Chronicle Book Review: The Suburban Crisis
Trying to deal with car culture kids in the post-World War II Los Angeles suburbs laid the groundwork for the war on drugs.
Decriminalization
Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. The state could vote on marijuana legalization this year. (Creative Commons)
DEA Warns on Xylazine in Illicit Fentanyl, BC Recriminalizes Public Drug Possession, More... (4/29/24)
A North Dakota marijuana legalization initiative campaign can begin signature-gathering, a last gasp at medical marijuana fails in Kansas, and more.
Federal workforce drug testing could soon omit MDMA, add fentanyl. (Creative Commons)
Hawaii Senate Kills Pot Decrim Expansion; Federal Drug Tests Could Drop MDMA, Add Fentanyl, More... (4/23/24)
Maine's governor signs a bill to seal the records of past marijuana offenses, a North Carolina tribe opens the first medical marijuana dispensary in the state, and more.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is persona non grata on four Native American reservations. (Creative Commons/Gage Skidmore)
SD Gov Banned by Tribes Over Cartel Comments, Brazil Senate Considering Prohibition Amendment, More... (4/15/24)
A political battle is looming in Brazil over drug decriminalization, New York's attorney general is investigating a hospital for drug testing pregnant patients without their consent, and more.
Psilocybin mushrooms. Psychedelic task force bills are moving in Alaska and Maine. (Pixabay)
MA Governor Pardons Marijuana Possessors, AK Psychedelic Task Force Bill Advances, More... (4/4/24)
A New York bill aims to crack down on illicit weed sales, a Hawaii bill to deepen pot decriminalization advances, and more.
Poster for the John Sinclair Freedom Rally featuring John Lennon and Stevie Wonder, among others, in 1971.
Legendary Pot Activist John Sinclair Dead at 82, OR Governor Signs Bill to Recriminalize Drug Possession, More... (4/2/24)
Hawaii activists are pressing for action ahead of a Thursday deadline for a marijuana legalization bill, Oregon will make drug possession a misdemeanor as of September 1, and more.
This is no April Fool's joke: Marijuana is now legal in Germany. (Tom Angell/Marijuana Moment)
German Pot Legalization Now in Effect, DE MedMJ Expansion Bill Goes to Governor, More... (4/1/24)
A bill to decriminalize drug possession in Maine has been gutted in committee, a bipartisan group of state attorneys general wants Congress to crack down on intoxicating hemp products, and more.
Delegates at the closing session of the 67th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. (UNODC)
House GOP Policy Panel Says Reject Pot Banking Bill, MN Drug Residue Decrim Bill Advances, More... (3/26/24)
Hawaii's marijuana legalization bill advances but faces dimming prospects, South Dakota activists try a third time to get marijuana legalized, and more.
The White House. Three dozen congressional Democrats call on Biden to act on clemency for pot prisoners. (Creative Commons)
Three Dozen House Dems Call for Pot Clemency, OR Governor Will Sign Drug Recriminalization Bill, More... (3/15/24)
A marijuana legalization bill continues to move in the Hawaii legislature, Minnesota lawmakers ponder marijuana social equity licensing changes, and more.
Chronicle Book Review: Quick Fixes
A witty polemic on how we must solve capitalism if we want to solve our drug and drug war problems.