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Bill Maher-Inspired Protest Will Smoke Out the White House
DC's leading legalization advocate reschedules 4/20 to protest Obama's inaction.
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book gangster_warlords_us_copy.jpgReview Essay: Drugs and the Mutation of Criminality in Latin America
Fed by poverty and social inequality and fueled by the drug war and the profits to be made, novel forms of criminality are emerging in Latin America. Two reporters and a novelist try to understand. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_66.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
[For extensive information about the medical marijuana debate, presented in a neutral format, visit MedicalMarijuana.ProCon.org.] -
Puerto Rican Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla (Creative Commons)Chronicle AM: PR Governor Says Legalize It, WY Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill Signed, More... (3/1/16)
Puerto Rico's governor says legalize it, Wyoming's effort to felonize marijuana edibles dies, MPP rolls out its Ohio medical marijuana initiative, and more. -
"Baby Bou Bou" before and after a Georgia SWAT team raided his home. (Family photos)Chronicle AM: "Baby Bou Bou" Wins $3.6 Million Settlement, Pill Testing Battle Looms Down Under, More... (2/29/16)
Justice at last for Baby Bou Bou, Minneapolis decriminalizes, Ohio lawmakers resort to more drug war, Iran executes all the males in a village for drugs, Australian harm reductionists pledge to open a pill testing center at festivals despite government opposition, and more. -
Opinion polls suggest marijuana is pretty well normalized in California. (Darrin Harris/Drug Policy Alliance)Chronicle AM: 60% Say Legalize It in CA Poll, AK Pot Shops to Open This Fall, UT MedMj Bill Moves, More... (2/26/16)
Pot shops will come to Alaska this fall, a new poll suggest legalization will come to California this fall, a medical marijuana bill advances in Utah, the Montana Supreme Court puts the hurt on medical marijuana sales, and more. -
Legalization advances at the statehouse in Montpelier. (Wikimedia Commons)Chronicle AM: VT Senate Votes to Legalize Marijuana, DC Pot Arrests Plummet, More... (2/25/16)
The Vermont Senate pases marijuana legalization, DC enjoys the benfits of legalization, Pennsylvania will finally get a vote on medical marijuana, and more. -
vermont-state-house_0.jpgVermont Senate Votes to Legalize Marijuana!
The Green Mountain State has taken a giant step toward being the first in the region to end marijuana prohibition. -
pile-of-cash_180_61.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Sleazoid LAPD cops get nailed on sex charges, an Ohio drug task force officer gets nailed and hangs himself, a Kentucky special deputy gets charged (again) in a drug trafficking scheme, and more. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_65.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
The former attorney general speaks out on rescheduling, Ohio polling looks good for a medical marijuana initiative this year, and medical marijuana is before several state legislatures, too.