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Trump's pardon of Honduras's ex-president shows counter-drug effort is 'based on lies and hypocrisy' 0 Eugene Monday Monday 5 404
Iowa mom falsely accused of cocaine use during pregnancy sues drug testing lab 0 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 20256
New bill aims to allow research to catch up with US's increasing cannabis consumption 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 5 1220
San Francisco inches closer to adopting drug policy with abstinence as its primary goal 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 1167
SAMHSA: The fate of addiction treatment hangs in the balance with Kennedy's HHS overhaul 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 1276
Senate nears final approval of a bill that could increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 1273
I don't recall hearing her say this, but... 2 buzzycrumbhunger Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 2537
Under court review: A little marijuana, a life sentence 2 Eugene Jan 2020 Sep 2024 4 6172
Oregon: drug possession to be a crime again as decriminalization law expires 0 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 1830
Maine: Utility company's proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police raises privacy concerns 11 Eugene Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 2704
Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions 5 Eugene May 2024 May 2024 5 2587
Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a 'Mexico First' policy 1 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 2901
Oregon lawmakers pass bill to recriminalize drug possession 2 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 2932
San Francisco considers a measure to screen welfare recipients for addiction 6 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 3223
Providence approves first state-sanctioned safe injection site in Rhode Island 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2731
Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 2499
People on parole in Pennsylvania can continue medication for opioid withdrawal under settlement 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 2682
Bill decriminalizing drug test strips in opioid-devastated West Virginia heads to governor 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 2768
10 for 2 John Sinclair 4 multigraincracker Nov 2023 Jan 2024 12 3725
'Magic mushrooms' for therapy? Vets help sway conservatives 7 Eugene Apr 2022 Jan 2024 10 7113
Mexico president asks lawmakers to let US military trainers into Mexico 1 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 4047
China's agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into US, but not solve overdose epidemic 1 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 4220
On mute: Tijuana passes law banning ballads praising Mexican drug trade 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 3540
US government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 9291
Feds want to seize Biloxi councilman's home and millions found in DEA raids of his CBD stores 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 5327
Wife got a call from her daughter yesterday 16 multigraincracker Aug 2023 Aug 2023 93 7237
Nebraska: Crete Public Schools moves forward with random drug testing of 7th-12th graders 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 4692
Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 8566
Don't let people buy pot with debit cards, Mastercard tells banks 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 4200
Judge rules Kansas Highway Patrol 'waged war on motorists,' violated constitutional rights 11 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 5701

Drug Policy Continued...

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After yearslong delay, DEA revokes license of wholesale drug distributor over opioid crisis failures 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 2 6806
Singapore executes man for helping buy 2 pounds of cannabis 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 3591
Biloxi police accused a teen girl of being a 'heroin addict' in DUI arrest. She was sober. 1 ck4829 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 14 7886
Canadian province experiments with decriminalising hard drugs 0 Warpy Feb 2023 Feb 2023 6 3088
DEA's Mexico chief quietly removed over ties to drug lawyers 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 4398
Ex-Mexico security chief's trial poised to lift lid on US and Mexico's 'war on drugs' 1 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 6640
Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 9 3296
Cannabis Reform Dead In Congress After Objections From Republicans 4 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 5731
WSJ News Exclusive Senate Drops Bid to Let Spy Agencies Hire Former Marijuana Users 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 6492
Marijuana May Hurt Smokers More Than Cigarettes Alone 12 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 15347
Colorado voters decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms 1 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 3585
Comedians sue over drug search program at Atlanta airport 1 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 8 4905
Doubt over the accuracy of court-ordered drug tests could have widespread implications for Utahns 0 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 5630
Lawsuit: California utility targeted Asians in pot searches 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 3200
It's now illegal for anyone under 21 to buy canned whipped cream in New York, officials say it's to 5 Eugene Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 7080
Weed vs. Greed: How America Botched Legalizing Pot 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 4651
The Biden administration defends federal ban on gun possession by medical marijuana users 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 5966
How Improper Drug Testing Punishes Minority Mothers and the Incarcerated 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 5006
Federal Cannabis Arrests Jump 25% Under Biden - LA Weekly 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 6185
Cannabis banking provisions clear House for seventh time 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 3947
A false positive on a drug test upended these mothers' lives 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 4472
Averhealth's Drug Tests Were Wrong Up to 30% of the Time, Former Employee Testifies 1 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 6526
Raleigh woman claims faulty drug test cost her, her job 3 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 4176
Across the Desk - S5:E18 (SQ 820 - The End of Prohibition in Oklahoma?) 0 Across-the-Desk May 2022 May 2022 0 5436
Ruling threatens US power as world's high-seas drug police 0 Eugene May 2022 May 2022 3 3431
Mexico shuts elite investigations unit in blow to U.S. drugs cooperation 1 Eugene Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 5707
Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination 0 Eugene Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 3159
Missouri's fentanyl crisis is worsening, but patients can't get treatment for substance abuse 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 5441
Taliban bans opium as Afghanistan's poppy harvest begins 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 3428
Feds sue Pennsylvania court system over bans on opioid meds 0 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 5888

Drug Policy Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Opioid fight needs new strategy, Cabinet leadership: report 1 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 4039
Appeals court upholds charges in medical marijuana arrests 0 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 3573
Democratic divide puts congressional action on marijuana in doubt 7 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 Nov 2021 3 7216
Democratic divide puts congressional action on marijuana in doubt 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 Nov 2021 0
Tramadol: Mass opioid abuse is destabilizing' world's poorest nations 2 Eugene Dec 2019 Nov 2021 0 7104
Company challenges seizure of marijuana proceeds in Kansas 3 Eugene Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 4955
Seattle City Council votes to decriminalize psychedelics 1 AZProgressive Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 3646
June: Alabama removes toddler from Michigan family found with marijuana 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 4694
SAFE Banking is currently attached to the National Defense Authorization Act. It passed in House ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 5545
Are Cops Drug Tested? 8 multigraincracker Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 7854
House Democrats call on Biden to ease policies on White House staffers' marijuana use 1 Eugene Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 13280
Oregon 1st state to decriminalize possession of drugs 3 sandensea Feb 2021 Feb 2021 6 6613
Georgia voters also need to be reminded that marijuana reform is on the ballot. 5 appmanga Dec 2020 Jan 2021 10 15594
U.N. Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Drug 0 Eugene Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 3993
Should N.J. Legalize Marijuana? The Voters Will Decide 0 Eugene Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 8988
Colombia coca crop: Trump tells Duque to resume spraying 1 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 2 7771
Plans for first US 'safe injection site' derailed again 0 Eugene Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 5318
What is the difference between legalizing and decriminalizing? 3 question everything Jan 2020 Jan 2020 0 5236
Rodchenkov Act: US gov't rep unhappy with WADA lobbying effort 2 Eugene Nov 2019 Dec 2019 0 4962
US effort to curb fentanyl behind brief arrest of El Chapo's son, says minister 0 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 4776
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