Drug War Chronicle #1034 - August 30, 2018
Drug-induced homicide charges are a regression to the lock 'em up policies of last century's drug war. (ussc.gov)
Study: Charging People With Murder for Drug Overdose Deaths "Bad Criminal Justice Policy" [FEATURE]
The practice is "bad law and bad criminal justice policy," the author concludes.
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The Opioid Crisis Could Cost a Half Million Lives in the Next Decade
There are some policy prescriptions that could lower that toll, but some other politically popular ones would likely increase it.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Oregon drastically reduces the daily purchase limit for patients, Oklahoma continues to try to get its nascent system up and running, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
More jail and prison guards gone bad, a kinky New Jersey cop is in trouble, and more.
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Chronicle AM: Good NJ, WI Pot Polls; OH Drug Defelonization Initiative, More... (8/24/18)
New polls in New Jersey and Wisconsin show solid support for marijuana legalization, Chicago harm reduction pioneer Dan Big has died too early, the FDA approves clinical trials of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, an Ohio drug defelonization initiative is on the November ballot, and more.
Oregon patients will only be able to buy one ounce a day under new emergency rules. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: NY Gov Signs Opioid Bill, VT Dems Want Full MJ Legalization, More... (8/27/18)
An Arizona prosecutor gets challenged for trying to profit off small-time pot offenders, Oregon regulators slash the daily purchase amounts for medical marijuana patients, a Louisiana prisoner featured in the Chronicle years ago gets a break, and more.
Vancouver's InSite safer injection site. Coming soon to San Francisco? (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: DOJ Takes Aim at SISes, States Demand Congress Act on Pot Banking, More... (8/28/18)
Even as a California safer injection site bill approaches final passage, the Justice Department takes aim at the harm reduction practice; state financial regulators want Congress to act on marijuana banking, and more.
The drug czar's office is coordinating an anti-pot Marijuana Policy Coordinating Committee.
Chronicle AM: White House's Anti-Pot Committee, IL Gov OKs MedMJ for Opioids, More... (8/29/18)
The Trump administration has a secret committee to trash pot, Canada okays a roadside drug testing device for motorists, Illinois becomes the latest state to allow medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids, and more.
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