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Weed is Going to Win Big in November [FEATURE]
It's looking very good for marijuana legalization a month out from Election Day.
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Kratom is headed for Schedule I (Creative Commons/Wikipedia)
Powerful Coalition is Building Pressure on Feds to Think Again on Kratom Ban [FEATURE]
A last ditch effort is underway to stop the DEA from acting precipitously to ban an herb used to help wean people from opioids.
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Seattle Aims to Open the First Safe Injection Sites in the US [FEATURE]
A broad-based heroin and opioids task force has recommended them. The mayor, the county executive, and the county sheriff are on board. But what about the feds?
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Now They're Trying to Ban... Kratom? [FEATURE]
Kratom is a fairly innocuous organic substance that is useful in treating a number of conditions, but that doesn't mean people in power don't want to reflexively ban it. The fight is on in Pinellas County, Florida.
Levonia Riggins. Unarmed, killed in his bedroom in a raid that netted two grams of weed. (family photo)
A Long Hot Summer of Drug War Deaths [FEATURE]
An unarmed young black man killed in a raid that netted two grams of weed was only the latest to die at the hands of police in drug war violence.
Coming soon to Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and North Dakota?
These Four States Will Be Voting on Medical Marijuana in November [FEATURE]
The expansion of medical marijuana at the state level should proceed apace again this year.
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It's Official: Five States Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization in November [FEATURE]
The number of people living in marijuana-legal states could triple on November 9.
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DEA's Marijuana Rescheduling Rejection Is Disappointing, But Doesn't Have Much Impact [FEATURE]
The DEA has again refused to reschedule marijuana. Here's why it's not a big surprise nor that devastating.
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DEA Once Again Refuses to Reschedule Marijuana, But Does Offer One Sop [FEATURE]
Once again, the DEA refuses to quit treating marijuana like heroin.
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California: What Will Marijuana Legalization Look Like? [FEATURE]
The nation's most populous state is likely to legalize weed in November. Then what?