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5 Things We Now Know After 5 Years of Legal Marijuana in Colorado [FEATURE]
Enough time has passed to begin to evaluate the consequences of marijuana legalization in the Rocky Mountain State.
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Governors are seeing dollar signs in marijuana legalization. (Creative Commons)Chronicle AM: IL, NY Governors Embrace Pot, PA Bid to Punish Drug Using Pregnant Women, More... (1/15/19)
William Barr suggests he'll keep hands off of state-legal marijuana, New York's governor unveils his marijuana legalization plan, government witnesses in the El Chapo trial undercut Trump's drug justification for his border wall, and more. -
Opium production is down in Myanmar, the UNODC says. But synthetics are on the rise. (unodc.org)Chronicle AM: RI Governor Ready to Legalize Weed, Myanmar Opium Crop Drop, More... (1/14/19)
Rhode Island's governor is ready to hop on the pot legalization bandwagon, Vermont solons are moving to legalize pot commerce, Ohio's governor rolls out a response to the opioid crisis, and more. -
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The Arizona Supreme Court will take up the vexing question of whether hashish should be considered medical marijuana, Ohio's first dispensary opens, a South Carolina medical marijuana bill has been filed, and more. -
Marijuana-Hemp-Plant-Green-Haze-Herb-1545759 CC Max Pixel_12.jpgChronicle AM: WA Sees First Pot Pardons, AZ Supreme Court to Hear Hash Case, More... (1/11/19)
Washington's governor signs the first pot pardons there, Arkansas regulators approve licenses for 32 dispensaries, the Arizona Supreme Court will decide whether hash is medical marijuana, and more. -
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has hit the ground running in the new Congress. (house.gov)Chronicle AM: Blumenauer Files HB 420, MI Civil Forfeiture Bills Filed, More... (1/10/19)
The head of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus has been busy, a Massachusetts panel recommends allowing pot cafes, a bipartisan Kentucky medical marijuana is filed, bipartisan Michigan asset forfeiture reform bills get filed, and more. -
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A new year and state legislatures are getting back to work. Medical marijuana is on the agenda. -
closed down in the shutdownChronicle AM: Drug Czar's Office Shuttered in Shutdown, DC Full Pot Legalization Bill Filed, More... (1/9/19)
The federal government shutdown shutters the drug czar's office, Trump again mischaracterizes the nature of border drug smuggling, New Jersey's highest court lends a hand to drug court graduates seeking expungement, and more. -
The vast majority of drugs smuggled into the US from Mexico come through ports of entry. (Creative Commons)Of All People: The DEA Demolishes One of Trump's Main Claims About the Border Wall
No, it's not going to stop drugs from coming into the country.