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These 5 States Are the Most Well-Placed to Legalize Marijuana in 2021

The Top 10 Drug Policy Stories of 2020

In Historic Move, House Votes to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

In Historic Vote, the UN No Longer Considers Cannabis One of the Most Dangerous Drugs

Drug Reform Won a Clean Sweep in the 2020 Election

The Psychedelic Revolution Is Coming to the Ballot Box

Legal Marijuana Is on the Ballot in Big Sky Country

Will New Jersey Be the Next State to Legalize Marijuana?

Oregon Is on the Cusp of a Major Precedent in National Drug Reform: Decriminalizing Everything

Can Marijuana Win Over Voters in a High Plains Red State?

Here Are the Major Drug Reform Initiatives Looming on the Ballot

Is the Time of the No-Knock Drug Raid Coming to an End?

Democrats in Congress Are Taking on a Police Culture Run Amok

Progressives in Congress File Resolution Condemning Police Brutality, Racial Bias, War on Drugs

Promising Effort in Congress Builds to Release Prisoners and Treat Marijuana Like a Normal Industry

Global Leaders Finally Are Realizing That You Can Fight Organized Crime by Legalizing Drugs

COVID-19 Is Wreaking Havoc With Drug Reform Initiatives

Why Big Cities Have Given Up Prosecuting the Drug War During the Coronavirus Pandemic

As the Global War on Drugs Fades Away, the Only People Who Benefited Were Drug Traffickers

Republican Reefer Reactionaries: Meet America’s Worst 8 Governors on Marijuana Reform

11 States Where You Might Be Voting on Major Marijuana Reforms This November

Marijuana Reform Advanced Around the World Last Year

2019 Was a Banner Year for Drug Reform

How to Legalize Ecstasy—And Why

America’s Afghanistan Anti-Drug Boondoggle Nears the $9 Billion Mark