Overdose Prevention

The White House rolls out a National Response Plan for the emerging threat of fentanyl combined with xylazine.

Alabama issues its first medical marijuana licenses, the British Home Office is messing with festival drug checking, and more.

Faced with having no drug possession law at all come July 1, the legislature came up with a compromise.

A federal bill to fund university research on medical maerijuana gets filed, a federal asset forfeiture reform bill moves, and more.

British Colombia is reviewing its safe supply drug policy with an eye toward expansion, Berlin officially launches a drug checking program, and more.

White House holds summit on reducing overdose toll, Nevada psychedelic study bill goes to governor, and more.

A New Hampshire bill legalizing fentanyl and xylazine testing materials goes to the governor, Antigua and Barbuda decriminalizes marijuana and grants Rastafarians sacramental rights, and more.

A bid to condemn Canada's safe supply drug policy in British Columbia fails in Parliament, Vermont's governor signs an overdose prevention omnibus bill into law, and more.

Minnesota is one Senate vote away from legalizing marijuana, the RESTORE Act gets reintroduced, and more.

Pot isn't the only thing you can buy in some Los Angeles-area pot shops, overdose deaths appear to have plateaued last year, and more.