Rights Violations Seen in Federal Mara Crackdown
Civil rights organizations in New York are trying to determine if police and school officials on Long Island helped federal…
August 3, 2017
California: One Dead in Shoot-Out at Rasta Cannabis Farm
A dispute at a cannabis farm run by a local Rastafarian church in California’s Yuba County escalated to a shootout…
August 2, 2017
Burma’s Rohingya Refugees Tarred with Narco-Stigma
The Rohingya Muslim people of Burma are facing what some have called genocide in their homeland, long denied citizenship rights…
July 26, 2017
Scientists Investigate Psychedelic Link to Religious Experience
Did you ever want to trip for the benefit of science? That’s what a lucky group of religious…
July 26, 2017
Philippines: Youth Protest Drug War ‘Dictatorship’
Some 7,000 protesters marched on the Philippines’ House of Representatives in the Batasan district of Manila on Monday as ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte gave his…
July 25, 2017
Growing Gunplay in Hashish Gateway Tajikistan
Although rarely in the news, the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan is a critical corridor for hashish and…
July 20, 2017
California Localities Prepare for Marijuana Legalization
The first decisive step toward the liberalized atmosphere for cannabis across much of the country was quite arguably…
July 19, 2017
Colombian Coca Production Makes Record-Breaking Jump
In unsettling news for the country’s peace process with the FARC guerrillas, Colombia registered a record-shattering 50 percent increase in…
July 17, 2017
‘Betrayal’ of Patients as Ireland Medical Marijuana Bill Stalls
The Republic of Ireland’s long-promised medical marijuana law is being held up in the country’s parliament, the Dáil—leading patients who have…
July 14, 2017
In New Challenge to Madrid, Catalonia Legalizes Cannabis
Spain’s restive northeastern region of Catalonia and especially its freewheeling capital Barcelona have, over the past years, come to rival…
July 13, 2017