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Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997

  • Under Maryland's new decrim law, the pot won't get you busted, but the pipe could. (wikimedia/erik fenderson)
    Under Maryland's new decrim law, the pot won't get you busted, but the pipe could. (wikimedia/erik fenderson)

    Chronicle AM -- April 15, 2014

    The Obama administration punts on marijuana rescheduling, Maryland's decrim excludes paraphernalia (for now), sneaky DEA tactics are being challenged in Arizona, fears of more cartel violence in Mexico, and more.
  • billboard for Missouri marijuana lifer Jeff Mizanskey
    billboard for Missouri marijuana lifer Jeff Mizanskey

    Chronicle AM -- April 14, 2014

    Maryland decriminalizes and becomes a medical marijuana state, a Tennessee hemp bill awaits the governor's signature, a Kentucky omnibus heroin bill appears dead for the session, a campaign is underway to free a Missouri marijuana lifer, and more.
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    Chronicle AM -- April 11, 2014

    A DC marijuana legalization initiative is about to start signature-gathering, we have a trio of state pot polls, the US Sentencing Commission moves to cut drug sentences, German criminal law professors call for marijuana legalization, and more.
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    MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_126.jpg

    Medical Marijuana Update

    Medical marijuana remains on the agenda at statehouses across the country, Oregon communities decide whether to bother with temporary dispensary moratoriums, DC looks to expand its medical marijuana program, and more.
  • Trip the light fantastic at a conference on psychedelics at UMass-Amherst this weekend. (wikimedia.org)
    Trip the light fantastic at a conference on psychedelics at UMass-Amherst this weekend. (wikimedia.org)

    Chronicle AM -- April 9, 2014

    Attorney General Holder was on the pot-seat in Congress yesterday, New Jersey's legalization bill looks to have an uphill battle with public opinion, there's a psychedelic conference in Massachusetts this weekend, Uruguay is going to give medical marijuana to prisoners, and more.
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    pile-of-cash_157.jpg

    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    Another jail guard dope smuggler, another cop with a pain pill problem, another cop brought down by a sting, another cop selling cocaine, and yet another cop smuggling cocaine. Ho-hum. Just another week of drug war police corruption.
  • Minnesota family with epileptic child testifies in favor of medical marijuana bill there. (MN House/Andrew von Bank)
    Minnesota family with epileptic child testifies in favor of medical marijuana bill there. (MN House/Andrew von Bank)

    Chronicle AM -- April 8, 2014

    The Maryland legislature passed both medical marijuana and decriminalization bills as the session ended in Annapolis, Colorado pot tax revenues aren't as high as the governor thought, the maker of the new opiate pain reliever Zohydro fights a state ban in Massachusetts, and more.