Medical Marijuana Update
Mississippi patients are going to catch a break starting next month, and more.
State & Local Legislatures
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.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has vetoed a controversial hemp bill. (fl.gov)
FL Gov Vetoes Hemp Bill, Dutch Panel Recommends MDMA for PTSD, More... (6/10/24)
Connecticut expands its list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, an Illinois bill ending mandatory reporting of positive newborn drug tests to law enforcement goes to the governor, 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 police bust in the Tenderloin. There have been a lot of them in the last year. (AdamChandler86)
CA Cops Now Support Marijuana Legalization, One-Year Anniversary of San Francisco Drug Crackdown, More... (5/30/24)
A dangerous new substance is entering the nation's illicit powder drug supply, the New Hampshire marijuana legalization bill is now going to conference committee, 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.