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Hemp Amendment Included in Federal Farm Bill
The massive federal farm bill, soon to be voted on by both houses of Congress, includes an amendment allowing for research into the industrial uses of hemp.
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Chronicle AM -- January 27, 2014
Florida's medical marijuana initiative will go to the voters in November, the DEA administrator is being both jeered and cheered for her criticism of President Obama's remarks on marijuana, the Supreme Court makes it harder to punish drug dealers for deaths related to their wares, and much more.
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Florida Medical Marijuana Initiative Will Go to the Voters!
Just moments ago, the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion approving a medical marijuana initiative
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DEA administrator Michele Leonhart (doj.gov)
DEA Chief Criticizes Obama Marijuana Remarks, But Faces Backlash
DEA head Michele Leonhart didn't like what President Obama had to say about marijuana recently. But we don't like what she had to say either.
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Two Oklahoma Cops Among Four Latest Drug War Deaths
A Louisiana man is dead over what looks like a case of pot smoking in a car, and in a bizarre incident, two Oklahoma cops were killed when their cars collided chasing a drug suspect, who himself had died in a separate crash as he fled moments earlier.
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German Cannabis Activist Georg Wurth Wins a Million Euros!
Big congratulations are in order for our German brethren. They have scored a major publicity and resource coup that will definitely help them advance the cause.
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Chronicle AM -- January 24, 2014
Bills are popping at state houses across the land, pot politics continues hot and heavy, world leaders have harsh words for prohibition at Davos, and much, much more.
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Florida Medical Marijuana Initiative Has Enough Signatures!
The Florida Department of Elections reported today that the
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Attorney General Eric Holder (usdoj.gov)
Holder Says Marijuana Banking Rules Coming Soon
A solution to the legal marijuana industry's banking woes is coming soon, Attorney General Holder suggested Thursday. But the devil is in the details.
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Agent Carlos Rivera Vega (PRPD)
Puerto Rico Man, Police Officer Become First Drug War Fatalities of 2014
The year's first drug war fatalities come from Puerto Rico, where two are dead after a confrontation during a drug investigation at a housing complex.
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For First Time, CBS Poll Has Majority for Marijuana Legalization
CBS News now joins the ranks of polling organizations reporting majority support for marijuana legalization. That's a first for the CBS News Poll.
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No Chronicle AM today, folks, but I have a couple of stories to post.
Due to out-of-town visitors, I have tour guide duties this afternoon, so I won't have time to get around to the Chronicle AM. But...
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Book Review Essay: The Drug War Past, Present, and Future
We review three recent tiles on the drug war's prehistory, its current incarnation, and how we escape it.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Residents of a pair of California counties are fighting back against restrictive ordinances, Arizona rejects some new medical conditions, Illinois rules out draft rules, and more.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) wants to end the "failed war on drugs." (state.nj.us)
Chronicle AM -- January 22, 2014
Marijuana, marijuana, marijuana. It sure is generating lots of activity, plus Chris Christie speaks out on the drug war, a major farm organization endorses hemp, and Honduras wants to shoot down drug planes.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
The stench grows in Philadelphia, a parole officer gets caught stealing parolee's pills, a reserve cop tries to trade dope for sex, and jail guards continue to go wild.
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Chronicle AM -- January 21, 2014
The war on weed may be beginning to wheeze toward its end, a researcher reports, and legislators continue to introduce bills to help it on its way. Meanwhile, harm reduction down South gets some attention, a bad bill targets medical marijuana-using parents in Michigan, and Bermuda gets a decrim bill, and more.
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Jamaican marijuana users want something to smile about (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM -- January 20, 2014
Marijuana law reform bills just keep coming, a most likely unconstitutional food stamp drug test bill gets filed in Georgia, Australian regulators block urine drug testing of state energy company workers, Jamaicans legalizers grow impatient, and more.
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President Barack Obama (whitehouse.gov)
Obama: Marijuana Less Dangerous Than Alcohol, But...
In an interview with the The New Yorker's David Remnick, President Obama said marijuana was safer than alcohol and that state-level experiments with legalization were "important," but that he thought it was a bad habit.
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Chronicle AM -- January 17, 2014
Washington's attorney general has dealt a body blow to the statewide legalization of marijuana commerce there, medical marijuana continues to keep state legislatures busy, a New Mexico town and county pay out big time for a horrid anal search, heroin legislation is moving in Kentucky, and more.