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US Military Counters Ongoing Recruitment Crisis by Raising Enlistment Age To 42

The US Army raised its max enlistment age from 35 to 42, effective 20 April, also dropping waivers for single marijuana possession convictions.

International Business Times UK

US Army Announces Sweeping Rule Changes Allowing Older Recruits And Marijuana Offenders To Enlist

The US Army has raised the maximum enlistment age to 42 and removed the waiver requirement for applicants with a single marijuana conviction, aligning with Department of Defense standards.

International Business Times UK

US army raises upper age for recruits to 42 and scraps marijuana restrictions

Change raises age limit from 35 and removes barrier for entry for recruits who have a legal conviction for cannabis

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US Getting Ready for War? Army Raises Enlistment Age From 34 to 42, Drops Marijuana Waiver Effective 20 April

The US Army is increasing its enlistment age to 42 and removing the waiver requirement for a single marijuana conviction, effective April 2026

International Business Times UK

The 'Weed Walk-Out': Is a Silent Protest Crippling US Military Readiness?

Unverified claims suggest US troops are using marijuana to fail drug tests and avoid deployment amid rising tensions with Iran. The Pentagon remains silent on the issue.

International Business Times UK

There’s ‘no evidence’ marijuana works to treat most mental health disorders, largest review of its kind finds

More than 52 million Americans used marijuana at least once in 2021

The Independent UK

Texas women tried to fly meth into prison yard using drone disguised as a crow, cops say

The pair said that they were paid $40,000 to smuggle the contraband into the prison, according to the sheriff’s office

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Cannabis Medical Benefits and Risks: What Research Says About Its Health Effects

Cannabis medical benefits and risks explained through research on chronic pain, epilepsy, and THC effects. Learn the real health effects of cannabis.

Medical Daily

Teens accidentally donate bag of drugs and cash to charity shop – then return to retrieve it

The boy and girl were ‘highly agitated’ about their mistake

The Independent UK

Girl Scouts ‘got in trouble’ for selling cookies outside a NJ weed dispensary — but their sales were sky high

Troops across the United States have long set up booths in spots where they expect high footfall or a particularly cookie-hungry clientele, from shooting ranges to marijuana shops and bars. But where they are allowed to sell appears to depend on the state, Erin Keller finds

The Independent UK

Meghan McCain Thinks Weed Is Ruining Cities. No…Really. She Does.

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The Mary Sue

Civil Libertarians Left and Right Unite To Oppose Disarming Cannabis Consumers

A Supreme Court case illustrates the potential for trans-partisan alliances between critics of gun control and critics of the war on drugs.

Reason

An Iowa Pot User Serving 4 Years for Gun Possession Gets Another Chance To Challenge His Prosecution

Alexander Ledvina was convicted of violating a federal law at the center of a Second Amendment case that the Supreme Court is considering.

Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: Oral Argument in Hemani

Testing whether an unlawful user of marijuana forfeits the right to have arms.

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SCOTUS Seems Skeptical of the Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Cannabis Consumers

Most of the justices seemed unsatisfied by the Trump administration's argument that the law is constitutional as applied to a Texas marijuana user.

The Independent UK

A Supreme Court case over whether marijuana users can own guns is creating unusual alliances

Should marijuana users be able to own guns

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‘Run by idiots’: ICE says 4yo had drug conviction in 2009 for marijuana possession, confirms they’re depriving Americans of their ‘liberty’

How'd Trump's "crack team" miss this one?

Reason

The ACLU, Long Leery of the Second Amendment, Joins the NRA in Urging SCOTUS To Uphold Pot Users' Gun Rights

"We see this as an important civil liberties issue," says an ACLU lawyer.

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Judge slams ICE for claiming 4-year-old had marijuana conviction

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Man charged with murder after police say 2 killed in drug deal at South Carolina State University

Police say a man faces murder charges after a marijuana deal inside a South Carolina State University dorm ended with two people dead in a shooting

Euronews

Nepal: Watch cannabis rituals unfold during Shivaratri in Kathmandu

Crowds thronged Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple for Shivaratri, where worship, music and a rare legal tolerance of marijuana marked the festival.

The Independent UK

Cannabis smoke fills the air as Nepal marks Shivaratri festival

Nepal’s Shivaratri festival draws huge crowds to Kathmandu as holy men and devotees openly smoke cannabis as part of worship

Reason

The Heavy Pot Taxes Favored by The New York Times Would Undermine Legalization

The newspaper’s plan to address marijuana abuse would compound the disadvantages that state-licensed suppliers face in competing with the black market.

The Independent UK

Recreational marijuana and 21 other citizen initiatives fail to qualify for Florida's 2026 ballot

A proposed amendment to Florida’s constitution that would have allowed recreational marijuana use for adults has failed to qualify for the 2026 ballot

Reason

The NRA and NORML Unite To Oppose the Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users

Drug policy reformers and Second Amendment advocates team up in a case before the Supreme Court.

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