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Medical Marijuana Update
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New England is a real hotbed of marijuana-related legislation these days. (Creative Commons)Chronicle AM: WV OD Reporting Bill Advances, NH House Approves Legal Marijuana Bill, More... (2/27/19)
The Granite State gets one step closer to marijuana legalization, Vermont gets one step closer to allowing taxed and regulated legal marijuana sales, West Virginia gets one step closer to speeding up overdose reporting requirements, and more. -
opium poppy unodc_10.jpgTrump's Bombing Campaign Against Taliban Heroin Labs Quietly Fizzles [FEATURE]
Operation Iron Tempest ends not with a bang but a whimper. -
CND-banner.jpgChronicle AM: CND Delays Vote on Pot Rescheduling, RI Drug Defelonization Push, More...(2/26/19)
San Francisco moves to expunge more than 9,000 pot convictions, Rhode Island's attorney general wants to defelonize drug possession, Peruvian farmers are leaving the coffee fields for the coca fields, and more. -
mexico marijuana flag_4.jpgChronicle AM: NM Legal Pot Bills Advance, Mexico Takes Another Big Step Toward Legal Weed, More... (2/25/19)
In New Mexico, a pair of competing marijuana legalization bills are advancing; meanwhile, in Old Mexico, the Supreme Court takes the country another step down the path to legalization, and more. -
Pharmaceutical heroin. (Creative Commons)Faced with Fentanyl, Is It Time for Heroin Buyers' Clubs? [FEATURE]
The BC Center for Substance Abuse is ready to go there. -
free-de-lima-1.jpgFebruary 24 -- An Important Day
Please join "Stand with Human Rights and Democracy: Global Campaign for the Philippines" -- protest in DC, and social media to use from anywhere! -
vindictive anti-marijuana Rep. Andy Harris (house.gov)Anti-Marijuana Congressman Presses Felony Charges for Live Stream of Staff Meeting [FEATURE]
It's a low move, even for Harris. -
Pharmaceutical heroin. Could it be coming to heroin buyers clubs in Vancouver? (Creative Commons)Chronicle AM: FL Bill Would End Mandatory Minimums, BC Plan for Heroin Buyers Clubs, More... (2/22/19)
The Philippines president vows even harsher drug war, the Mexican Senate approves a new national guard to fight drug crime, a Florida bill would end mandatory minimum drug sentences, and more. -
This could be legal soon in New Hampshire if that marijuana legalization bill keeps moving. (IRIN)Chronicle AM: FBI to Investigate Fatal Houston Drug Raid, NH Legal Pot Bill Advances, More... (2/21/19)
The fallout from that fatal January Houston drug raid continues, a New Hampshire pot legalization bill advances, so does a Florida bill to allow smokable medical marijuana, and more.