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Colorado Amendment 64

(front porch image, from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
(front porch image, from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)

In Reversal, Denver Council Rejects Front-Porch Pot Ban

Good, and, frankly, somewhat surprising news for Denver tokers. The city council last night reversed itself and undid the ban on pot smoking in public view even if on one's own property. There will be one more vote on the ordinance next week.
NYPD practices stop-and-frisk techniques (nyc.gov/nypd)
NYPD practices stop-and-frisk techniques (nyc.gov/nypd)

Chronicle Daily News--November 1, 2013

The big news today is yesterday's surprising appeals court ruling allowing the NYPD to continue stop-and-frisk searches, but there's more as well on marijuana reform, drug testing, and a conference in New Zealand.
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Federal Marijuana Reform Bills Introduced [FEATURE]

A pair of federal bills that would allow states to tax and regulate marijuana had a coming out party at a press conference Tuesday. And there are more bills to come, their authors said.