NEW YORK (AP) — Fentanyl is driving drug overdose deaths in the U.S. overall, but in nearly half of the country, it’s a different story. Meth is the bigger killer, a new government report shows. Nationwide, most deaths still involve opioid drugs like fentanyl and heroin. But in 2017,... Read more

Last night, the Kansas City city council was supposed to vote on a marijuana decriminalization proposal. However, the council made some unexpected changes during the meeting, sidelining the proposal and passing a very different piece of legislation instead. The move angered many marijuana advocates in the city. Committee Unexpectedly... Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal, students disciplined for using it are taking their schools to court. College officials... Read more

Portland, Oregon took a big step towards properly funding its social equity in cannabis program on Wednesday. Its city council earmarked $631,000 in grants to go to the grant program that has been established to ensure that people who have been negatively impacted by the war on drugs have... Read more

Recently, the City of West Hollywood, California unveiled the nation’s premier cannabis restaurant, Lowell Cafe. Now, it appears as if the pot-friendly SoCal city is about to have another weed eatery. Scheduled to open in Spring, 2020, Aeon Botanika will be a 7,000 square foot one-stop-wellness-shop with not just... Read more

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont unveiled a plan to legalize cannabis and expunge convictions for marijuana offenses on Thursday, releasing a blueprint of his plan at exactly 4:20 in the afternoon. Sanders said in a statement about the plan that it is time for the nation... Read more