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San Francisco’s RESET Sobering Center Nears Launch With Detention Rules and Care Still Unclear

Legal questions cloud a pilot meant to divert intoxicated people from jail into treatment.

Justice Department Reclassifies FDA‑Approved and State‑Licensed Medical Marijuana to Schedule III

Spanberger Seeks Delay, Tougher Penalties in Virginia Cannabis Rollout

B.C. Marks 10 Years of Overdose Emergency as Decriminalization Ends

NCB Tells Bombay HC Wankhede Inquiry Stems From Two Named Complaints

Judge Rejects Bid to Halt San Francisco Nonprofits’ Pipe and Foil Handouts

MEP Rima Hassan to Stand Trial Over X Post Alleged as Terrorism Apology

Coroner Issues Warning After Inquest Into 21-Year-Old’s Fatal Liverpool Car Park Fall

Cannabis Evaluation Finds No Use Spike but Flags Risks in Germany’s Partial Legalization

Saskatchewan Cuts Funding and Contracts With Prairie Harm Reduction After Federal Suspension

Two Years On, Germany’s Cannabis Law Cut Offences but Left a Black Market

France Unveils ‘Ripost’ Security Bill With New Nitrous Oxide Crimes and Expanded Police Powers

Ontario Defies Pleas to Restore Supervised Drug-Use Sites as HART Hubs Take Priority

AFL, Players' Association Agree In Principle to Tougher Illicit Drugs Policy

Chandigarh Police Probe Viral Clip of 'Frozen' Delivery Worker as Tests Find No Intoxication

Former Tory Justice Minister Crispin Blunt Fined After Guilty Plea to Drug Possession

Peer-Reviewed Study Finds No Increase in Deaths, ER Visits or Ambulance Calls After Red Deer Overdose Site Closure

Supreme Court Questions Federal Gun Ban for Routine Marijuana Users

Instagram 'Space Cakes' Seller Avoids Jail With Suspended 35-Week Term

Greece Indicts Yanis Varoufakis Over Podcast Drug Comments, December Trial Set