MI Legalize organizers handed in petitions last week. Now, they have to fight to get them all counted. (milegalize.com)
Michigan Marijuana Legalization Initiative Takes Double Blow, But Vows to Fight On
Michigan's political establishment is pulling out the stops in its bid to block a marijuana legalization initiative, but the fat lady hasn't sung just yet.
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The Outrageous Death of Ollie Lee Brooks
Predatory policing in Tulsa results in one man's demise -- and raises questions about how, and for whom, the criminal justice system works.
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May Was a Bad Month for Drug War Deaths
Fully one-third of the people killed in the war on drugs so far this year died in the month of May. Is a long, hot summer ahead?
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Medical Marijuana Update
The California legislature gets down to business, medical marijuana expansion bills become law in Colorado and Vermont, a "poison pill" California initiative fails to make the ballot, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A trio of sticky-fingered cops get in trouble this week, two of them with drug habits.
Medical marijuana-related bills are working their way through the California legislature. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM: MI Legalizers Hand in Signatures, CA Legislature Acts on MedMJ, More... (6/2/16)
Edibles come to Oregon, California legislators move on medical marijuana bills, NYC pot busts are on the increase again, Michigan legalizers hand in lots of signatures, and more.
Rhode Islanders want the legislature to vote on legalization. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM: NM Police Defend Reverse Stings on Homeless, Israel Ponders Decrim, More... (6/3/16)
Marijuana legalization remains a hot issue in New England, Albuquerque's police chief defends reverse stings targeting the homeless, the Israeli justice minister ponders decriminalization, and more.
President Obama has commuted another 42 drug sentences, including 20 lifers. (whitehouse.gov)
Chronicle AM: Obama Commutes More Drug Sentences, Majority for Legalization in New Poll, More... (6/6/16)
President Obama keeps chipping away at the federal drug prisoner population, Weldon Angelos finally goes free, yet another poll has a national majority for marijuana legalization, the new Filipino president encourages vigilante violence against drug dealers, and more.
A new report says the states need to step up on drug treatment insurance under the ACA. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM: States Failing on Drug Treatment Insurance, MI Initiative Soldiers On, More... (6/7/16)
Michigan legalizers suffered a double blow today but vow to fight on, a California medical marijuana initiative from anti-marijuana activists dies on the vine, a new report says the states need to step up on addiction treatment coverage under the Affordable Care Act, and more.
It just got easier to obtain the overdose reversal drug naloxone in Illinois. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM: Mass MJ Init Sees Court Challenge, Governors Sign MedMJ Bills, More... (6/8/16)
Foes of marijuana legalization are in court today in Boston to try to block a pending initiative, medical marijuana expansion bills become law in Colorado and Vermont, a public summit on new psychoactive substances is coming to New York, and more.
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