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Drug War Chronicle #1099 - June 4, 2020

Issue #1099, Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
Breonna Taylor, victim of a no-knock drug raid

1. House Progressives File Resolution Condemning Police Brutality, Racial Bias, War on Drugs [FEATURE]

The clamor for fundamental reform of American policing, including the prosecution of the war on drugs, is growing.

2. Medical Marijuana Update

Pretty quiet on the medical marijuana front this week, but a Louisiana medical marijuana expansion bill has made its way through the legislature, and more.

3. COVID Impacts Cocaine Trade, Bolsters Dark Web Drug Market, More... (5/28/20)

ronavirus is having differential impacts on the illicit drug trade, Michigan groups push to end the state's drug felon foodstamp ban, Colombian rebels call for a coronavirus ceasefire, and more.

4. Congressional Resolution Condemns Police Brutality and Drug War, West Coast Pot Shops Trashed, More... (6/1/20)

West Coast pot shops get trashed in the upheaval gripping the land, a dozen members of Congress file a resolution calling for an end to police brutality and the war on drugs, the Louisiana legislature has been busy passing marijuana bills, and more.

5. AZ Poll Bodes Well for Marijuana Legalization Initiative, China Anti-Drug Crackdown, More... (6/2/20)

An Arizona poll shows strong support for a marijuana legalization initiative there, a Connecticut panel approves adding two new qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, and more.

6. ACLU Report on Racial Bias in Marijuana Arrests, DEA Okayed to Spy on George Floyd Protestors, More... (6/3/20)

The ACLU issues a timely report, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International call for reforms of Cambodia's drug detention centers, and more.
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