San Francisco Drug Crackdown Generating Arrests, Belize Coca Plantation Found, More... (9/1/23)
The DA in Houston takes a step back from a softer touch on drug charges, Colombia sets goals for voluntary coca crop substitution, and more.
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San Francisco Jail Being Filled with Drug Law Violators, Partisan Gap in Support for Legal Weed, More... (8/9/23)
The man who was once Colombia's most powerful cocaine traffickers gets decades in US prison, New Hampshire will study the state liquor store model for potential legal marijuana sales, and more.
NH Residents Ready for Legal Weed, NY Safe Injection Site Bill Advances, More... (5/24/23)
San Francisco's mayor is ready to roll out a pilot program to arrest public drug users, yet another federal bill aimed at the fentanyl trade gets filed, and more.
Measure 110 is bringing addiction recovery services not just to Portland, but to places like this, too. (Pixabay)
The Public Stands Behind Oregon's Drug Decrim and Addiction Funding Law [FEATURE]
Two years on, Oregon's pioneering drug decriminalization is seeing arrests plummet and addiction services dollars explode. And he public likes it so far.
Cocaine prohibiion is getting some renewed attention these days. (Pixabay)
Colombia President's Drug War Heterodoxy Draws Critics, Belgian Drug Trafficker Threats, More... (9/27/22)
Singapore arrests its citizens for doing drugs outside the country, Colombian President Petro's frank talk about the need for a new model drug policy is exciting critics, and more.
The number of Americans injecting drugs increased five-fold in the past decade. (Creative Commons)
Big Increase in Injection Drug Use, House Passes Another Spending Bill with SAFE Banking, More... (7/18/22)
British Tories audition a new scheme for punishing drug users that effectively decriminalizes somebody's first two drug busts, a new study finds racial disparities in Pennsylvania marijuana arrests increasing, and more.
Up to a gram of cocaine (and other drugs) could be decriminalized in Australia's New South Wales. (Pixabay)
Germany Takes First Steps Toward Legal Weed, Australia's NSW AG Calls for Drug Decriminalization, More... (6/13/22)
Brazil's annual march for marijuana is back, a bill legalizing medical marijuana just landed in the Ukrainian parliament, and more. International Australia's New South Wales Attorney General
British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie -- busted on drug charges in Florida (bvi.gov.vg)
Peru Announces Plan to Buy Up Entire Illegal Coca Crop, NH Senate Kills Legal Pot Bills Again, More... (4/29/22)
The White House announces more money for drug law enforcement, GOP senators file a bill to reduce but not eliminate the crack-powder cocaine sentencing disparity, and more.
The medical marijuana program is up and running in South Dakota. (Creative Commons)
NY Marijuana Arrests Up in Smoke, TX MJ Poll, First SD MedMJ Patient Card, More... (11/23/21)
St. Louis aldermen move to end fines for pot possession and allow personal cultivation, New York marijuana arrests are declining dramatically, and more.
Oregon's Mt. Hood. (David Mark/Pixabay)
Oregon Drug Decrim is Slashing Drug Arrests, Massively Funding Services [FEATURE]
It's been a year since Oregon voters approved drug decriminalization. How's it working?