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Double Standard? Marijuana or Hemp? DEA Indian Tribe Raid Raises Questions [FEATURE]
The legal marijuana states are creating massive industries without significant federal interference, but it's a different story on the rez.
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bernie sanders senate dot gov_1.JPGBernie Sanders Seeks End to Federal Marijuana Prohibition in the Senate
A leading, major party presidential candidate calls for an end to federal marijuana prohibition. Finally. -
pile-of-cash_180_49.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Houston cop's foot fetish gets him in trouble, a Georgia deputy's meth habit proves problematic, and a New Mexico police chief's greed costs him his job. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_52.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
Of course there is a challenge to California's new medical marijuana law, New York takes another step on the path to medical marijuana, North Dakota petitioners will have to go back to the drawing board, and more. -
Marijuana_joint wikim_3.jpgChronicle AM: VA Pot Arrests Up, Especially for Blacks; VT Organized Opposition Emerges, More (10/28/15)
Initiative proponents in Arkansas and North Dakota have to go back to the drawing board, Vermont legalization opponents get organized, Virginia marijuana arrests increase, especially for blacks, and more. -
A hemp field. Someone needs to sit down and have a talk with the DEA. (votehemp.org)Chronicle AM: One Week to OH Vote, DEA Raids Menominee Hemp Grow, Iranians for Legalization???, More (10/27/15)
Menominee tribal officials are scratching their heads after the DEA cut down their hemp crop, Ohio votes on legalization in one week, some new federal sentencing statistics are out, the Iranians may be thinking about legalizing marijuana and/or opium, and more. -
marijuana leag wiki.pngChronicle AM: ME Legalizers Unite, OR Issues Rules for Marijuana Industry, More (10/26/15)
Two competing Maine legalization initiative campaigns will now work together, North Dakota will try again to get a medical marijuana initiative passed, the GAO has questions about National Guard drug war spending, and more. -
The overdose reversal drug naloxone saves lives. Now, cops in Colorado are beginning to carry it. (wikimedia.org)Chronicle AM: OH Legalizers Spend Big Bucks, CO Cops Now Carrying Naloxone, More (10/23/15)
Ohio pot legalizers are throwing millions of dollars into the effort, the Federal Reserve throws up another obstacle to marijuana banking, some Colorado cops will start carrying naloxone, and more. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_51.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
A California federal judge has told the Justice Department to butt out of state-legal marijuana businesses in a case involving the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana, the Brookings Institution has a new report on the feds stifling research, ASA has a new report on the beneficial impacts of dispensaries, and more. -
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a sentencing reform bill. (nadcp.org)Chronicle AM: Federal Sentencing Reform Advances, OH Legalization Init in Dead Heat, More (10/22/15)
It's nail-biting time for pot legalizers in Ohio -- and in California--the Obama administration rolls out new measures to deal with heroin and prescription opiates, a federal sentencing reform bill advances, and more.