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A new report from Human Rights Watch and the Drug Policy Alliance lifts the lid on some sordid practices in America's intertwined wars on drugs and immigrants.

A new Senate bill would offer protections for past marijuana users seeking federal employment, the Bahamas is moving to legalize medical and spiritual marijuana, and more.

The Czech government appears to be set on rolling out a full commercial marijuana legalization bill, the Philippines is dealing with its legacy of drug war prison overcrowding, and more.

The Florida marijuana legalization initiative is well-funded but its opposition could be too, Missouri pot tax revenues flow to drug treatment, veterans, and legal services for the poor, and more.

A House Homeland Security subcommittee heard about the threat of Mexican cartel drones, California's governor will campaign against an initiative to roll back drug and sentencing reforms, and more.

A North Dakota marijuana legalization initiative campaign and an Oregon marijuana union initiative campaign both handed in signatures, and more.

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.

A House subcommittee has moved to block marijuana rescheduling, a North Dakota marijuana legalization campaign faces an uphill battle in that reddest of red states, and more.

A limited therapeutic psilocybin bill has died in the California Assembly, the NCAA ends marijuana testing, and more.

Louisiana's hard right governor vetoes a bill that would have eased the pardon process for first-time marijuana possession offenders, the House Committee on the CCP forms a fentanyl working group, and more.