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Maui News Caregivers who provide medical cannabis to qualified patients will be protected from “undue enforcement” under an executive order signed by Gov. Josh Green. “We have medical cannabis statutes to provide patients the relief each desperately needs as they navigate very serious health issues,” said Green, a medical doctor. “We must protect the patients […]
News 13 NY With the new year, that means bills will be re-introduced to the state house. One of those bills will help legalize the use of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, otherwise known as “magic mushrooms” If passed, this bill will allow adults 18 and older to take a health screening and an educational course to receive a permit to […]
Radio New Zealand Authorities in French Polynesia have seized a record 524 Kg of cocaine aboard a Spanish-flagged vessel on Christmas Eve. The operation was conducted by French Navy Overseas support and assistance vessel Bougainville, in co-ordination with French Gendarmerie and the OFAST (anti-narcotics office), the French High commission said in a release. The Australian […]
Billionaire Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has been using his outsized influence to promote a bill, IL HB 4293, that will decimate the state’s hemp industry. If it passes, the bill will place all products containing intoxicating cannabinoids, including ones that are hemp-derived, under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (CRTA). The CRTA legalized adult-use cannabis […]
This via Talking Drugs. As of 2025 we’ll be highlighting more articles, updates and information about general international drug policy. This is an interesting place to start Recent debates on international drug control emphasise how colonial legacies are maintained in today’s global anti-drug agendas, with devastating consequences. Driving the discussion to under-explored regions, this recent article published in the Journal […]
Here’s the Abstract Read at https://jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31389/jied.224 Authors Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera Charles Lewis William Yaworsky Abstract This article explains some of the mechanisms through which corruption by high-level Mexican politicians and other organized crime members is facilitated in the United States through money laundering operations. The analysis is based on information contained in court records related to […]
My first story of 2025, I fear, will sum up 2025 and cannabis. Slightly crazy, the past coming back to haunt the present and not in a good way ….. and generally wtf!!! A special court on Monday sentenced a 65-year-old man to 20 years in jail in a case dating back to 1987, […]
The drugs were hidden within a cargo of frozen fish, according to a security source. Rabat – Police at the El Guerguerat crossing in southern Morocco thwarted on Monday evening an attempt to muggle three tons and 575 kilograms of hashish. The drugs were hidden inside an international transport vehicle registered in Morocco, MAP quoted […]
Three men have been arrested after border guards at Aberdeen Airport seized drugs hidden in suitcases worth an estimated £1m. About 150kg of cannabis was found in the luggage when the men arrived in the city from London Heathrow on 20 December. The men, two of whom are aged 25 and one who is 19, […]