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    MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_133.jpg

    Medical Marijuana Update

    We could see a congressional vote on barring the feds from interfering in medical marijuana states this week, California stays contentious, the New York Assembly passes a medical marijuana bill (again), and more.
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    Chronicle AM -- May 28, 2014

    Look out 2016, here comes Nevada! Also, a US congressman rips into NYPD over marijuana arrests, a New York medical marijuana bill passes the Assembly, Dallas pays out big time for police misbehavior, former DEA head Asa Hutchinson wants more drug war for Arkansas, and more.
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    There's More to Colorado Than Marijuana [FEATURE]

    While the nation and the world focus on Colorado's legalization of marijuana, serious work on drug and sentencing reform and harm reduction has also been getting done there. Let's take a look.
  • Will another $100 million stop heroin in New YorK? (wikimedia.org)
    Will another $100 million stop heroin in New YorK? (wikimedia.org)

    Chronicle AM -- May 27, 2014

    Chuck Schumer wants $100 million to fight heroin in New York, a congressional vote to stop the DEA from attacking medical marijuana in states where it is legal is coming soon, the New York Assembly is voting today on a medical marijuana bill, an Oklahoma prescription drug bill dies, and more.
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    Chronicle AM -- May 23, 2014

    There's a slim majority for marijuana legalization in New York, an Oregon legalization initiative gets another big-bucks boost, New Mexico patients fight back against proposed new rules, actor Don Johnson speaks out on drug policy, a global campaign for medical marijuana as a human right is underway, and more.
  • It's sunrise for hemp in the Bluegrass State. (votehemp.org)
    It's sunrise for hemp in the Bluegrass State. (votehemp.org)

    DEA Backs Down; Kentucky Will Get Its Hemp Seeds

    Kentucky will be growing research hemp crops this year after the DEA backed down from its refusal to issue a permit for imported hemp seed. A lawsuit and a visit from the Senate Minority leader might have had something to do with it.