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Cities Can Ban Marijuana Dispensaries, CA Court Rules
An California appeals court decision saying localities can ban medical marijuana dispensaries is only adding to the industry's woes.
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California Marijuana Arrests and Quote of the Day
[inline:california-marijuana-leaf-small.jpg align=right]It turns out that New York City isn't the only place
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NORML Sues Feds in CA Medical Marijuana Fight [FEATURE]
The federal crackdown on medical marijuana in California is provoking legal challenges.
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NORML Sues Feds in CA Medical Marijuana Fight [FEATURE]
The federal crackdown on medical marijuana in California is provoking legal challenges. First ASA, and now, NORML have filed lawsuits seeking to halt it.
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The 9th National Harm Reduction Conference: "From Public Health to Social Justice"
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You're cordially invited to the 9th National Harm Reduction Conference: "From Public Health to Social Justice" The 9th National Harm Reduction Conference: From Public Health to Social Justice is the only multidisciplinary conference focused on improving the health of drug users. Over a thousand people from around the country will meet to address the many critical issues affecting the drug user community including overdose, HIV, hepatitis, incarceration, stigma. Physicians, medical professionals, policy makers, researchers, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis service agencies, organizations providing services for youth, and the homeless as well as community based and advocacy organizations will be well represented at this much anticipated event. WHEN WHERE
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Mexico's Symbol of Drug War Resistance Says It's Our Fight, Too [FEATURE]
A panel at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference last week called on Americans to take action to help end the drug war in Mexico, even as Human Rights Watch releases as a damning report o
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The 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference Meets in Los Angeles [FEATURE]
For three days last weekend, the towering Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles was awash with drug reform activists running from presentation to presentation and chatting in hallway con
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Mikki Norris and Chris Conrad at Thursday's rally and concert in Macarthur Park (courtesy HCLU)
The 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference Meets in Los Angeles [FEATURE]
The Drug Policy Alliance's 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference was staggering in its breadth and depth. Here's our first report.
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Javier Sicilia addressing conference, with translator Ana Paula Hernandez (photo courtesy HCLU, drogriporter.hu/en)
Mexico's Symbol of Drug War Resistance Says It's Our Fight, Too [FEATURE]
A panel at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference last week called on Americans to take action to help end the drug war in Mexico, even as Human Rights Watch releases as a damning report on government killings, tortures, and disappearances in the drug war.
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The Medical Marijuana Industry Comes to Reality TV
This is going to put a very big exclamation point on Harborside Health Center’s reputation as the biggest and best dispensary in the medical marijuana business.
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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past. In the Chronicle, here.
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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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Tacoma Passes Lowest Priority Marijuana Initiative
Voters in Tacoma, Washington, overwhelmingly approved an initiative Tuesday directing the city to make adult marijuana possession offenses the lowest law enforcement priority.
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Tacoma Passes Lowest Priority Marijuana Initiative
Voters in Tacoma, Washington, approved a lowest law enforcement priority marijuana initiative Tuesday.
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Missouri Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Approved for Circulation
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced Monday that two initiatives for marijuana legalization measures have been approved for
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Bolivia Restores Ties With US, But Rejects DEA
The US and Bolivian governments announced Monday that they were restoring diplomatic relations after three years, but Bolivian President Evo Mora
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Dutch Bar Foreigners from Southern Cannabis Cafes
No one other than Dutch residents will be allowed to buy marijuana in southern Holland cannabis coffee shops after January 1, the Dutch Justice Ministry said Tuesday.
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US Drug Arrest Rate Dropping, But Still Sky High
The arrest rate for drug violations in the US has decreased for the last four years, but still remains more than twice as high as rates in the early 1
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Mexico Drug War Update
The ugliness continues unabated in Mexico, and another blogger has joined the ranks of the murdered. Chronicle