Drug War Chronicle #1038 - October 5, 2018
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Ohio Initiative Would End Prison for Drug Possession [FEATURE]
The state criminal justice and Republican political establishment is opposed. Imagine that.
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Look Who's Got the Antidote to Trump's Prescription for Global Drug War [FEATURE]
The former heads of state behind the Global Commission on Drugs, that's who.
The president goes to the UN to try to push global drug policy backward. (Creative Commons/Gage Skidmore)
Trump's Terrible, No Good Plan to Gin Up Worldwide Drug War [FEATURE]
He’s at the UN to call for a more regressive global drug policy.
Senator Trillanes at our March 2018 event (photo courtesy Joey Tranchina)
Statement: Philippine Court Fails Crucial Test
StoptheDrugWar.org condemns the Duterte administration's illegal move to imprison a second prominent drug war critic, and the court system's strained logic going along with it.
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Medical Marijuana Update
The DEA last week rescheduled the marijuana-based drug Epidiolex, California's governor vetoes a compassionate access bill, Michigan dispensaries must have licenses by Halloween or be shut down, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
It's prison guards gone bad this week, plus a crooked NYPD cop, and more.
The Mexican military disarms all the cops in Acapulco amidst allegations of drug gang links. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: Bad Drug Bill Dropped From Fed Opioid Package, Acapulco Cops Disarmed, More... (9/26/18)
A bad provision gets stripped out of the congressional opioid package, a Pennsylvania legislator files a legalization bill, Mexican Marines disarm Acapulco cops, and more.
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Chronicle AM: DEA Reschedules Marijuana-Based Drug, House GOP Blocks Pot Tax Reform, More... (9/27/18)
The House GOP once again blocks a marijuana reform, the DEA reschedules a marijuana-based drug, Ontario sets its pot sales rules, and more.
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has been very busy lately. (Facebook)
Chronicle AM: CA Governor Vetoes Safe Injection Sites Bill, MI Pot Poll Looks Good, More... (10/1/18)
Jerry Brown signs and vetoes drug bills, the drug czar's office confirms the existence of a secretive marijuana committee, Johns Hopkins researchers suggest psilocybin should be Schedule IV, and more.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says marijuana legalization is coming "sooner than later." (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: Jerry Brown Vetoes Marijuana Samples for Poor Patients, NJ Gov Says Legalization Soon, More... (10/2/18)
Some members of Congress want to know why the DEA approves research marijuana imports but not research marijuana here, New Jersey's governor says legal pot is coming, California's governor vetoes a bill that would have let dispensaries give free samples to poor medical marijuana patients, and more.
Ohio regulators want to ban kratom. If they succeed, the state will be the seventh to have done so. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: Ohio Moves To Ban Kratom, ONDCP Says Pot Review Will Be Objective, More... (10/3/18)
The drug czar's office tells a US senator a multi-agency review of marijuana will be "objective," protestors target Rep. Andy Harris over his opposition to allowing medical marijuana to treat opioid addiction, Ohio regulators take a first step toward banning kratom, and more.
Congress has sent an omnibus opioids bill to the president's desk. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: Senate Passes Opioid Bill, CA Cops Face Racial Profiling Charges, More... (10/4/18)
Congress sends an omnibus opioids bill to the president's desk, the DEA has another Colombia scandal, the San Francisco police and Los Angeles sheriff's deputies face charges of racial profiling, and more.
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