Why Are California's Legal Marijuana Sales So Low?
There are some bumps on the way to legal marijuana.
Medical Marijuana Update
A June Oklahoma medical marijuana initiative is polling well, and so is a November Utah one; Florida's courts must decide whether patients can smoke their medicine, Arizona's high court strikes down a law barring medical marijuana on campus, and more.
![US Surgeon General Jerome Adams talks harm reduction and evidence-based opioid treatment. (Creative Commons) US Surgeon General Jerome Adams talks harm reduction and evidence-based opioid treatment. (Creative Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/Jerome_M._Adams_%282%29%20wiki%20commons.jpg?itok=pEzy7Af2)
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams talks harm reduction and evidence-based opioid treatment. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: NY Dems Endorse Marijuana Legalization, Surgeon General Talks Harm Reduction, More... (5/24/18)
The US Surgeon General has some surprisingly frank words about harm reduction and evidence-based drug policy, Cory Booker's Marijuana Justice Act picks up another sponsor, Arizona's Supreme Court throws out a state law criminalizing the use and possession of medical marijuana on campus and more.
![Oklahomans appear poised to approve a medical marijuana initiative a month from now. (Creative Commons) Oklahomans appear poised to approve a medical marijuana initiative a month from now. (Creative Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/med%20mj%20denver%20co%20wikim_14.jpg?itok=6uuBcPdh)
Oklahomans appear poised to approve a medical marijuana initiative a month from now. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: Bangladeshi Drug War Gets Ugly, OK MedMJ Init Polling Well, More... (5/25/18)
The bloody Filipino drug war model spreads to Bangladesh, Congress continues to undercut District of Columbia marijuana and drug policy, a new poll has the Oklahoma medical marijuana initiative cruising toward victory next month, and more.
Chronicle AM: More Bangladeshi Drug War Killings, Canada Legalization Bill Advances, More... (5/29/18)
California lawmakers forego an opportunity to cut legal pot taxes, Pennsylvania's third largest city decriminalizes marijuana possession, the head of a UN agency calls on Latin America to consider drug legalization, Bangladeshi drug war killings mount, and more.
![Cocaine traffickers are beginning to move coca production from South America to Central America. (Pixabay) Cocaine traffickers are beginning to move coca production from South America to Central America. (Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/cocaine%20pixabay.jpg?itok=rcGScNXy)
Cocaine traffickers are beginning to move coca production from South America to Central America. (Pixabay)
Chronicle AM: RI Senate OKs Life Sentence for ODs Bill, Guatemala's First Coca Crop, More... (5/30/18)
A bill that would mandate life sentences for selling drugs involved in fatal overdoses is moving in Rhode Island, a California US attorney says he's too busy with the black market to go after legal marijuana, another Utah poll has a medical marijuana initiative winning, Guatemala gets its first coca crop and more.
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