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Medical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana bills are popping up all over the place, a federal bill to protect medical marijuana businesses from asset forfeiture has been filed, and more.
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Iran has already executed ten drug offenders this year, with another dozen set to face the gallows. (iranhr.org)Chronicle AM: Guam Gov Files Legalization Bill, More Iran Drug Executions, More... (1/11/17)
Marijuana legalization bills get filed in Guam and the District of Columbia, the Global Drug Policy Commission asks Obama to commute more sentences, Chris Christie vows to fight drug addiction during his last year in office, and more. -
Sen. Jeff Sessions left the marijuana situation still muddied Tuesday. (senate.gov)Chronicle AM: Sessions Provides No Clarity on MJ Policy, MO Legalizers Trying Again, More... (1/10/17)
Sen. Jeff Sessions is on the hotseat today and Wednesday during his Senate confirmation hearings, Missouri activists gear up for a 2018 legalization initiative, and more. -
Medical marijuana bills are being filed in the states that have yet to embrace it. (Wikimedia)Chronicle AM: Federal OD & MedMJ Bills Filed, State MedMJ Bills, More... (1/9/17)
Both Congress and state legislatures are getting back to work and the bills are starting to pile up, South Dakota activists eye a 2018 legalization initiative, and more. -
Legal weed could be coming to Connecticut. (Wikimedia)Chronicle AM: CT Legalization Bills Filed, WI CBD Bill Set to Move This Year, More... (1/6/17)
Connecticut legislators prepare to take up marijuana legalization, Wisconsin legislators look set to pass a CBD bill this year, Indiana's new governor will ease up on needle exchange restrictions, and more. -
The UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs saw progress, but achingly little. (Wikimedia.org)The Top Ten International Drug Policy Stories of 2016 [FEATURE]
Bloody drug crackdowns, a drug-related AIDS epidemic given short shrift, marijuana legalization advances, and the UNGASS. Here's the good, bad, and the ugly in global drug policy for 2016. -
The American Kratom Association is petitioning Donald Trump to block any ban on the herb. (Project CBD)Chronicle AM: Asset Forfeiture Actions in Three States, Trump Kratom Petition Needs Signatures, More... (1/5/17)
It's going to cost big bucks to get into the Arkansas medical marijuana growing business, a petition urging Donald Trump not to let the DEA ban kratom seeks signatures, there is asset forfeiture action in three states, and more. -
President Obama's historic visit to a federal prison, July 2015ALERT: Urge President Obama to Grant Blanket Clemencies
President Obama has two more weeks to grant more clemencies to prisoners. Please write and call the White House and ask him to take a responsible but blanket approach to freeing as many drug war prisoners as he can. -
california postcard wiki_9.jpgCalifornia's Six Largest Cash Crops: Marijuana is a Monster [FEATURE]
California's legal marijuana market is the biggest in the country, but that doesn't come close to accounting for all the weed it produces. -
pile-of-cash_180_96.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A newly elected West Virginia sheriff has a meth problem, a Kentucky drug detective develops a case of sticky fingers, and more.