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Two NYPD Cops Charged with Raping Teen After Busting Her for Marijuana
The alleged victim has also filed a $50 million civil lawsuit against NYPD.
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Australia's second safe injection site will open in Melbourne next year. (vch.ca)Chronicle AM: Second Australia SIJ Coming, DEA Adds Heroin Enforcement Teams, More... (10/30/17)
The Victoria state government has approved a safe injection site in Melbourne, a new report warns that high taxes on legal marijuana could push people to the black market, New Jersey adds some new qualifying conditions for medical marijuana use, and more. -
President Trump declares a public health emergency, but not a national emergency, on opioids. (Wikimedia)Chronicle AM: Trump Declares Opioid Emergency, SF SIJ Could Come Soon, More... (10/26/17)
The president declares the opioid crisis an emegency, but not enough of one to actually need funding; lawmakers go after the DEA over West Virginia pain pill deliveries, a St. Louis alderman files a marijuana legalization measure, the US Sentencing Commission issues a report on mandatory minimums, and more. -
pile-of-cash_180_132.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Sticky-fingered pill-stealing cops get themselves in trouble in Florida, and more. -
In Afghan fields, the poppies grow... and grow and grow. (UNODC)Chronicle AM: New Gallup Poll Has Record Support for Marijuana Legalization, More... (10/25/17)
Nearly two-thirds of Americans now support marijuana legalization, and even more in Connecticut, the House passes a bill increasing funding for drug interdiction, the GAO reports on five years of US drug war spending in Latin America, Afghanistan has a whopping record opium crop, and more. -
The opioid epidemic is front and center in the drug policy debate, and in the eyes of the DEA. (wikimedia.org)Chronicle AM: DEA Annual Threat Assessment Released, Trump Opium Event Thursday, More... (10/24/17)
The White House could announce a national opioid emergency on Thursday, the DEA releases its annual drug threat assessment, the Maine legislature approves a marijuana regulation bill, and more. -
In an historic move, Iran has dramatically restricted use of the death penalty in drug cases. (handsoffcain.info)Chronicle AM: Iran Restricts Death Penalty in Drug Cases, Belize MJ Decrim Move, More... (10/23/17)
Iran has approved dramatic changes in the use of the death penalty in drug cases, an Indiana county ends needle exchange and cites the Bible to do so, Jamaica issues its first marijuana business licenses, and more. -
marijuana leaf_45.jpgChronicle AM: New Zealand to Vote on MJ Legalization, Peru Congress OKs MedMJ, More... (10/20/17)
A new doctors' group is calling on the medical community to be open to marijuana legalization, kratom activists file a FOIA on the DEA, New Zealand's new prime minister says she will hold a referendum on marijuana legalization, and more. -
Harris County (Houston) District Attorney Kim Ogg is unleashing a wave of criminal justice reforms. (harriscountytx.gov)Chronicle AM: Washington SIJs Win Court Ruling, Houston DA Goes Deep on Reform, More.. (10/19/17)
Hemp farming comes a step closer in Wisconsin, safe injection sites win a court battle in suburban Seattle, Houston's DA is proving to be a real criminal justice reformer, and more. -
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley -- the face of sentencing reform? (Official photo)Senate Heavyweights File Sentencing Reform Bill [FEATURE]
The compromise bill is generally reformist, but includes some objectionable new mandatory minimums, too.