Richard Lee during the 2010 Prop 19 campaign. (Oaksterdam University)
Regressive Fentanyl Bill Becomes Law, Oaksterdam's Richard Lee Dies, More... (8/4/24)
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Ballot Measures
San Francisco's mean streets just got a little meaner. (Creative Commons)
New Democratic Leaders for Congressional Cannabis Caucus, San Francisco Implements Drug Screening Requirement for Cash Benefits, More... (1/3/25)
A Florida court has ruled in favor of a worker who uses medical marijuana, Hawaii's governor issues an executive order to protect medical marijuana caregivers, and more.
An Amsterdam cannabis coffee shop. We should start seeing something similar in California this year. (Creative Commons)
Cannabis Cafes Now Legal in CA, MedMJ Now Legal in KY, More... (1/2/25)
The New Year brings new drug reforms into effect, and more.
Medical marijuana dispensaries should be coming soon to the Cornhusker State after a November victory at the polls. (Creative Commons)
NE Governor Signs MedMJ Inits into Law, NY Activists Begin Push for Sentencing Reforms, More... (12/16/24)
A South Carolina legislative champion of medical marijuana is back to try with another bill this coming session, and more.
Bolivians chew coca. The country defended the traditional use of coca at the UN in Vienna this week. (Creative Commons)
IL Therapeutic Psychedelics Bill Gets Hearing, Bolivia Again Calls for UN to Recognize Coca, More... (12/10/24)
A Nebraska Republican has appealed a court decision upholding voter-approved medical marijuana initiatives, Colombia bombards the Gulf Clan, and more.
Fentanyl seized at the Arizona border. (CBP)
NE Judge Upholds MedMJ Initiatives Victory, Team Trump Takes Aim at Fentanyl, More... (11/27/24)
A federal appeals court has upheld a Mississippi ban on medical marijuana advertising, and more.
Trekking toward Mt. Everest in Nepal, where an MP has just filed a bill to legalize marijuana. (Pixabay)
FDA Approves Marijuana PTSD Study for Vets, DOJ Suspends DEA Airline Passenger Asset Forfeiture Program, More... (11/25/24)
A DEA administrative law judge is pondering a request to remove the agency as a proponent in rescheduling marijuana, a Nepalese MP has filed a bill to legalize marijuana in a country once famed for its hash, and more.
Nebraska voters approved medical marijuana, but GOP elected officials want to nullify that vote. (Creative Commons)
NE MedMJ Initiative Victories Could Be Nullified, Unsanctioned Safe Injection Sites Pop Up in BC, More... (11/19/24)
A looming DEA hearing on marijuana rescheduling could include more participants than originally envisioned, and more.
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales has been barred by the courts from serving again as president. (Creative Commons)
DEA Sued Over Marijuana Rescheduling Process, Australian State Okays Drug Checking Program, More... (11/12/24)
Idaho activists have filed a ballot measure to legalize the possession and cultivation of personal use amounts of marijuana, say goodbye to Evo Morales, and more.
Once again, in Afghan fields the poppies grow. (UNODC)
Dallas Votes to Decriminalize Pot Possession, Afghan Opium Production Rising Again, More... (11/7/24)
Dallas wasn't the only Texas locality to vote to decriminalize this week, Kentucky localities vote to allow medical marijuana businesses, and more.