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U.S. Congress Votes to Kill Racist Crack and Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity

Why the Taliban’s Promise to Stop the Opium Trade Rings Hollow

How the Global Drug War’s Victims Are Fighting Back

Federal Court Starting to Rethink Punishing for Drug Use in Homicide Sentencing

Drug Decriminalization Could Become a Federal Law? New Bill Gets Reform in Motion

Can Marijuana Go Green?

Biden’s Drug Policy Priorities Are a Small Step in the Right Direction, But Old Attitudes Linger

Legal Marijuana Arrives in the Land of Enchantment

Legal Marijuana Arrives in New York

Why Canada Is Pulling the Plug on Its War on Drugs

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