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  • Another image from the Drug Policy Alliance's series of photos normalizing marijuana use. (Sonya Yruel/DPA)
    Another image from the Drug Policy Alliance's series of photos normalizing marijuana use. (Sonya Yruel/DPA)

    Chronicle AM -- June 6, 2014

    Another marijuana-heavy news day today -- at least it's coming from all corners of the country. The DEA is giving ultimatums to doctors in Massachusetts, the California GOP attorney general candidate wants to legalize it, and, Down Under, the Melbourne city council has a report calling for a debate on drug legalization.
  • DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz gets scolded by the medical marijuana movement.
    DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz gets scolded by the medical marijuana movement.

    Chronicle AM -- June 5, 2014

    An Arkansas marijuana legalization initiative can start signature-gathering, DC's medical marijuana program now includes more eligible conditions, Tennessee's governor unveils his prescription drug plan, Canada's mandatory minimum sentencing law is being challenged, and more.
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    MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_134.jpg

    Medical Marijuana Update

    In an historic vote, the House tells the DEA and Justice Department to butt out of medical marijuana states, limited CBD medical marijuana bills are signed into law in Iowa and South Carolina, Minnesota becomes the 22nd medical marijuana state, one bill to regulate medical marijuana in California is still alive, and more.
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    pile-of-cash_165.jpg

    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    More cops with prescription pill problems, more jail guards tempting fate. Just another week in drug war police corruption.
  • Britain's National Black Police Association wants the government to study marijuana reform in the US. (nbpa.co.uk)
    Britain's National Black Police Association wants the government to study marijuana reform in the US. (nbpa.co.uk)

    Chronicle AM -- June 4, 2014

    Legendary chemist Alexander Shulgin has died, the fight for medical marijuana in New York continues, Chicago sues Big Pharma over prescription opiates, Britain's black police association wants a look at legalization in the US, pot politics continues to get big play in Bermuda, and more
  • Georgia State House
    Georgia State House

    USDA Blocks Georgia Food Stamp Drug Testing Law

    Advocates of drug testing people poor people lost another battle today as the USDA told Georgia its law mandating drug tests for some food stamp recipients violates federal policy and cannot be implemented.
  • Baby "Bou Bou" is in a medically induced coma after a SWAT team threw a flash-bang grenade into his crib during a drug raid.
    Baby "Bou Bou" is in a medically induced coma after a SWAT team threw a flash-bang grenade into his crib during a drug raid.

    Chronicle AM -- June 3, 2014

    That Georgia drug raid last week that left a toddler seriously burned and in a medically-induced coma continues to spark outrage, the DC pot possession and cultivation legalization initiative is half-way there, New York's governor signs a deal for CBD medical marijuana trials that critics say isn't nearly enough, a former Brooklyn DA is in hot water of misusing seized drug money, and more.
  • Coca eradication not too popular in Peruvian towns with coca leaf statues in the main plaza (Phillip Smith)
    Coca eradication not too popular in Peruvian towns with coca leaf statues in the main plaza (Phillip Smith)

    Chronicle AM -- June 2, 2014

    A Nevada marijuana legalization initiative picks up a key endorsement, Iowa joins the ranks of the CBD medical marijuana states, Tennessee's governor gets ready to roll out a new plan to address prescription drug use, thousands march for legalization in Santiago, Chile, the Peruvian president backs away from forced coca eradication, and more.