Hacker News with Generative AI: Drug Policy

Oregon abandoned its drug law. Then came the mass arrests (theguardian.com)
At 7.45am on a cool February morning in Medford, Oregon, six police officers pulled up to a desolate road lined with tarps and a shopping cart and began making arrests.
Law Enforcement, Drug Policy, Oregon, Criminal Justice
34 points by c420 3 days ago | 38 comments
Trump plans to issue EO designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction" (bsky.app)
Politics, Law, Drug Policy
14 points by qkeast 16 days ago | 4 comments
A modest proposal for destigmatizing America's favorite bad decisions (mleverything.substack.com)
Decriminalization and destigmatization are practical approaches that aim to reduce the real-world harms of drug use by removing penalties and social barriers that prevent people from seeking help.
Drug Policy, Social Issues, Public Health, Policy
5 points by bko 24 days ago | 6 comments
US Citizens Were 80 Percent of Crossers with Fentanyl (2024) (cato.org)
Drug Policy, US Politics, Health, Immigration
21 points by throw0101d 28 days ago | 1 comments
Colombia's president: Legalize cocaine, it's no worse than whiskey (politico.eu)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said during a government meeting that cocaine is “not worse than whiskey” and that it's only illegal because it comes from Latin America.
Politics, Drug Policy, Colombia, Latin America
13 points by geox 56 days ago | 3 comments
Japan tightens cannabis laws amid rising youth usage (japantimes.co.jp)
Revisions to the Cannabis Control Law and the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law that criminalize the use of marijuana, with penalties of up to seven years in prison, went into effect Thursday.
Japan, Cannabis Laws, Drug Policy, Youth Usage, Law Enforcement
6 points by mikhael 112 days ago | 0 comments
Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect (apnews.com)
Oregon, Law, Drug Policy, Criminal Justice
36 points by geox 213 days ago | 81 comments
Marijuana Is Too Strong Now (theatlantic.com)
Marijuana, Drug Policy, Health, Society
7 points by peutetre 216 days ago | 5 comments
Brazil's Supreme Court decriminalizes marijuana (bloomberg.com)
Brazil, Law, Marijuana, Drug Policy
163 points by meiraleal 281 days ago | 78 comments
DEA Accepts Health Agency's Recommendation to Reclassify Cannabis (norml.org)
Cannabis, Drug Policy, Health, Law, Government
188 points by jdmark 337 days ago | 2 comments