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  • The US spent $7.5 billion to reduce Afghan opium cultivation. Now Afghanistan produces more than ever. Go figger. (unodc.org)
    The US spent $7.5 billion to reduce Afghan opium cultivation. Now Afghanistan produces more than ever. Go figger. (unodc.org)

    Chronicle AM -- April 30, 2014

    There was marijuana talk on Capitol Hill yesterday, a Vermont dispensary bill passes the Senate, Georgia's governor signs a welfare drug testing bill, a California drugged driving bill dies, and -- oh, yeah, we spent $7.5 billion to reduce Afghan opium production and got squat. And more.
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    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    It's a veritable cornucopia of corrupt cops this week. Major corruption scandals wind down in the Chicago suburbs and the Rio Grande Valley, LA deputies get popped planting guns in a dispensary, a Philly narc sleeps with his snitch and whispers DEA secrets in her ear, and more.
  • The founder of Sweden's Pirate Party has some choice words about Swedish drug policies.
    The founder of Sweden's Pirate Party has some choice words about Swedish drug policies.

    Chronicle AM -- April 29, 2014

    Pressure builds for marijuana legalization in Illinois, a California medical marijuana patient is bumped off the liver transplant list, the drug czar's office slams the idea of criminalizing drug use by pregnant women, and the founder of the Pirate Party has some choice words on drug policy. And more.
  • New Zealand is taking regulated synthetic drugs off the shelf until they can be proven "low risk." (wikipedia.org)
    New Zealand is taking regulated synthetic drugs off the shelf until they can be proven "low risk." (wikipedia.org)

    Chronicle AM -- April 28, 2012

    Medical marijuana continues to be contested terrain, a legalization bill gets a hearing in Boston, hemp is on the move in Hawaii and New York, New Zealand cracks down on its regulated synthetic drugs, and more.
  • DC Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton will stick up for District decrim. (wikipedia.org)
    DC Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton will stick up for District decrim. (wikipedia.org)

    Chronicle AM -- April 25, 2014

    An Oregon congressman fights to end federal marijuana prohibition, a DC congresswoman vows to fight for decrim in the District, a Brooklyn DA gets support for his stance on small-time pot charges, some Philly narcs escape justice, and more.
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    marijuana bud wikimedia_25.jpg

    Chronicle AM -- April 24, 2016

    Marijuana, weed, pot, cannabis, whatever you call it, it's sure making a lot of news these days. Plus, harm reduction comes to Georgia, and Bolivia wants to shoot down drug planes. And more.