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The Drug Policy Alliance executive director and author of ‘There Are No Dead Here’ discusses legalization and life after (drug) wartime.

Late last night, the city council voted 5-4 to decriminalize. The measure now awaits the mayor’s signature.

Georgia law gives Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican in the last year of his final term, 40 days to decide whether to sign or veto legislation, or allow it to become law without his name.

From self-reflective rock gods to hemp-friendly senate majority leaders, here are the week’s most notable cannabis quotables.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he will work to oppose a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state.

California, Oregon and other states are seeking a meeting with the AG in hopes of resolving the conflict between federal and state laws that has left the nation’s cannabis industry in legal limbo.

This week: The Drug Policy Alliance’s new director drops by for a chat, a Canadian LP does not hire KISS, and hemp and hell both go under the microscope.

Drug treatment ‘doesn’t work for a lot of people,’ says the AG. What works? More prisons and more prisoners, he believes.

If South Carolina’s measure becomes law, it would be among the most restrictive medical marijuana laws in the country.

Officials disclosed the figure Thursday, two weeks after it began issuing cease-and-desist letters. More than 150 of the shops are in Detroit.