PBS is reporting that “Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, ending a first-in-the-nation experiment with decriminalization that was hobbled by implementation issues.” MORE
A Florida judge has ordered a kratom distributor to pay more than $11 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. Judge Donald Middlebrooks issued a final default judgment against Grow, LLC, and Sean Michael Harder, owner MORE
During a Minnesota Senate debate over three bills to legalize recreational marijuana, several GOP state senators spoke against the bills and got baked roasted for their comments. Those bills would allow residents 21 and older MORE
An opposition campaign chaired by former Republican Gov. Frank Keating relied heavily on law-enforcement officials to make the case that recreational legalization would open up the state up to even more criminal behavior and endanger MORE