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Uruguay May Legalize Marijuana Any Week Now (was Day Now)
[image:1 align:right caption:true]Update: We've heard that end of the month is more likely now.
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Missouri Cannabis Conference This Weekend!
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Maryland Majority for Marijuana Legalization
Maryland is now the latest state to report a majority in favor of marijuana legalization, according to a new Goucher Poll.
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Chronicle AM -- November 12, 2013
Marijuana and medical marijuana activism continues, a prescription drug monitoring bill moves in Pennsylvania, a West Virginia official jumps to conclusions on drug testing results, and Israelis are switching from hash to buds.
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Heads Up, Kansas City! Missouri Statewide Conference on Marijuana Law Reform This Saturday
Marijuana reform conference in KC, MO this Saturday.
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Only Two More Days to Weigh in on Washington State Medical Marijuana
The Washington state Liquor Control Board announced last week that it was extending the deadline for public comment on proposed changes to the state's existing medical marijuana program until t
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Don't Miss Mexican Human Rights/Drug War Activist Javier Sicilia in DC This Week
Mexico poet and human rights activist Javier Sicilia and the Caravan for Peace (Movement for Peace and Justice with Dignity) will be in the n
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Chronicle AM -- November 11, 2013
Utah is getting organized for marijuana law reform, the NAACP is supporting a "states' rights" federal marijuana bill, attention turns to the drug war south of the border in Washington, and more.
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Chronicle AM -- November 8, 2013
State level marijuana legalization activists look ahead, Colorado announces hemp farming rules, Denver backs away from a backyard pot-smoking ban, and strife continues in Mexico.
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Newark Cops Kill Alleged Drug Dealer, Neighbors Attack Police
A Newark, New Jersey, man is dead at the hands of drug police after they said he approached them with a loaded weapon (how did they know?), but angry neighbors had a different version of events.
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Chronicle AM -- November 7, 2013
Portland's police chief demonstrates why local initiatives are only a start, a new Urban Institute report has ideas for reducing the federal prison population, the Irish parliament rejects marijuana legalization on its first go round, and more.
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New Daily Roundups from Drug War Chronicle
There's a lot going on in the world of drug policy. Here are the stories we noted in our new Chronicle AM daily survey this week.
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The Crooked Cop and the Case of the Vanishing Guilty Plea [FEATURE]
When can you get a guilty plea overturned in federal court? When the cop who busted you is crooked, that's when.
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Medical Marijuana Update
And the beat goes on. From the West Coast to the East Coast and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, medical marijuana is on the agenda.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
We took a week off from the Corrupt Cops stories, but the corrupt cops sure didn't. Here's a rather lengthy list of backlogged law enforcement miscreants.
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Chronicle AM--November 6, 2013
Voters in Colorado and Michigan approve marijuana measures (and so do voters in Portland, Maine--see our news brief), another New Mexico anal drug search victim emerges and the Mexican military moves into Lazaro Cardenas.
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Portland, Maine, Legalizes Marijuana Possession
Portland, Maine, has become the first East Coast city to vote to legalize marijuana possession, and it did so overwhelmingly.
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Chronicle AM--November 5, 2013
An especially egregious drug war excess in New Mexico makes the news, the mayor of Toronto 'fesses up to smoking crack, Morocco gets ready to talk marijuana legalization, and more.
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Former UN Head and Brazilian President Call for Drug Decriminalization
Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan and former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso called for global drug decriminalization and other reforms in an op-ed published on CNN.com today.
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Marijuana Policy on the Ballot (Last) Tuesday
Marijuana policy reform questions are on the ballot in Colorado, a trio of Michigan localities, and Portland, Maine, tomorrow.