a glorious day in Michigan (and Missouri and Utah) (Creative Commons)
Green Wave Update: Marijuana Initiatives Go Three for Four in Midterms, and More [FEATURE]
And thereâs more good marijuana midterms news, too.
Jeff, we hardly knew ye. (senate.gov)
Good Riddance! Drug Reformers Applaud Sessionsâ Departure from DOJ [FEATURE]
His vision was firmly rooted in the failed drug war of the last century.
Jair Bolsonaro (Creative Commons)
Bad News from Brazil: The Right Populist President-Elect Will Be Absolutely Horrid on Drug Policy [FEATURE]
Brazilians elected Jair Bolsonaro, "the Trump of Brazil," as their next president on Sunday. He has promised to murder drug suspects as Duterte does.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana initiatives win in Missouri and Utah, the FDA approves the first marijuana-based drug, and more.
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Chronicle AM: Mexico Supreme Court Ends Marijuana Prohibition, Feds Reject WI Medicaid Drug Tests, More... (11/1/18)
Mexico's Supreme Court strikes a fatal blow against marijuana prohibition, medical marijuana is now available by prescription in the United Kingdom, a Colorado jury rejects an effort to blow up the state's legal marijuana system, and more.
A cocaine lab discovered by Honduran authorities last year. (Honduran Prosecutor's Office)
Chronicle AM: MA Pot Shops to Open This Month, Coca Comes to Central America, More... (11/2/18)
A record number of gubernatorial candidates are endorsing marijuana legalization, Bay State pot shops will be open this month, cartels are experimenting with coca production in Central America, and more.
North America is becoming a very weed-friendly continent. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: Legal MJ Shortages, Mexico to Move Toward Legal MJ Market, More... (11/3/18)
The Granite State has a new guide to marijuana legalization, ONDCP releases coca cultivation and cocaine production figures for Peru and Bolivia, Canada suffers legal pot shortages, and more.
Do your civic duty today. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: Weed on the Ballot in 4 States This Election Day, OH Sentencing Reform, Too, More... (11/6/18)
Marijuana policy initiatives are on the ballot in four states today, so is sentencing reform in Ohio, the FDA approves a powerful new opioid, El Chapo goes on trial in New York, and more.
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Chronicle AM: Three of Four MJ Inits Win, Mexico Legal MJ Bill, FL Felony Disenfranchisement Repealed, More... (11/7/18)
Three out of four marijuana initiative pass, so does one to restore the vote to formerly incarcerated in Florida, but Ohio drug defelonization fails.
A prohibitionist dinosaur bites the dust. (senate.gov)
Chronicle AM: Sessions Out at DOJ, MA Pot Shop Sales to Begin in Mere Days, More... (11/8/18)
Jeff Sessions is no longer the attorney general, elections have consequences in New York and DC, and more.
a lethal dose of fentanyl (DEA.gov)
Chronicle AM: NYC Marijuana Busts Way, Way Down; New Federal Fentanyl Sentences in Effect, More... (11/9/18)
New York City marijuana possession arrests plummet, Utah patients will have some legal protection beginning next month, federal fentanyl sentences just increased, and more.
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