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    cooking heroin (wikimedia.org)

    Hoffman, Heroin, and What Is To Be Done [FEATURE]

    The death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman has focused a media spotlight on heroin overdoses. There are better ways to deal with heroin than the current one, if there is the will.
  • Coca plants. The FARC has plans for them. (unodc.org)
    Coca plants. The FARC has plans for them. (unodc.org)

    Chronicle AM -- February 11, 2014

    California's narcs are whining about Obama's marijuana remarks, Coloradans seem happy with legalization, a Good Samaritan overdose bill is filed in Maryland, an Israeli newspaper talks pot policy, and a Colombian FARC representative lays out the guerrilla's drug proposals, and more.
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    Pot plants, Wheeler's Ranch_19.jpg

    Chronicle AM -- February 10, 2014

    State legislatures are busy with drug policy issues, particularly marijuana and medical marijuana, a Texas grand jury refuses to indict a man who killed a cop in a no-knock drug raid, Mexican vigilantes are duking it out with the Knights Templar in Michoacan, and more.
  • Schapelle Corby will soon walk out of an Indonesian jail.
    Schapelle Corby will soon walk out of an Indonesian jail.

    Chronicle AM -- February 7, 2014

    Marijuana and medical marijuana dominate the drug policy news again today, the Maryland Senate votes to ban Everclear, meth and prescription pills continue to draw legislative attention, and Schapelle Corby will soon be freed from an Indonesian jail, and more.
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    Medical marijuana blackberry wikimedia_1.jpg

    Michigan High Court Rules for Medical Marijuana

    In a critical ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court has blocked localities from banning medical marijuana-related activities that are allowed under the state's Medical Marihuana Act.
  • Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (gob.uy)
    Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (gob.uy)

    Chronicle AM -- February 6, 2014

    A slight majority in Rhode Island say legalize it, CBD medical marijuana bills are popping up in several states, Uruguay's marijuana-legalizing president gets a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, and more.
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    MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_117.jpg

    Medical Marijuana Update

    Project CBD takes on the skeptics on cannabidiol, medical marijuana bills move in Guam, but not in Michigan, and California counties continue to slug it out over dispensaries and grows.
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    pile-of-cash_148.jpg

    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    Some cops like to party too hearty. Others just want a little pocket change. This week, we have four law enforcement miscreants.