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America’s current system of coercive, demanding and often demeaning care itself creates resistance to treatment. When people see getting help as well, helpful, they seek it, because—believe it or not—active addiction isn’t fun. Marijuana legalization can also help: Nearly a dozen studies now show that medical marijuana is associated with a reduction in use of…

Members of the student government at Maryland passed a resolution calling for the university to end random drug testing, housing termination, suspension and expulsion as potential consequences for students over 21 found with weed or drug paraphernalia. At the University of Maryland, College Park, students have lobbied for reduced punishments for possessing marijuana, which they…

The bill also would penalize states that haven’t legalized marijuana and have “disproportionate” rates of arrest and incarceration for marijuana-related offences by cutting federal funding in those states for new jails, prisons and staffing. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is cosponsoring a bill to decriminalize marijuana across the nation and penalize states with high arrest…

A group is looking for voters to weigh in on whether Oregon would be the first in the nation to legalize psilocybin mushrooms … The measure would have the state create a board that would lay out the rules and regulations within a year of voters approving the legalization.​ Their measure doesn’t call for recreational…