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Initiative To Legalize Psilocybin Begins Collecting Signatures
As California gets set to launch its fully legal recreational marijuana market at some point early next year,…
Bill Would Allow for Use, Sale and Growth of Pot in St. Louis
A brand new bill proposed earlier in the week would allow for the use, sale and growth of…
Will This Southern City Follow Atlanta’s Lead on Drug Reform?
It would be tough to deny that the United States is fast-entering a golden age of cannabis. Yet…
Atlanta Mayor Signs Pot Decrim Bill Into Law
A bill decriminalizing marijuana in Atlanta was signed into law today. And then it wasn’t. And then it…
Atlanta Is One Vote Away From Decriminalizing Weed
In the wake of a vote that took place earlier this week, it looks as if Atlanta is one vote away…
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…
Weed Finally Decriminalized in New Hampshire
The “Live Free or Die” state just became the last and final one in New England to eliminate…
Oregon Is Not Decriminalizing All Drugs, But It Should
Although a number of reports have surfaced this week suggesting that Oregon is about to “decriminalize” the possession…
Obama Administration Wanted to Decriminalize Marijuana
President Obama’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was on the verge of pushing for nationwide marijuana…
Pot Prohibition’s Last New England Holdout Is Decriminalizing
Along with the West Coast, the most liberal and tolerant place for marijuana in America has been New…
Time Runs Out on Marijuana Reform Bills in Texas
A bill can be killed in a number of ways—obstruction, feet dragging, amendments, procedural snags or getting talked…
Houston’s District Attorney Defends Move to Decriminalize Marijuana
While Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushes his tough-on-weed agenda, one Texas District Attorney is sticking to her decision to…
Marijuana Legalization—in Texas? Decrim Success Says, Eventually
A strange thing is happening in Texas. Cities’ experiments with marijuana decriminalization are going forward. A push to…
Atlanta Is the Latest Southern City to Push for Pot Decriminalization
Startups, independent bookstores, popping nightlife—Atlanta is cool. Creatives and entrepreneurs and anyone else seeking decent wages and legitimate…
State Lawmakers Cancel Local Pot Decriminalization—But It Gets Worse
Conservative Republicans are conservative, to a flaw. Big government is evil and bad and must be shunned at…
Texas Lawmaker Files Pot Decrim Bill
On Monday, Texas State Representative Joe Moody, a Democrat from El Paso, proposed a new law downgrading possession…
Marijuana Decrim Bill Drafted in Jamaica
Jamaica’s justice minister said Tuesday that legislation has been drafted to decriminalize marijuana on the Caribbean island where…
