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Big News from the Administration About Commutations
[image:1 align:right caption:true]The Obama administration may issue hundreds or even thousands of sentence commutations in drug cases,
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US Supreme Court Rejects Florida Drug Testing Appeal
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's plan to drug test state employees without cause has been batted down after the US Supreme Court refused to hear the state's appeal of a lower court decision finding it unconstitional.
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The Walking Raven marijuana retail outlet on South Broadway, aka Denver's Green Mile.
It's 4/20 in Denver!
Denver is pot city this weekend, with the High Times Cannabis Cup, the 4/20 rally downtown, and dozens of related musical and cultural events.
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It's a long, lonesome drive to Denver...
I'm Denver Bound, So No Chronicle AM for Friday
I'm driving from eastern South Dakota to Denver Friday in preparation for the 4/20 weekend there.
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Chronicle AM -- April 17, 2014
Marijuana legalization inititives are in the news, the NCAA ponders relaxing marijuana penalties, a vaporizer company wants to drug test its workers, and more.
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Faith Leaders Issue Easter Statement on War on Drugs, Mass Incarceration [FEATURE]
A group of faith leaders have issued an "Easter Statement" making a powerful moral and spiritual call for an end to the war on drugs and mass incarceration. What would Jesus do?
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Medical Marijuana Update
With a stroke of the governor's pen, Maryland becomes the 21st medical marijuana state. Meanwhile, those CBD medical marijuana bills continue to move. And more.
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Heroin would get you even more time under draconian bills moving in Louisiana. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM -- April 16, 2014
President Obama commutes a marijuana offender's sentence, organized opposition to a legalization initiative emerges in Alaska, draconian heroin bills are moving in Louisiana, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A notorious New York City narc goes on desk duty, an Alabama prison guard gets mixed up with meth, a Florida cop is in trouble for slinging steroids, and an LAPD cop gets his hand slapped for lying about a drug bust.
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Under Maryland's new decrim law, the pot won't get you busted, but the pipe could. (wikimedia/erik fenderson)
Chronicle AM -- April 15, 2014
The Obama administration punts on marijuana rescheduling, Maryland's decrim excludes paraphernalia (for now), sneaky DEA tactics are being challenged in Arizona, fears of more cartel violence in Mexico, and more.
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Chronicle AM -- April 14, 2014
Maryland decriminalizes and becomes a medical marijuana state, a Tennessee hemp bill awaits the governor's signature, a Kentucky omnibus heroin bill appears dead for the session, a campaign is underway to free a Missouri marijuana lifer, and more.
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US Sentencing Commission Votes to Cut Drug Sentences [FEATURE]
The US Sentencing Commission voted yesterday to reduce most federal drug trafficking sentences. The move will cut nearly a year off the average sentence and should result in 6,500 fewer prisoners within five years, the commission said.
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Chronicle AM -- April 11, 2014
A DC marijuana legalization initiative is about to start signature-gathering, we have a trio of state pot polls, the US Sentencing Commission moves to cut drug sentences, German criminal law professors call for marijuana legalization, and more.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana remains on the agenda at statehouses across the country, Oregon communities decide whether to bother with temporary dispensary moratoriums, DC looks to expand its medical marijuana program, and more.
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Smarter Sentencing Act Picks Up More GOP Cosponsors
The federal Smarter Sentencing Act picked up four new Republican House consponsors in one day this month.
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Trip the light fantastic at a conference on psychedelics at UMass-Amherst this weekend. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM -- April 9, 2014
Attorney General Holder was on the pot-seat in Congress yesterday, New Jersey's legalization bill looks to have an uphill battle with public opinion, there's a psychedelic conference in Massachusetts this weekend, Uruguay is going to give medical marijuana to prisoners, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Another jail guard dope smuggler, another cop with a pain pill problem, another cop brought down by a sting, another cop selling cocaine, and yet another cop smuggling cocaine. Ho-hum. Just another week of drug war police corruption.
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Southern California Schoolgirl Killed in Drug-Related Police Pursuit
A 12-year-old Orange County girl was killed last week when a driver fleeing police seeking to apprehend him on drug and weapons warrants crashed into her family's car.
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Medical Marijuana Expansion, Decriminalization Pass in Maryland
It was a banner day in Annapolis Monday, where legislators, working against an end-of-session deadline, managed to pass both marijuana decriminalization and medical marijuana expansion bills.