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It was a big year for marijuana in Congress. Less so in the states.

The Top Ten Domestic Drug Policy Stories of 2019 [FEATURE]

From marijuana to psychedelics to the lingering overdose crisis to the emergence of a new vaping-related illness, a lot happened in 2019. Here are ten of the biggest highs and lows.
As the year comes to an end, there's a lot of action on the state-level marijuana legalization front. (Creative Commons)

Chronicle AM: New Pot Polls Look Good, Pot Initiative Action, Dutch Push for Legal Ecstasy, More... (12/17/19)

Protections for state-level marijuana legalization programs gets stripped from a federal funding bill, two new polls have strong national support for legalization, a Dutch political party is pushing for the legalization of Ecstasy and soft drugs, and more.
Under the latest language in California's magic mushroom initiative, you could buy them at a store. (CC)

Chronicle AM: CA Initiative Would Legalize Magic Mushroom Sales, Senate GOP Cartel Bill, More... (12/16/19)

The latest version of California's psilocybin decriminalization initiative turns it into a legalization initiative, a group of Senate Republicans file a bill to treat drug cartels like terrorist organizations, and more.
New Jersey legislators are making progress on two different fronts this week. (Creative Commons)

Chronicle AM: NJ MJ Referendum Set to Advance, Dirty Detroit Narcs, MA Pot Vaping Resumes, More... (12/13/19)

Italy legalizes hemp and CBD products, Trinidad and Tobago moves toward marijuana decrim, New Jersey legislaors are busy on two fronts, and more.
South Dakota's Badlands. The state is a pretty bad land for drug users, too. (Creative Commons)

Is This the Worst State in America on Drug Policy? [FEATURE]

South Dakota is doing some really nasty things in the name of the war on drugs.
crystal methamphetamine (Creative Commons)

West of the Mississippi, Meth -- Not Fentanyl -- Is the Deadliest Drug [FEATURE]

If we want to address the overdose crisis, we have to look beyond fentanyl and the opioids.
Major League Baseball players will no longer be tested for marijuana, but now will be tested for opioids. (Creative Commons)

Chronicle AM: MLB Drug Testing Accord, US Charges Former Mexican Top Cop for Cartel Bribes, More... (12/12/19)

Major League Baseball and its players' union have reached a drug testing agreement, Wisconsin's GOP Senate leader kills a medical marijuana bill, and more.
Ecstasy pills (Erowid.org)

How to Legalize Ecstasy -- and Why [FEATURE]

Is it time to legalize MDMA? The Beckley Foundation thinks so.
The opium poppy defeated all American efforts to suppress it in Afghanistan, US officials have conceded. (UNODC)

Chronicle AM: US Afghan Opium Fiasco, New Zealand LSD Microdosing Trials, More... (12/11/19)

Expungements for past minor pot offenses are beginning in Chicago, clinical trials on LSD microdosing are about to get underway in New Zealand, Kentucky's new Democratic governor moves to restore voting rights for ex-felons, and more.
The Wolverine state is embracing legal marijuana if early sales figures are any indication. (Creative Commons)

Chronicle AM: House Resolution Condemns Racist Drug War, Prison Racial Disparities Shrink, More.... (12/10/19)

Michigan legal pot sales are off to a hot start, a House resolution demands Congress apologize for racist drug war, a new report finds declining racial disparities in incarceration, and more.

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