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Smarter Sentencing Act Passes Senate Judiciary Committee
[image:1 align:right]The Smarter Sentencing Act has just passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
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Smarter Sentencing Act in Committee Right Now!!!
Update: It has passed the committee!
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In Breakthrough, Farm Bill Includes Hemp Amendment [FEATURE]
An amendment to the food bill that would allow universities and state agriculture departments to do research on hemp has been approved by conference committee negotiators and is set to become law.
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Medical Marijuana Update
The Colorado Supreme Court will take up an important medical marijuana employment rights case, Connecticut selects marijuana producers, Massachusetts gets ready to announce who gets dispensaries, California localities keep moving to restrict cultivation, and more.
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MPP's Superbowl billboards take advantage of the hoopla to challenge the NFL.
Chronicle AM -- January 29, 2014
Superbowl-linked banners chiding the NFL on marijuana policy go up, drug testing of students, workers, and welfare recipients is in the news, a federal sentencing reform bill picks up support, Guatemalan peasants pick up rocks and sticks to chase off eradicators, and more.
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Another Poll Confirms Emerging Marijuana Majority
They just keep on coming -- polls showing a majority nationwide in favor of marijuana legalization. The latest is from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.
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Ted Cruz Likens Obama Drug Policy to Imperialism
[image:1 align:right]Ted Cruz included drug laws among his examples of "imperialism" on the part President Obama, in remarks on CNN following the State of the Union address tonight.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Two cops go down for providing info to drug dealers, a DARE officer who ripped off the program gets a slap on the wrist, a Philly narc entangled with a snitch gets entangled with lies, and another prison guard gets popped.
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Destiny Hoffman sat in jail for 154 days after a drug court judge forgot about her. (Clark Co. Jail)
Chronicle AM -- January 28, 2014
The hemp amendment gets included in the farm bill, Colorado's Supreme Court will review medical marijuana patients' employment rights, we have a couple of drug war horror stories, Mexico's security apparatus is joining forces with anti-cartel vigilantes, and Saudi Arabia's premarital drug testing program isn't working, and more.
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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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Drug War Chronicle takes no position on the game.
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.