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Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997

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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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    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.
  • Camden, New Jersey. Tough times in a tough town. (wikimedia.org/adam jones)
    Camden, New Jersey. Tough times in a tough town. (wikimedia.org/adam jones)

    The Corruption Files: Camden's Dirty Cops [FEATURE]

    Camden, New Jersey, was the scene of one of the nastiest police corruption scandals in recent history. Investigative reporter Clarence Walker takes a look at some cops who would have made the dirty cops in Training Day blush.
  • With declining US market share, Mexican marijuana farmers are switching to poppies. (unodc.org)
    With declining US market share, Mexican marijuana farmers are switching to poppies. (unodc.org)

    Chronicle AM -- April 7, 2014

    Talk about unintended consequences! Faced with a declining US market share, Mexican pot farmers are switching to opium poppies. Plus, AG Holder has some words about rescheduling, the Maryland decrim bill is back from the dead, it looks like 2016 for California legalization, and more.
  • Politicians worry about the dangers of Zohydro, but they have little to say about its benefits.
    Politicians worry about the dangers of Zohydro, but they have little to say about its benefits.

    Chronicle AM -- April 4, 2014

    Cops like to say they don't make the laws; they merely enforce them, but that wasn't exactly the case today in Louisiana, Oregon, and Washington, DC. Plus, decrim has a last hurrah in Maryland, an Alabama welfare drug testing bill passes, Vermont moves against the new pain reliever Zohydro, and more.