Congress voted to pass legislation that would criminalize xylazine, impeding vital research on drug treatments, criminalizing low-level drug users, and hindering overdose prevention efforts.
Oregon Governor Kotek released the Portland Central City Task Force’s recommendations calling on state lawmakers to roll back the state’s drug decriminalization law, ban public drug use, and expand police presence in Portland.
New York City’s OPCs Provide Life-Saving Care to Communities As New York State Sees Overdose Deaths Rise
The Marijuana Justice Coalition (MJC) and the Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA)--representing 39 nonprofit and public interest groups--released a letter calling on President Biden to deschedule marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to fulfill his promise to voters regarding marijuana decriminalization.
United for Marijuana Decriminalization, a group of the nation's leading marijuana policy reform advocates and industry leaders, hosted a briefing detailing how the Biden Administration can move forward to advance marijuana decriminalization and center equity approaches throughout the federal government.
“We understand the Mayor, like all residents, is frustrated by the unhoused crisis. But unlike residents, she’s supposed to work through the frustration to arrive at actionable, effective solutions. Instead she is reverting to failed drug war tactics that are rooted in the punishment of people, not solutions that address the unhoused crisis or addiction.
Fixes Needed for Marijuana Banking Bill to Ensure Fairness for People with Past Marijuana Criminal Records
400 families who have lost loved ones to overdose urged lawmakers to take a health approach to the overdose crisis, not more criminalization and punishment.
Today, two initiative petitions aimed at undoing Measure 110 were filed. The complicated, costly, and ineffective ballot measures announced today are not a solution but, instead, a false promise of change and a return to the failed war on drugs.
200 families who have lost loved ones to overdose urged lawmakers to take a health approach to the overdose crisis, not more criminalization and punishment.
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