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HHS Asks DEA To Reclassify Cannabis as Equivalent to Testosterone and Codeine Tylenol

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Senators hail Health Dept. recommendation to ease restrictions on marijuana

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders are hailing it as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug

The Independent UK

HHS completes review of rescheduling cannabis - Roll Call

HHS completed its review of rescheduling cannabis and sent a recommendation to the DEA, the agencies confirmed.

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Biden health agency recommends classifying marijuana as lower-risk, opening potential for major policy changes

President Biden ordered agency to conduct scientific review law year

The Independent UK

Government Continues To Deny Its Role in Adderall Shortage

While schoolchildren go without needed medication, government agencies shirk responsibility by blaming manufacturers.

Reason

5th Circuit Says Prosecuting a Cannabis Consumer for Possessing Guns Violated the Second Amendment

The decision casts further doubt on the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a felony for illegal drug users to own firearms.

Reason

Prohibition Gave Us Tranq-Laced Fentanyl

Mixing other drugs with xylazine is driven by the economics of prohibition.

Reason

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Breaking Bad star Mark Margolis remembered as ‘dear friend and dynamic human’

Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito and Dean Norris were among those paying tribute to the actor, following his death at the age of 83

Evening Standard

They were 2 Chicago pizza delivery guys. Then, they ran a Mexican drug cartel, feds say

The Guerreros Unidos cartel that authorities say brothers Adan and Mario Casarrubias Salgado led fed Chicago’s appetite for heroin and is blamed for the massacre of 43 students in Mexico.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chasing Shadows by Miles Johnson review – criminal world

A thriller-like tale of global drugs and terrorism that may be too complex for its own good

The Guardian - UK

New Illinois laws affecting schools throughout the state, including cover book bans, bullying and more

A roundup of the new Illinois rules and resources that were made into law for the 2023-2024 school year.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Return of MDMA

Some doctors are itching to prescribe ecstasy again. How do we avoid the regulatory mistakes of the '80s?

Reason

Margarito Flores, Chicago cocaine kingpin who helped bring down El Chapo, will teach cops how to catch drug traffickers

One of the notorious Flores twins is to lead a seminar at the Kane County sheriff’s office — “a rare chance for us to get into the mind of the people we are trying to find,” an official says.

Chicago Sun-Times

What will it take to accelerate the suburban rail project in Bengaluru?

The grand, four-corridor, suburban rail network for Bengaluru, a potential game-changer to solve the city’s perennial mobility issues, is at the crossroads.

The Hindu

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Al Jazeera

Former Venezuela spy chief pleads not guilty to US drug charges

Plea comes after Hugo Carvajal was extradited from Spain to US to face charges he coordinated drug trafficking.

The Independent UK

Revolving Door: DEA’s No.2 quits amid reports of previous consulting work for Big Pharma

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s second-in-command has quietly stepped down amid reporting by The Associated Press that he previously consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for the drugmaker that became the face of the opioid epidemic: Purdue Pharma

Kiplinger

SAFE Banking Act Turns 10 With Little Fanfare: This Week in Cannabis Investing

The SAFE Banking Act, which aims to improve cannabis companies' access to finance, continues to struggle a decade after being introduced.

Salon

Thanks for 50 years of nothing, DEA

The Drug Enforcement Administration has spent half a century worsening public health. It should be abolished

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Scientists Discover Way To Activate Brain Cells To Inhibit Drug Addiction

Understanding role of specific brain cells in the urge for opioids offers avenue for interventions aimed at curbing addiction

Reason

Drug Busts Are Linked to More Overdoses and Deaths

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Reason

After 50 Years, the DEA Is Still Losing the War on Drugs

For five decades, the agency has destroyed countless lives while targeting Americans for personal choices and peaceful transactions.

WEKU

Politicians want cop crackdowns on drug dealers. Experts say tough tactics cost lives

As fentanyl deaths surge, lawmakers want more drug busts and arrests. But new research found tough police tactics might increase overdoses and drug deaths in communities.

Radio France Internationale

Does Europe really need a 'digital euro'?

The EU has taken a crucial step towards launching a digital version of the euro, a controversial project that has come under attack from the public, politicians and banks before it has even been unveiled. RFI takes a look into what Brussels hopes and believes will be 'the next big…

The Guardian - US

Drug agency chief calls on China and Mexico to help stem US fentanyl crisis

The majority of the extremely powerful illegal opioid entering the US is manufactured in Mexico using Chinese precursors

Daily Mirror

Student shot dead while doing research in Mexican state once run by drug lord El Chapo

Gabriel Trujillo, a US PhD student and botanist, was tragically shot and killed in Mexico's Sonora state, believed to be a result of mistaken identity in the violent territory once controlled by drug lord El Chapo

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