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Arizona pot shop social equity licenses are having a hard time getting their doors open, Kentucky's governor signs an executive order creating a medical marijuana working group, and more.

The DA in Oregon's most populous county weighs in on decriminalization, top US officials meet with their counterparts in Mexico on drugs and immigration, and more.

Wisconsin Democrats roll out a marijuana legalization bill, a Pennsylvania medical marijuana expansion bill passes the Senate, and more.

Oregon's governor has vetoed a bill that would have moved toward a state bank to serve marijuana businesses, a coalition of public health and drug reform groups calls out the way some of the opioid settlement money is being spent, and more.

The National Governors Association weighs in with a progressive, if limited, approach to dealing with drug overdoses.

New York sees its first marijuana farmers market open today, Australia sees its first federal marijuana legalization bill filed, and more.

Another Republican files another border fentanyl bill, Seattle's mayor has a plan to deal with open-air drug use, and more.

New York GOP politicos want to ban public pot smoking, California is paying meth users who test negative, and more.

The White House rolls out a National Response Plan for the emerging threat of fentanyl combined with xylazine.