Drug War Chronicle #1021 - May 24, 2018
Marijuana is now legal in nine states, but what about those old convictions? (IRIN News)
The Movement to Expunge Marijuana Convictions in Legalization States Picks Up Steam [FEATURE]
Ending prohibition is only phase one.
Black market fentanyl is not just wreaking havoc on the streets of American cities. (Creative Commons)
Four Ways Fentanyl Could Radically Disrupt the Global Drug Trade
The drug has the potential to be tremendously disruptive of the traditional illicit drug market and smuggling structures.
Under Missouri law, seized cash is supposed to go to the schools, but the cops have found an end-around. (Wikipedia)
Missouri Cops are Diverting School Funding and Making a Joke of State Law
Trumps's Justice Department makes it possible.
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Medical Marijuana Update
An amendment protecting medical marijuana in states where it is legal has made it into the House's Justice Department appropriations bill, Illinois legislators approve medical marijuana in schools, the Utah initiative campaign is turning into a pitched battle, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Border Patrol agent goes to prison for helping pot smugglers, an NYPD cop gets nailed for agreeing to transport drugs for cash, a Florida crime scene tech gets busted stealing drugs from dead people, and more.
Hemp fields are starting to pop up. (Vote Hemp)
Chronicle AM: Hemp News, San Antonio Could Finally Get a Legal Needle Exchange, More... (5/17/18)
There's good and bad news on hemp today, a new Rhode Island marijuana legalization bill is filed, San Antonio moves toward the first legal needle exchange in Texas, and more.
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Chronicle AM: 2019 Ohio Init Gears Up, Fed Treatment Bill Advances, More... (5/19/18)
Michigan legalization initiative foes urge the legislature to legalize it, an Ohio legalization initiative can begin signature gathering, a federal drug treatment bill exclusively targeting opioids advances, and more.
Price gouging on the opioid overdose reversal drug needs to stop, Democratic House members say. (PA Health Department)
Chronicle AM: House Dems Want Action on Naloxone Pricing, German Decrim Hint, More... (5/21/18)
There's too much weed in Oregon, Utah medical marijuana foes try another tack to block the initiative, Africa gets its first medical marijuana dispensary, and more.
Afghanistan had its largest opium poppy crop ever last year, the UNODC reports. (UNODC)
Chronicle AM: De Blasio Tells NYPD to Stop Pot Arrests, Aghan Opium Bumper Crop, More... (5/22/18)
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to see an end to public pot smoking arrests, Utah medical marijuana supporters are fending off a court challenge, the "Philippine disease" appears to be spreading to Bangladesh, Afganistan sees a bumper poppy crop, and more.
Colombian coca grower. A new report says more legal markets for the crop could reduce violence. (dea.gov)
Chronicle AM: NM Marijuana Poll, House Passes Limited Prison Reform Bill, More... (5/23/18)
A solid majority of New Mexicans support marijuana legalization, the House passes a limited prison -- but not sentencing -- reform bill, an Open Society Foundations report calling for increased opportunities for legal coca sales in Colombia, and more.
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