Medical Marijuana Update
A Delaware bill to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to jumpstart legal adult-use sales awaits the governor's signature, Kansas lawmakers will take up medical marijuana in an interim session, and more.
Medical Marijuana
Mexican federal forces are seizing loads of methamphetamine, but fentanyl? Not so much. (Creative Commons)
WA Natural Psychedelic Legalization Initiative Filed, Mexican Fentanyl Seizures Plummet, More... (7/10/24)
Lawmakers in Kansas will spend two days of an interim session on medical marijuana hearings, Malaysian drug experts laud their government for moving toward drug decriminalization, and more.
Smalltime federal pot arrest records could go up in smoke under an expungement bill filed last week. (usmarshals.gov)
Federal Pot Expungement Bill Filed, CA Bill to Speed Psychedelic Research Goes to Governor, More... (7/8/24)
The Thai government has taken another step toward decriminalizing marijuana, North Carolina's Eastern Band of Cherokees began selling adult-use weed on July 4, and more.
Tianeptine AKA gas station heroin--now banned in North Carolina. (FDA)
Arkansas MedMJ Init Campaign Hands in Signatures, FL Poll Has Good Tidings for Legalization Init, More... (7/5/24)
North Carolina becomes the latest state to ban "gas station heroin," German conservatives vow to undo marijuana legalization if returned to power, and more.
The Delaware state capitol. Lawmakers there have approved a bill to expedite adult-use marijuana sales and promote social equity applicants. (Creative Commons)
DE Bill to Let Dispensaries Begin Adult Use Pot Sales Goes to Governor, 19 Dead in Mexico Drug Gang Clash, More... (7/3/24)
One of the companies whose challenge to federal marijuana prohibition was thrown out this week vows to take it to the Supreme Court, and more.
Colombian troops dismantling the coca and cocaine complex in Norte de Santander. (cgfm.mil.co)
NC Senate Approves MedMJ, DE House Approves Expedited Adult-Use Sales Bill, More... (6/20/24)
The Colombian Army has raided a coca- and cocaine-processing complex in Norte de Santander just as it has raided countless complexes before in its fruitless quest to repress the cocaine trade, and more.
Medical Marijuana Update
Mississippi patients are going to catch a break starting next month, and more.
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.