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The DEA had a bad day on Capitol Hill yesterday.
The DEA had a bad day on Capitol Hill yesterday.

Chronicle AM--May 30, 2014

Yesterday was a bad day for the DEA as the House thrice voted to slap its hands, an anti-marijuana initiative in Montana gets okayed for signature-gathering, the New York Senate releases a report on heroin and opiate addiction and calls for more drug war, marijuana legalization supporters rally in Tel Aviv, and more
It's sunrise for hemp in the Bluegrass State. (votehemp.org)
It's sunrise for hemp in the Bluegrass State. (votehemp.org)

DEA Backs Down; Kentucky Will Get Its Hemp Seeds

Kentucky will be growing research hemp crops this year after the DEA backed down from its refusal to issue a permit for imported hemp seed. A lawsuit and a visit from the Senate Minority leader might have had something to do with it.
Hemp seeds will soon be sprouting in Kentucky (votehemp.org)
Hemp seeds will soon be sprouting in Kentucky (votehemp.org)

Kentucky Gets its Hemp Seed as DEA Backs Off

It's a done deal. A UPS truck delivered more than 250 pounds of hemp seed to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture this afternoon.

When Mitch McConnell is criticizing the DEA, you know you're living in a different century. (senate.gov)
When Mitch McConnell is criticizing the DEA, you know you're living in a different century. (senate.gov)

Chronicle AM -- May 15, 2014

An evangelical pollster has support for marijuana legalization at 58% (but not among Christians), the Senate Minority Leader takes on the DEA over hemp, a California defelonization sentencing initiative hands in signatures, we have a fascinating look at meth culture in Tehran, and more.
Oklahoma state Sen. Constance Johnson (D) is running for the US Senate and talking marijuana reform. (oksenate.gov)
Oklahoma state Sen. Constance Johnson (D) is running for the US Senate and talking marijuana reform. (oksenate.gov)

Chronicle AM -- May 12, 2014

Elderly senators grumble about new-fangled rules allowing legal marijuana businesses to use the financial system, there are more legalization polls, an Oklahoma US Senate candidate is talking marijuana reform, there is medical marijuana initiative news, Minnesota passes asset forfeiture reform and the governor signs it, and more.
People are dying of prescription drug overdoses at a rate three times that of a decade ago, says the CDC. (wikimedia.org
People are dying of prescription drug overdoses at a rate three times that of a decade ago, says the CDC. (wikimedia.org

Chronicle AM -- May 14, 2014

The NFL is about to adopt a more sensible marijuana policy, the DEA will unblock imported hemp seeds so Kentucky can do some research, Minnesota legislators try to reach a compromise on medical marijuana, the rate of prescription overdose deaths is up, and more.