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How to Deal With New Psychoactive Substances? [FEATURE]
Banning new psychoactive substances such as Spice ("fake marijuana") or "bath salts" (a euphoric stimulant) isn't working that well. Is there another way?
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Obama's Heroin Initiative: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? [FEATURE]
The White House emphasizes public health in its new heroin initiative, but it's still relying on a heavy law enforcement component.
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ResponsibleOhio Marijuana Initiative Qualifies for 2015 Ballot
Ohio will be the next state to vote on marijuana legalization.
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Medical Marijuana Update
There's a union corruption scandal brewing in California, medical marijuana faces awkward transitions in Oregon and Washington, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A DARE cop gets popped for ripping off the program, another jail guard goes down, a federal cop gets busted after his meth lab explodes, and more.
New psychoactive substance like these synthetic cannabinoids face bans, not regulation.
Chronicle AM: OH Will Vote on Legalization, ME Welfare Drug Test Program Finds One User, More (8/13/2015)
Ohio could be the next state to legalize marijuana, a union boss gets busted for taking bribes from dispensaries, "fake weed" is the subject of repression in Boston and New York state, Maine's welfare drug test program finds a single drug user, and more.
The DOJ will investigate the police killing of Zachary Hammond during a small-time marijuana bust. (Hammond family)
Chronicle AM: WY MedMJ Init Underway, DOJ Investigating Police Killing of SC Teen, More (8/14/2015)
CBD cannabis oil goes on sale in England, a medical marijuana initiative is getting underway in Wyoming, the Justice Department will look into the police killing of teenager Zach Hammond in a small-time marijuana bust, and more.
Heroin is on the White House agenda today. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM: White House Focuses on Heroin, Peru Coca Tensions Rise, CO Pot Sales Hit Record, More (8/17/2015)
It's big bucks for the Colorado marijuana industry (and the state's tax revenues), there's more initiative news, the White House takes on heroin, Peruvian coca farmers are feeling the pinch of eradication, and more.
Bolivian President Evo Morales had a few choice words for US drug policy. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM: Utah SWAT Raids Almost All Drugs, Bolivia Reduces Coca Growing (Again), More (8/18/2015)
A Wisconsin tribe may legalize marijuana, Ohio foes line up against the legalization initiative there, more Washington state dispensaries will be forced to close, a Utah SWAT reporting law shows what those squads are up to -- and it isn't hostage situations or "active shooters" -- Bolivia has reduced coca growing for another year in a row, more.
Could this be coming to North Dakota? Stay tuned. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM: OH Ballot Language Fight, Brit MPs Say Drug Use a Human Right, More (8/19/2015)
Another controversy over the ResponsibleOhio legalization initiative, medical marijuana could be coming to the northern prairie, a British parliamentary panel calls drug use a human right, and more.
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