (Creative Commons)
A Minnesota marijuana legalization bill continues to move, a New Hampshire bill that would legalize DMT gets a hearing, and more. Marijuana Policy Delaware Marijuana Legalization Bills
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed is now pushing for safe injection sites. (Creative Commons)
A Montana bill would block child welfare workers from removing children simply because of a parent's drug use, San Francisco is ready to move forward on safe injection sites, and
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Reefer in paradise. The US Virgin Islands have legalized marijuana. (Creative Commons)
The US Virgin Islands legalizes marijuana, a Mississippi fentanyl test strip bill is moving, and more. Marijuana Policy US Virgin Islands Governor Signs Marijuana Legalization, Expungement Bills
A San Diego deputy has some bad habits, a Florida jail guard was peddling pot brownies to prisoners, and more. Let's get to it: In Tampa, a Hillsborough County
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Former Mexican Public Security Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna is now on trial in NYC on drug corruption charges. (CC)
Oregon Republicans want to undo the will of the voters on drug decriminalization, Mexico's former top security official is now on trial in New York for taking bribes from the
The state legislative season is upon us, and medical marijuana keeps popping up at statehouses, and in Congress. National GOP Congressman Files Bill to Protect Gun Rights of Medical
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Evo Morales may no longer be president of Bolivia, but he still has his eye on the region. (Creative Commons)
A New York bill would end civil asset forfeiture, a Utah bill would decriminalize fentanyl test strips, and more. Medical Marijuana GOP Congressman Files Bill to Protect
An Ohio bill would revamp the state's medical marijuana program, New York's governor signs a bill mandating that the state immediately re- or deschedule Schedule I drugs if federal law
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The Mexican military can't handle the cartels and the US military should help, a GOP congressman says. (Creative Commons)
A North Dakota bill would increase monthly THC limits for medical marijuana patients, a South Dakota bill would bar pregnant or breast-feeding women from getting medical marijuana cards, and more
This year's state legislative season is just beginning, and there is already evidence that the psychedelic renaissance now underway is reaching into statehouses across the land. In at least eleven