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Weed is Going to Win Big in November [FEATURE]
It's looking very good for marijuana legalization a month out from Election Day.
More than 1.25 million arrests for simple drug possession last year. (Creative Commons)
A Possession Arrest Every 25 Seconds: The Cruel Folly of the War on Drugs [FEATURE]
There's got to be a better way, and the ACLU and Human Rights Watch call for it: drug decriminalization.
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Medical Marijuana Update
With all eyes on the November elections, it's pretty quiet on the medical marijuana front. Minors get admitted to the program in Connecticut, and, speaking of the elections, we have news from Florida.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Prison guards go bad on a massive scale in Maryland, a Pennsylvania narc's police station overdose creates problems for his boss, an Iowa trooper cops to stealing pain pills, and more.
It looks like another bumper opium harvest next spring in Afghanistan. (unodc.org)
Chronicle AM: MA Init Leads in New Poll, Iran Ponders End to Drug Death Penalty, More... (10/6/16)
We have Massachusetts legalization news today, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gets slapped down in his bid to drug test food stamp applicants, Iran's parliament ponders ending the death penalty for drugs, and more.
Thanks, Obama! (whitehouse.gov)
Chronicle AM: Obama Commutes More Sentences, Filipinos Like Duterte's Drug War, More... (10/7/16)
The president continues granting clemency to federal drug war prisoners, Iran executes more drug prisoners, Filipinos approve of their president's dirty, deadly drug war, and more.
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Chronicle AM: Vatican Restates Opposition to Legalization, Worrisome AZ Poll, More... (10/10/16)
The Pope says nope to dope, an Arizona poll has the marijuana legalization initiative trailing, big bucks are flowing in the Florida medical marijuana battle, and more.
In a historic move, the DEA was forced to back away from enacting an emergency ban on kratom. (Project CBD)
Chronicle AM: DEA Kratom Ban Retreat, France's First Supervised Injection Site, More... (10/12/16)
A new Pew poll has support for marijuana legalization at 57% nationwide, the DEA is forced to back away from its kratom ban, France opens its first supervised injection site, and more.
Maryland could go green if legislators listen to the voters. (Tumblr/Shanti's Favorites)
Chronicle AM: Strong MD Legalization Poll, UT Gov Candidate Wife MedMJ Case, More... (10/14/16)
The bud business is booming in Boulder, Marylanders like marijuana legalization, another Michigan city legalizes weed, and more.
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