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The popular Blue Dream strain is available for $2 gram or $45 an ounce in one Oregon shop. That's not unusual (CP/Flickr)

Oregon's Pot Glut: Great for Consumers, Not So Much for Producers [FEATURE]

Oregon's wide-open marijuana licensing system has created a mountain of marijuana, and that's driving prices down, down, down.

Rodrigo Duterte's Philippines drug war is drawing the ire of Amnesty International. (Creative Commons)

Philippine Drug War Killings Reach Level of Crime Against Humanity, Amnesty International Says [FEATURE]

The pressure is mounting on the United Nations to do something about the bloody drug repression in the Philippines.

Despite some setbacks, marijuana reform continues its progress across the US in 2019.

Marijuana Still Has Momentum in 2019 [FEATURE]

Despite only one state legalizing marijuana so far this year, for the Marijuana Policy Project, the glass is half full. We think so too.

It was an historic vote in the House. (Wikimedia)

House Votes to Protect Legal Marijuana States from Federal Interference [FEATURE]

For the first time ever, the House has voted to protect all legal state marijuana laws, not just medical marijuana.

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.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker<br>(photo courtesy Chi Hack Night via Wikimedia)

Illinois Poised to Legalize Marijuana [FEATURE]

Illinois will be the 11th state to legalize marijuana.

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Why Are Prosecutors Trying to Send a First Step Act Ex-Prisoner Back to Prison? [FEATURE]

It just doesn't make sense.

There are more than a million drug arrests in the US each year. Some places are more into it than others, though. (Cr. Commons)

The Five States with the Most Drug Arrests Per Capita (and the Five with the Fewest) [FEATURE]

Planning a summer vacation? Here's something to ponder.

Philadelphia's progressive District Attorney Larry Krasner (KrasnerforDA.com)

Philadelphia's Maverick Prosecutor Takes Aim at the War on Drugs [FEATURE]

Larry Krasner is shaking things up in the City of Brotherly Love.

Denver

In Historic Come-from-Behind Victory, Denver Magic Mushroom Decriminalization Initiative Passes [FEATURE]

Even initiative proponents had all but conceded defeat when hours after the polls closed, the initiative decriminalizing magic mushrooms went over the top. Just barely.

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