Medical Marijuana Update
A Delaware bill to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to jumpstart legal adult-use sales awaits the governor's signature, Kansas lawmakers will take up medical marijuana in an interim session, and more.
Marijuana Industry
The United Food & Commercial Workers Local 555 works to organize marijuana industry workers.
House Committee Votes to Block Pot Rescheduling, Germany's First Marijuana Social Club Approved, More... (7/9/24)
A North Dakota marijuana legalization initiative campaign and an Oregon marijuana union initiative campaign both handed in signatures, and more.
Smalltime federal pot arrest records could go up in smoke under an expungement bill filed last week. (usmarshals.gov)
Federal Pot Expungement Bill Filed, CA Bill to Speed Psychedelic Research Goes to Governor, More... (7/8/24)
The Thai government has taken another step toward decriminalizing marijuana, North Carolina's Eastern Band of Cherokees began selling adult-use weed on July 4, and more.
Eradicating coca in Peru's Upper Huallaga River Valley (Peru Interior Ministry)
Federal Court Reject Pot Companies' Challenge to Prohibition, Peru Coca Eradication, More... (7/2/24)
California could see dueling initiatives seeking to increase fentanyl penalties, the Biden administration announces a new initiative on drug treatment for inmates, and more.
Someone tell Florida lawmakers it's only a movie.
New FL Law Protects Residents from Cocaine-Crazed Bears, CA Bars Must Now Offer Date Rape Drug Test Kits, More...(7/1/24)
A Mississippi medical marijuana dispensary operators lawsuit over a state advertising ban gets thrown out of federal court, and more.
Colombian troops dismantling the coca and cocaine complex in Norte de Santander. (cgfm.mil.co)
NC Senate Approves MedMJ, DE House Approves Expedited Adult-Use Sales Bill, More... (6/20/24)
The Colombian Army has raided a coca- and cocaine-processing complex in Norte de Santander just as it has raided countless complexes before in its fruitless quest to repress the cocaine trade, and more.
Chronicle Magazine Review: The Baffler, No. 74, Altered States
Our first-ever magazine review. This smart and scrappy rag has earned it.
A Dutch marijuana coffee shop. Now, shops in 10 cities can obtain a legal, licensed supply of marijuana. (Creative Commons)
VT Lawmakers Override Safe Injection Site Veto, Dutch "Weed Experiment" Expands, More... (6/18/24)
A New Jersey psilocybin legalization bill gets amended into a therapeutic psilocybin services bill, bipartisan Pennsylvania lawmakers prepare to roll out a marijuana legalization bill, and more.
Methamphetamine. The US Sentencing Commission has a new report on meth sentencing and purity. (DEA)
House GOP Kills Marijuana Provisions in Spending Bill, Federal Meth Sentencing Report, More... (6/14/24)
Marijuana legalization is dead in New Hampshire this year, a California initiative to "fix" voter-approved sentencing reforms qualifies for the November ballot, and more.
The defense funding bill is headed for a House floor vote and still includes a ban on testing military recruits for marijuana. (Creative Commons)
AMA Endorses Drug Decriminalization, New York Weed Wars, More... (6/13/24)
A key House committee has eliminated all marijuana-related amendments to the defense spending bill, leaving intact a ban on marijuana testing for recruits, and more.