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See how the fight for marijuana legalization is unfolding on the national and state level.
Seattle Drops $1,000 Fine Against HempFest
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has dropped a $1,000 fine against the nonprofit organization that runs HempFest, the annual…
August 9, 2017
State Gauging Interest in MMJ Lab Testing
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota health officials are gauging interest among laboratories in the state in testing…
August 9, 2017
Underground Safe Haven for Heroin Injection Has Been Operating in the U.S. for Years
None were known to exist in the United States until a recent report in the American Journal of…
August 9, 2017
Duterte Still Defiant on Draconian Drug War
The Philippines’ ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte met in Manila on Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and…
August 9, 2017
Jeff Sessions’ Letters to Legal Weed States Were Full of Mistaken Facts
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is on a letter-writing spree to legal marijuana state governors, accusing them of things…
August 8, 2017
Drug Kingpin, Said to Be El Chapo’s Godson, Captured at Calexico
A 29-year-old man believed to be the godson of Mexican narco lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán was indicted…
August 8, 2017
State Lawmakers’ Group Demands Feds Remove Cannabis from Controlled Substances Act
An influential organization representing lawmakers all over the United States is calling for the federal government to eliminate…
August 8, 2017
Mexico Is Writing Its Rules for Medical Marijuana
Earlier this summer, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed an executive decree legalizing medical marijuana, then directed the…
August 8, 2017
For Many Drug Addicts, No Photo ID Means No Treatment
Drug addicts all across the United States are being turned away from rehabilitation centers specializing in this disease…
August 8, 2017
Oregon Is About to Become the First State to Defelonize Hard Drugs
Oregon is an amazing state, and it got even more so last month when its legislature voted to…
August 7, 2017