Chronicle Magazine Review: The Baffler, No. 74, Altered States
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Congress
The California State Fair in Sacramento next month will feature not only weed sales and on-site consumption, but a competition. (Pixabay)
CA State Fair Will Be First in Nation to Allow Weed Sales, AZ Governor Vetoes Psilocybin Services Bill, More... (6/19/24)
Federal legislation has been filed to ensure Job Corp applicants are not automatically canned for a second positive pot test, San Francisco takes aim at "drug-permissive" housing for the homeless, 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.
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.
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.
Could the longstanding congressional ban on DC pot sales be coming to an end? (Creative Commons)
House Panel Removes Ban on DC Pot Sales, SD Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization in November, More... (6/4/24)
House and Senate conferees in New Hampshire are trying to hammer out a compromise to save a marijuana legalization bill, Ohio prepares for its first legal pot shop applicants, and more.
Kratom. The state of California is moving to regulate -- not prohibit -- it. (Project CBD)
CA Kratom Regulation Bill Advances, VT Governor Vetoes Safe Injection Site Bill, More... (6/3/24)
Customs and Border Patrol has cut the period of acceptable last marijuana use for recruits from two years to 90 days, the federal defense bill is the locus of several drug policy-related amendments, and more.
A .50 caliber rifle seized at the Port of Nogales. (CBP)
Federal Bill Would Restrict .50 Caliber Rifles in Bid to Block Cartel Access [FEATURE]
.50 caliber sniper rifles can take down a chopper, penetrate armor, and hit a target from a mile away. For $9,000 one can be yours. The Mexican cartels say "yes, please."