Reforming Global Drug Policy
Our global drug policy reform program advocates broad drug policy objectives, and supremacy of human rights vs. drug control in the UN treaty system.
Human Rights and Rule of Law
Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo recorded a powerful video criticizing extrajudicial killings in President Duterte's drug war, for our March 2017 UN side event. It ran first on TIME.com. Duterte allies tried unsuccessfully to impeach her for it.
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CO 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.
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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.
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The 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.
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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.
Up to five grams of cocaine is now decriminalized (again) in Colombia. (Creative Commons)
Colombia Reinstates Drug Decrim, PA Pot Decrim Bill Seeks Cosponsors, More... (12/11/23)
A pair of Missouri lawmakers are pushing a psilocybin therapy bill for next session, a clash between a drug gang and villagers in Mexico leaves 14 dead, and more.