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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A high-ranking DEA agent in Mexico is in trouble, so is a former North Carolina SBI narc, an Alabama police officer and a West Virginia jail guard.
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MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_13.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
All the medical marijuana news this week is from the West and Midwest. There's good news from Iowa, Montana, and South Dakota, but things are going slowly in Illinois. -
Kentucky is spending $100,000 to give naloxone overdose reversal kits to drug users. (wikimedia.org)Chronicle AM: DC Pot Foes Busted, VT Pot Legalization Coalition Forms, KY to Hand Out Naloxone Kits, More (1/7/15)
DC pot legalization foes get nailed for campaign finance violations, Vermont activists are joining forces to legalize it this year, the Congressional Black Caucus is going to concentrate on criminal justice reform, Kentucky is spending money to prevent opiate overdoses, and more -
An execution in Iran. The Islamic Republic executed more than 300 drug offenders last year. (iranhr.net)Chronicle AM: Seattle Pot Vapor Lounges, VA Pot Poll, Here Comes California, Iran Drug Executions, More (1/6/15)
Seattle's city attorney wants a place for marijuana users to congregate, California activists start moving toward 2016, Dr. David Nutt criticizes British Ecstasy policy, Iran starts the New Year with a bakers' dozen drug executions, and more. -
marijuana leaf_2.jpgChronicle AM:MT MedMJ Court Victory, DC Mayor Will Fight for Legalization, Thai Drug Sentences, More (1/5/15)
DC's mayor will fight for legalization, a Montana judge blocks most of a restrictive medical marijuana law, a New York county's misdemeanor drug bust asset forfeiture law gets vetoed, Thailand will review drug sentences, and more. -
Medical-marijuana-shop_0.jpgMontana Judge Blocks Medical Marijuana Restrictions
A Republican-led effort to put the squeeze on medical marijuana in Montana has hit a legal roadblock. -
You still can't go to the dispensary in Illinois, and more delays loom. (Sandra Yruel/DPA)Chronicle AM: AZ Pot Reform Bills, IL MedMJ Applications Delayed, Australia Festival Drug Busts, More (1/2/15)
Pot dollars are starting to roll in in Washington state, marijuana reform bills filed in Arizona, Illinois delays dispensary applications without explanation, Colorado wants to grow research marijuana at colleges, and more. -
ISIS imposes rough justice on a drug user in Raqqa, Syria. (twitter.com)Chronicle AM: DC AG Says Congress Didn't Block Legalization, WI Gov Wants Unemployment Drug Tests, More (12/31/14)
Legal pot is on schedule in Alaska, home hash oil making is not okay in Colorado, DC's new AG says Congress didn't really block legalization in the District, a Hawaii task force recommends dispensaries, and more. -
Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield dropped a bombshell in October. (state.gov)The Big Global Drug Policy Stories of 2014 [FEATURE]
2014 was a big year for drug reform, and for a change, the US is pulling things in the right direction. But it some places, it's been business as usual, and in others, things have gone in the wrong direction. Here are our big international stories of the year. -
pile-of-cash_180_11.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
It looks like even corrupt cops take a holiday break. This week, we have only a pair of jail guards in trouble, and a Tulsa cop heading to prison for dirty dealing.