Gavin Newsom is raking in the bud bucks. (ca.gov)
Marijuana Becomes a Player in California Politics and It's Putting Its Money on Gavin Newsom [FEATURE]
The marijuana industry is maturing as a political player in California, and some of its advocacy methods are downright old-fashioned.
DEA doing its thing. (Creative Commons/Wikimedia)
Sessions/Trump Pull Off an Amazing Feat -- Making the DEA Look Reasonable [FEATURE]
In a sign of our strange times, DEA officials are issuing clarifications, criticisms, even leaks about the hardline and distorted approach of the Trump administration.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A dirty Des Moines cop goes down for planting evidence, plus more jail guards gone bad.
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The 2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, October 11-14, Atlanta
The 2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference is the major biannual gathering of drug policy reformers from around the world.
Colombian peasant harvesting coca (dea.gov)
Chronicle AM: Global NGOs Concerned About Forced Coca Eradication in Colombia, More... (8/18/17)
Global NGOs have written to the Colombian president to express concerns about forced eradication of coca crops, a Nevada judge removes a marijuana sales bottleneck, Massachusetts has a new police force aimed at "extremists and drug traffickers," and more.
India's first medical marijuana research grow license holders, the CSMR and the Bombay Hemp Group.
Chronicle AM: First India MedMJ Research Grow License, Filipino Drug War Slammed, More... (8/21/17)
Philippines bishops and citizen demonstrators alike take aim at Duterte's lethal drug war, the US Civil Rights Commission takes aim at the Trump administration's embrace of federal civil asset forfeiture, and more.
Roger Stone. The legalization-loving Trump confidant is sparking some pushback from the industry. (Wikimedia)
Chronicle AM: AZ Forfeiture Challenge Advances, Paraguay MJ Production Surges, More... (8/22/17)
There is a boycott against a Los Angeles marijuana business expo over the presence of Roger Stone, Seattle safe injection site supporters sue to block a NIMBY initiative, a federal judge rules that an Arizona case challenging civil asset forfeiture can proceed, and more.
Alaska wants to let pot buyers smoke their purchases where they got them. Public comments being sought now. (Sandra Yruel/DPA)
Chronicle AM: Federal Judge Slams Indianapolis PD Car Seizures, More... (8/23/17)
It's slow in the dog days of August, but there is a bit of news out there: Indianapolis cops have to revise their vehicle seizure practices, Alaska regulators are seeking public comment on proposed on-site marijuana consumption regulations, and more.
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