Items tagged with US drug policy
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| Congressional researchers admit legalizing marijuana hurts Mexican drug cartel profits [03.08.2020] | Demand for marijuana illegally trafficked from Mexico will continue to decline as the legalization movement spreads, a new report from the Congressio ... |
| Senator files new bill to federally legalize marijuana and regulate it like tobacco [31.07.2020] | Democratic senator Tina Smith (D-MN) filed a new bill to federally legalize marijuana, creating yet another potential avenue through which Congress c ... |
| Biden-Sanders task force does not recommend legalizing marijuana [10.07.2020] | A task force formed between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, which had prior heated discussions on cannabis, agreed on multiple criminal justice priorit ... |
| Secret US drug injection site shows how supervision could save lives [08.07.2020] | For five years, a secret supervised drug injection site has operated in the US, allowing drug users to inject more than 10,000 times in a sterile, pr ... |
| Lester Grinspoon, influential marijuana scholar, dies at 92 [02.07.2020] | Dr. Lester Grinspoon, a Harvard psychiatry professor who became a leading proponent of legalizing marijuana after his research found it was less toxi ... |
| Library of Congress highlights racist news coverage used to justify criminalizing marijuana a century ago [16.06.2020] | The Library of Congress (LOC) is documenting racist depictions of marijuana in early 20th century news coverage that helped to drive the criminalizat ... |
| Criminalization that never should have been: Cannabis [12.06.2020] | As the House debates ways to reform policing in the United States, it’s critical that we not only analyze the structures under which law enforcement ... |
| A massive Asian drug bust has stirred a fentanyl mystery [10.06.2020] | As the UNODC put it, this was “one of the largest and most successful counternarcotics operations” in Asia’s history. Myanmar’s army and police, whic ... |
| The coronavirus has gutted the price of coca. It could reshape the cocaine trade [09.06.2020] | As a farmer eking out a living in Peru’s central jungle, Rubén Leiva grew one cash crop that seemed immune from global cycles of booms and busts. But ... |
| The controversial new deployment of US troops in Colombia [02.06.2020] | The decision to send US troops into Colombia to help against drug trafficking is a troubling one, whether as part of the two countries’ security stra ... |
| Lavish parties, greedy pols and panic rooms: How the ‘Apple of Pot’ collapsed [24.05.2020] | MedMen looked to become the Apple of pot, the first mainstream, nationwide consumer brand for the product that drove so many Americans to ingest and ... |
| Years after legalizing marijuana, voters see it as a huge success [20.05.2020] | Residents in nine of the 11 states that have legalized the adult use of cannabis have no regrets about ending prohibition. In fact, according to a ne ... |
| Illinois announces $31 million In marijuana revenue-funded grants to repair drug war’s harms [19.05.2020] | Illinois is putting its marijuana money where its mouth is, announcing that $31.5 million in restorative justice grants are now available thanks to t ... |
| The opioid epidemic was already a national crisis. Covid-19 could be making things worse [07.05.2020] | Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the nation was in the throes of another public health crisis: the opioid epidemic. More than 2 million Americans strugg ... |
| Cannabis in high demand amid coronavirus pandemic [05.05.2020] | According to cannabis industry analytics firm Headset, pot sales in the United States spiked in mid-March, with sales growth peaking at 64% in the we ... |
| Peruvian coca farmers to Paris pushers, coronavirus upends global narcotics trade [22.04.2020] | The coronavirus outbreak has upended industries across the globe. The international narcotics trade has not been spared. From the cartel badlands alo ... |
| Marijuana businesses allowed to stay open in San Francisco, New York [19.03.2020] | As hundreds of businesses in cities such as San Francisco and New York close due to the coronavirus outbreak, medical marijuana stores remain open as ... |
| Safe injection sites: Coronavirus underlines why they make sense [17.03.2020] | As cases of COVID-19 infections and fatalities begin to surge, an aggressive testing campaign is finally getting underway across the nation. American ... |
| Native American churches request that peyote not be Included in decriminalization initiatives [16.03.2020] | The National Council of Native American Churches (NCNAC) and the Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative (IPCI) released a statement on March 12, 2 ... |
| Glyphosate and cocaine: Colombia's next drug war? [09.03.2020] | Pedro Arenas is afraid that they'll take flight again. "I expect it could be within the next months," he says. Since the end of last year, nine AT-80 ... |
| Philadelphia nonprofit opening nation's first supervised injection site next week [26.02.2020] | After a two-year battle, the Philadelphia nonprofit Safehouse says next week it will open the first space in the U.S. where people struggling with ad ... |
| Los Angeles to dismiss 66,000 marijuana convictions [14.02.2020] | Los Angeles moved this week to dismiss nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions, years after the state voted to legalize the drug. The county is working w ... |
| FP Dealmakers: ‘There are going to be bankruptcies' [30.01.2020] | The one thing Bay Street’s top cannabis bankers are all in agreement about is how difficult it has become for the pot sector to raise money over the ... |
| Another cannabis company teeters on the edge [29.01.2020] | Last week was a wild one for MedMen, the multistate cannabis retailer based in Culver City, California. As CEO Adam Bierman was getting ready to do a ... |
| Colombia will tackle cocaine with a cancer-causing chemical. Only problem is, it won't work [21.01.2020] | The Colombian government has published a proposed law that will allow it to resume a controversial program of aerial fumigation of coca crops using g ... |
| Marijuana legalization may hit 40 states. Now what? [20.01.2020] | More than 40 U.S. states could allow some form of legal marijuana by the end of 2020, including deep red Mississippi and South Dakota — and they’re d ... |
| Major Canadian pot companies facing proposed class-action lawsuits in the U.S. [19.01.2020] | Some of Canada's biggest cannabis producers are facing proposed class-action lawsuits in the United States after investors were hit with steep financ ... |
| The Great Cannabis Crash of 2019 [14.01.2020] | Bad news about the so-called "Green Rush" rolled in slowly at first, picking up steam around the end of last summer. Stocks started to dive. Layoffs ... |
| Pot politics: Some Northeast states regroup on legalization [13.01.2020] | A year ago, marijuana legalization looked like it was on a roll in the Northeast — it had already passed in three of the region’s states and was a pr ... |
| New York could legalise cannabis this year, governor says [09.01.2020] | Governor Andrew Cuomo pledged for the second year in a row to legalise recreational cannabis in New York, prioritizing a push that fell apart last ye ... |
| Philly’s supervised injection site backers say they won’t delay opening while Justice Dept. appeals [07.01.2020] | The Philadelphia nonprofit hoping to operate the nation’s first supervised injection site it would not let an expected appeal by the Justice Departme ... |
| More than $3m worth of cannabis sold in Illinois on first day of legalisation [03.01.2020] | It was a happy – and seemingly high – new year in Illinois after cannabis sales of more than $3m were made on the first day of the drug being legal f ... |
| What will 2020 mean for cannabis? [01.01.2020] | As 2019 slouched toward its end, many predictions of what might happen with cannabis in 2020 had been tinged with optimism. Chronic Town was no diffe ... |
| Illinois governor pardons 11,000 for low-level marijuana convictions [31.12.2019] | Illinois governor JB Pritzker granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions, describing the step as a first wave of thousands ... |
| Opioids, pot and criminal justice reform helped undermine this decade's War on Drugs [29.12.2019] | This much we know: Americans like to do drugs. That might explain why a prescient headline in the satirical publication The Onion stands as one of th ... |
| America’s marijuana growers are the best in the world, but federal laws are keeping them out of global markets [27.12.2019] | After 20 years of experience, legal marijuana growers in the U.S. have a reputation for creating the best product in the world, scientifically grown ... |
| Marijuana’s ten biggest victories of 2019 [17.12.2019] | This year was a big one for marijuana in the U.S. From a first-ever congressional vote on federally legalizing cannabis to another large state ending ... |
| Legalizing cannabis linked to less opioid prescriptions [17.12.2019] | There are less opioid prescriptions on average in U.S. states where medical and recreational marijuana are legal, research has revealed. Access to re ... |
| Inside the Walmart of weed [23.11.2019] | With Canada the largest nation to completely legalize marijuana, the world’s most valuable pot company, Canopy Growth Corp., founded in 2013 and now ... |
| House Judiciary Committee approves landmark marijuana legalization bill [20.11.2019] | The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would effectively make marijuana legal. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE ... |
| Britons who legally smoke cannabis in the US 'risk being deported' [15.11.2019] | A legal expert at an international immigration firm has warned British tourists and employees that if they smoke marijuana in the US, even in states ... |
| Two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization [14.11.2019] | Two-thirds of Americans say the use of marijuana should be legal, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade, according to a new Pew Research ... |
| Cannabis use disorder is rising in U.S. states where weed is legal [13.11.2019] | Rates of cannabis use disorder have risen in U.S. states where the drug has been legalized, including among children and teenagers, according to a st ... |
| Is the ‘War on Drugs’ over? Arrest statistics say No [05.11.2019] | Despite bipartisan calls to treat drug addiction as a public health issue rather than as a crime — and despite the legalization of marijuana in more ... |
| Reasons marijuana legalization seems to be failing [05.11.2019] | When it was first proposed, the concept of marijuana legalization seemed solid enough. Take the world’s most popular illicit substance, establish a t ... |
| Glimmer of hope for cannabis industry as talks continue with US [31.10.2019] | Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Dermon Spence has indicated that there could be headway in sig ... |
| As Russian money poured into cannabis, Giuliani allies scrambled to partake [23.10.2019] | Federal law still treats cannabis as an illegal substance, and traditional banks have been wary of getting involved. Wealthy financiers have moved in ... |
| How Canada's cannabis legalization is shaping laws elsewhere [17.10.2019] | Ever since Canada became the first major country to legalize marijuana for adults a year ago, other nations have been paying attention. The small Sou ... |
| Local governments are trying to make the cannabis industry less racist [17.10.2019] | Local governments looking to legalize marijuana across the nation are starting to think about racial equity—at a time when a multi-billion dollar can ... |
| The Great American cannabis experiment [14.10.2019] | While state legalization has allowed the cannabis industry to grow – it generated over $10 billion in sales last year and employs more than 211,000 p ... |
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