This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A thug narc gets a short prison stay, and more. Let's get to it.
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Maryland GOP efforts to reinstate a law allowing vehicle searches over the odor of weed has come up short. (Creative Commons)
DEA Warns E-Sellers on Pill Presses, Indiana Sees Another Year With No Pot Law Reforms, More... (2/28/24)
Big city mayors in the Netherlands take different lines on drug use, Maryland lawmakers fend off an effort to let cops once again search vehicles because of the smell of weed, and more.
The Mexican military is investigating clashes between rival drug gangs in Guerrero. (Creative Commons)
Vets' Groups Urge Quick Marijuana Rescheduling, German Parliment Votes to Legalize Weed, More... (2/23/24)
Lawmakers in Virginia are working toward a compromise on getting legal retail sales going, prohibition-related violence flares in Mexico's Guerrero state, and more.
Billboards like this would be illegal under a proposed Idaho law. (Creative Commons)
ID Lawmakers Move to Ban Weed Advertising, CA Therapeutic Psychedelic Bill Filed, More... (2/7/24)
The DEA settles with another opioid distributor, Oklahoma's Republican governor calls for civil asset forfeiture reform, and more.
A South Dakota bill to heighten penalties for drug sales resulting in a fatal overdose is advancing. (Creative Commons)
Germany Pot Legalization One Vote Away, SD Bill to Hike Sentences in Fatal ODs Advances, More...(2/5/24)
The US and China form an official counternarcotics working group to deal with fentanyl and its analogs, a Virginia bill to clear the way for retail marijuana sales advances, and more.
Evo Morales. He's back and wants to run for president again. (Creative Commons)
A Dozen Senators Call for Descheduling Marijuana, Bolivia Coca Grower Blockades, More... (1/30/24)
Mandatory minimum sentencing remains in fashion in Boise, an Arkansas medical marijuana expansion initiative has been rejected by the state attorney general, and more.
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VT House Approves Safe Injection Sites, NH Lawmakers Ponder Mandatory Minimums, More... (1/16/24)
The Department of Health and Human Services releases its full review of marijuana rescheduling, Oregon GOP lawmakers plot to undo drug decriminalization there, 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.
Democratic governors want President Biden to press the DEA on marijuana rescheduling (whitehouse.gov)
Democratic Governors Call For Quick Pot Rescheduling, House Approves Xylazine Bill, More... (12/6/23)
The Japanese parliament approves legislation allowing for medical use but criminalizing recreational use of marijuana, a bipartisan bill to mandate that hospitals test for the presence of fentanyl is introduced, and more.
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OR Leaders Visit Portugal for Look at Decriminalization, VA Could See Legal Marijuana Sales, More... (11/10/23)
President Biden remains steadfast in his opposition to federal marijuana legalization, Ohio's Republican governor calls for the legislature to amend the brand new marijuana legalization initiative before it goes into effect next month, and more.