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A major report issued this morning by The Lancet urges the U.N. to rethink its drug policy and adopt a number of major changes, including an end to cannabis prohibition.

Nearly four years after legalizing adult use, Washington state voters have shifted toward legalization and against prohibition.

Hawaii considers legislation that could decriminalize all drugs, and Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has signed on in support of California’s Adult Use of Marijuana Act.

The Brookings Institution takes on the “medical marijuana mess,” the U.S. Supreme Court deals a blow to a California dispensary, and Washington state issues recall rules.

Massachusetts AG tells voters to hold their horses, California legalization gets a predictable endorsement, and the New Yorker weighs in on licensing.

Should the movement and the industry be doing more to support Bernie Sanders? Not necessarily. Here’s why.

Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) runs numerous anti-drug campaigns to deter their youth from using illicit substances. And boy, are they interesting.

States considering cannabis laws this year won’t have immediate guidance from the nation’s high court about whether they’re free to flout federal drug law by regulating the drug.

The map is a gob-smacking testament to the power of zoning. Or rather, the power of city officials to use zoning as a way to keep dispensaries from operating.

Arrest data paint an unflattering picture, the federal government criticizes its own handling of cannabis, and cannabis growers look to farmers for inspiration.