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Here Comes Hemp: Congress Votes to Unleash a Billion-Dollar Industry

New York Man, 78, Evicted From Subsidized Housing for Medical Marijuana

Crackdowns on Heroin, Pain Pills Gave Rise to Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic

Oregon Initiative Would Decriminalize Psilocybin

Trump’s Ghoulish Call for Even More Chinese Drug Executions

Mississippi Madness: Busted on Bogus Drug Charges, This Woman Spent 96 Days in Jail Without Seeing a Judge

Here Are 5 Outrageous Pot-Related Gift Ideas for Your Favorite Pot Smoker—If You Have More Cash Than Consciousness

Watch: Undercover Detroit Narc Squads Brawl as They Try to Arrest Each Other

Georgia Nightmare: Jailed Four Months for Possession of…Cotton Candy?

McConnell Dims Prospects for Sentencing Reform

Good Riddance! Drug Reformers Applaud Sessions’ Departure from DOJ

Green Wave: Marijuana Initiatives Go Three for Four in Midterms

Microdosing Psychedelics Linked to Heightened Wisdom, Creativity

Mexico’s Supreme Court Effectively Legalizes Marijuana Possession, Cultivation, and Use

Mexico’s Cartels Have Gotten So Big, They Act Like Governments

Bad News From Brazil: The Right Populist President-Elect Will Be Absolutely Horrid on Drug Policy

Marijuana Midterms: How the Prospects for State-Level Legalization and Medical Marijuana Are Looking

There Is an ‘Elegant Way’ to End Global Marijuana Prohibition

Two New Polls Suggest Pot Prohibition’s Days Are Numbered

One Key Congressman’s Bold Plan to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition Next Year

Fentanyl Involved in Half of All Fatal Overdoses: Here Are the States Most at Risk

Oh, Canada! Marijuana Is Now Legal in Great White North

How This Red State’s Cruel Meth Laws Are Putting Women Behind Bars in Record Numbers

Here Are 10 Economic Sectors Impacted by Legal Marijuana

ACLU Files Lawsuit Against San Francisco Cops for Targeting African-Americans in Drug Busts