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outside DC election headquarters (drugpolicy.org)
outside DC election headquarters (drugpolicy.org)

DC Marijuana Initiative Hands in Plenty of Signatures [FEATURE]

An initiative that would legalize the possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana appears poised to qualify for the ballot after organizers handed in more than twice the needed number of signatures.
The Taliban's Pakistani cousins are financing operations by taxing the drug trade, a new report says. (wikimedia.org)
The Taliban's Pakistani cousins are financing operations by taxing the drug trade, a new report says. (wikimedia.org)

Chronicle AM -- May 19, 2014

The feds will still arrest you for pot possession on their property in DC even though the city has decriminalized, Chicago cops will still arrest you for pot possession even though they could just give you a ticket, decrim initiatives are coming to Kansas cities, Minnesota becomes the 22nd medical marijuana state, Mexico doesn't want to legalize it, and more.
Marijuana will be decriminalized in Washington, DC soon, if Congress doesn't stop it.
Marijuana will be decriminalized in Washington, DC soon, if Congress doesn't stop it.

DC Mayor Signs Decriminalization Bill! [FEATURE]

Washington, DC, Mayor Vincent Gray has signed a decriminalization bill. Now, Congress must act to stop it within 60 working days or it becomes law. But this is by no means the end of pot politics in the nation's capital.
Michelle Alexander (wikimedia.org)
Michelle Alexander (wikimedia.org)

"The New Jim Crow" Author Michelle Alexander Talks Race and Drug War [FEATURE]

On Thursday, Michelle Alexander, author of the best-selling and galvanizing "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" sat down with poet/activist Asha Bandele of the Drug Policy Alliance to discuss the book's impact and where we go from here. It's a discussion worth reading.