Medical Marijuana Update
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers tussle over medical marijuana, Delaware lawmakers move to expand that state's medical marijuana system, and more.
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Los Choneros leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," being transferred between prisons in 2023. (FFAAE)
NJ & WA See Home Grow Bills Filed, Ecuador State of Emergency Over Cartels, More... (1/11/24)
The US is set to send assistance ot Ecuador as it battles rampaging drug gangs, a medical marijuana expansion bill gets filed in Delaware, and more.
Vermont State House
VT House Approves Safe Injection Sites, NH Lawmakers Ponder Mandatory Minimums, More... (1/16/24)
The Department of Health and Human Services releases its full review of marijuana rescheduling, Oregon GOP lawmakers plot to undo drug decriminalization there, and more.
Magic mushrooms. They are now effectively decriminalized in Ypsilanti. (Creative Commons)
DC Council Approves Measure to Penalize Marijuana "Gifting" Shops, More... (1/12/24)
A bill requiring warnings that medical marijuana users cannot own guns is moving in South Dakota, a pair of Alaska lawmakers file a psychedelic reform bill, and more.
Is medical marijuana finally coming to Wisconsin? (Creative Commons)
HI AG Releases Draft Legal Weed Bill Without Supporting, WI GOP Leader Files MedMJ Bill, More... (1/8/24)
A Florida Republican lawmaker files a bill to cap THC limits in legal weed if voters approve an initiative, the new Thai government attempts to rein in recreational marijuana sales and use, and more.
Iran executed nine drug convicts in recent days, state media reports. (iranhr.net)
AMA Releases 2023 Overdose Report, Ukraine Lawmakers Approve MedMJ, More... (1/3/24)
Somebody in Washington state thinks people who smoke pot should not be hired in drug treatment positions, Iran hangs nine more people for drug convictions, and more.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has commuted the sentences of a dozen people imprisoned for "unlawful ingestion" of drugs. (CC)
BC High Court Blocks Recriminalization of Public Drug Use, UFC Ends Weed Ban, More... (1/2/24)
There is yet another hiccup in the effort to get Alabama medical marijuana dispensaries open, South Dakota's Republican governor commutes the prison sentences of a dozen people for using drugs, and more.
Biden grants more pardons and clemencies. (whitehouse.gov)
Biden Grants Pardons to Thousands for Federal MJ Convictions, Clemency for Eleven with Drug Convictions, More... (12/22/23)
A Ukrainian rightist faction is blocking the signing of the just-passed medical marijuana bill, the Biden administration moves to expand access to naloxone at federal facilities, and more.
Portland, Oregon. The state has released an audit on progress in addressing the drug problem. (Creative Commons)
CA AG Kills Dream of Interstate Pot Sales, Ukraine Approves MedMJ, More... (12/21/23)
Pennsylvania bills to protect medical marijuana patients from DUI charges are moving, Oregon releases an audit of the state's progress in dealing with its drug problem in the Measure 110 era, and more.
ibogaine shrub (Creative Commons)
PA MedMJ Permit Expansion Bill Goes to Governor, KY Ponders Ibogaine for Opioid Treatment, More... (12/14/23)
The Ohio legislature's effort to revise the voter-approved marijuana legalization law will not get done this year, the Kansas Republican Senate leader says he is open to medical marijuana, and more.