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Drugs and the Year from Hell: The Top Ten Domestic Drug Policy Stories of 2020 [FEATURE]
What a year! But it wasn't a bad one when it comes to drug reform.
Addiction
"Drug Kingpin" Ivan Velasquez Caballero upon extradition to the US. He's been replaced. (DEA.gov)
CBO Says Marijuana Legalization Would Help Federal Budget Deficit, DEA Virtual Lecture Series to Begin, More... (12/8/20)
A state senator is leading a push for a marijuana legalization initiative in Nebraska, the new progressive Los Angeles County DA is getting down to work, and more.
Purdue Pharma will pay more than $8 billion in a criminal case around Oxycontin. (Creative Commons)
Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges Over Oxycontin, Another NJ Pot Poll Looking Good, More... (10/21/20)
The Trump campaign demands a Mississippi medical marijuana initiative campaign cease and desist from saying he supports it, the Transform Drug Policy Foundation releases a book on how to regulate stimulants, and more.
Virginia has just decriminalized marijuana possession. (IRIN)
"Deaths of Despair" Plateaued in 2018, No COVID Shutdown for Colombia's Coca Eradicators, More... (5/21/20)
Virginia has now decriminalized small-time marijuana possession, a marijuana legalization bill is moving again in the US Virgin Islands, "deaths of despair" have leveled off, and more.
El Chapo may be behind bars in the US, but his sons still rule Sinaloa. (sedena.gob.mx)
Cartel COVID Curfew in Culiacan, SF Providing Booze, Buds, Butts to Quarantined Drug Users, more... (5/7/20)
The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc with global drug markets, the Sinaloa Cartel has imposed a coronavirus curfew on a city of nearly a million people, San Francisco is taking a harm reduction approach to quarantined drug users, and more.
The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact drug policy. (CDC)
AMA Releases Recommendations for Opioid Use Disorder, Pain During COVID-19, More... (4/9/20)
The AMA makes some progressive recommendations on dealing with opioid use disorder and pain in the time of pandemic, Massachusetts recreational pot retailers sue to become "essential" businesses, and more.
Purdue Pharma is offering to settle thousands of claims arguing that it jumpstarted the nation's opioid crisis.
Chronicle AM: Opioid Maker Ordered to Pay $572 Million, Purdue Pharma Offers Billions to Settle, More... (8/27/19)
Big Pharma companies that deal in opoids are taking a hit, California moves to get rid of a vestige of the dope squad days, and more.
Most addicts didn't go from the doctor's office to the needle and spoon, a new study reports. (Wikimedia)
Most Heroin Addicts Didn't Start By Being Prescribed Pain Pills, Despite Drug Czar's Claims [FEATURE]
The drug czar's office is making misleading claims about the origin of heroin addiction, and that has consequences.
Is this truck driver "an illicit drug user"? A trucking group says hundreds of thousands are. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: CO Hits $1 Billion in Cannabis Taxes, Pompeo Doubles Down on Colombia Crop Spraying, More... (6/13/18)
Colorado has raked in a billion dollars in cannabis tax revenues, Cincinnati decriminalizes, Bonaroo harm reduction protest, Pompeo pushes Colombia coca crop spraying, and more.
MDMA and other Schedule I substances could be opened for more research under a successful amendment to an appropriations bill.
Chronicle AM: NJ Lawmakers Pass Pot Expungement Bill, Psychedelic Research Proposal Advances, More... (6/11/19)
Nevada is going to pilot a digital banking program for cannabusinesses, Alabama's governor signs a medical marijuana study bill, chain pharmacies make recommendations on opioids, and more.