Medical Marijuana Update
Mississippi patients are going to catch a break starting next month, and more.
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Mississippi medical marijuana patients will be able to make fewer visits to the dispensary now. (Creative Commons)
White House Opposes Ban on Pot Testing Military Recruits, MS MedMJ Patients Catch a Break, More... (6/12/24)
New York's legal marijuana retailers will be able to permanently put on farmers markets--if the governor signs the bill--and more.
A cannabis cafe in Amsterdam. Soon we could see something similar in California. (Creative Commons)
Central New York Bad Dope Warning, CA Cannabis Cafe Bill Advances, More... (6/11/24)
Facing a court challenge, the DEA cancels an administrative hearing on its proposed ban of two psychedelic substances; a new poll suggests the Florida legal weed initiative will win, and more.
Medical marijuana patient Marc Fogel has been imprisoned in Russia for the past three years for possessing a half-ounce of weed. (KDKA screenshot)
NH Conferees Reach Agreement on Pot Legalization Bill, NC Tribe OKs Adult-Use Pot Sales, More... (6/6/24)
The Senate has passed a resolution demanding Russia free imprisoned Pennsylvania medical marijuana patient Marc Fogel, and more.
A hospital emergency room. A new bill aims to provide guidelines for fentanyl testing at ERs. (Pixabay)
US Sentencing Commission Seeks Your Input, Bipartisan Senators File Emergency Room Fentanyl Testing Bill, More... (6/5/24)
A New Jersey poll finds majority support for therapeutic psilocybin, the White House has been busy on the harm reduction front this week, and more.
The abortion drug mifeprestone. It is now a controlled substance in Louisiana. (Genbiopro)
LA First State to Make Abortion Drugs Controlled Substances, NH Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, More... (5/28/24)
South Korea threatens to arrest its citizens if they smoke pot in countries where it is legal, Ireland wields harm reduction services as summer festival season arrives, and more.
Harvesting opium poppies. There is not a lot of that going on in Afghanistan anymore. (UNODC)
MN Lawmakers Set Stage for Legal Weed Industry, Afghans Eradicate Miles of Opium Poppies, More... (5/24/24)
The DEA releases its annual drug threat assessment, a new poll finds Texans are ready to legalize weed even if their political leaders are not, and more.
South Dakota's Badlands. The state may not be such a bad land for pot smokers after November. (Creative Commons)
NY Medicinal Psilocybin Bill Filed, NH Marijuana Legalization Bill Amended Again, More... (5/22/24)
Alaska lawmakers have approved a bill that would increase workplace saliva drug testing, a South Dakota marijuana legalization initiative appears poised to appear on the November ballot, and more.
Magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics will be the subject of a Maryland task force studying how to make them available. (Creative Commons)
CA Assembly Approves Marijuana Cafes, MD Governor Signs Psychedelic Task Force Bills, More... (5/21/24)
A Louisiana bill to prepare for marijuana legalization is killed, a New Hampshire bill to legalize marijuana is facing objections in the House, and more.
No therapeutic magic mushrooms for you, California, not this year after a bill dies in the Senate. (Creative Commons)
NH Senate Approves Legal Pot Bill, CA Psychedelics Bill Dies, More... (5/17/24)
Yet another poll has a strong national majority for marijuana legalization, employment drug test cheating is at record high levels, and more.