Drug War Chronicle #1085 - December 12, 2019
Nine billion dollars later, Afghanistan's opium production rolls on undaunted. (UNODC)
America's Afghanistan Anti-Drug Boondoggle Nears the $9 Billion Mark [FEATURE]
How many billions will go down the drain before we figure out we can't spend our way into making certain drugs disappear?
Sapo sage Peter Gorman cruising the Amazon (sapoinmysoul.com)
Attention, Amphibian Substance Fans, There's A New Toad in Town [FEATURE]
Sapo isn't a psychedelic, but the Amazonian toad venom has some powerful and cathartic effects.
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Medical Marijuana Update
The Senate approves a bill protecting medical marijuana states from federal intervention, Alabama and Kansas move toward filing medical marijuana legislation, a South Dakota medical marijuana initiative hands in signatures, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A West Virginia narc goes down for stealing heroin from the evidence room and giving it to his snitches, a New Jersey federal prison guard gets caught in a years-long smuggling scheme, and more.
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Chronicle AM: New Zealand Marijuana Legalization Referendum Coming, SD Hemp Fight, More... (12/3/19)
South Dakota lawmakers are moving toward trying again to legalize industrial hemp, New Zealand provides information on a coming marijuana legalization referendum, and more.
The New Hampshire Senate is not ready to go further with legal pot or expanding medical marijuana. (CC)
Chronicle AM: NH Senate Panels Kill Legal Pot, MMJ Expansion Bills; Fed Agency Eases Hiring Rules, More... (12/4/19)
The US Virgin Islands could be moving toward marijuana legalization, but New Hampshire isn't--at least for now.
Andrew Yang wants to decriminalize opiates and fund safe injection sites like this one in Vancouver. (vch.ca)
Chronicle AM: Yang on Safe Injection Sites, Bloomberg on Marijuana, More... (12/5/19)
Michigan pot shops see high demand on opening day, Democratic contenders stake out drug policy positions, Maine finally has all pot business applications ready, and more.
Britain's Beckley Foundation has published a report that is a roadmap to legal, regulated Ecstasy markets. (Erowid.org)
Chronicle AM: OR Drug Decriminalization Initiative, ND Marijuana Legalization Initiative, More... (12/6/19)
A second North Dakota pot legalization initiative has submitted language to state officials, the Beckley Foundation publishes a report on getting to legal Ecstasy, and more.
The Wolverine state is embracing legal marijuana if early sales figures are any indication. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: House Resolution Condemns Racist Drug War, Prison Racial Disparities Shrink, More.... (12/10/19)
Michigan legal pot sales are off to a hot start, a House resolution demands Congress apologize for racist drug war, a new report finds declining racial disparities in incarceration, and more.
The opium poppy defeated all American efforts to suppress it in Afghanistan, US officials have conceded. (UNODC)
Chronicle AM: US Afghan Opium Fiasco, New Zealand LSD Microdosing Trials, More... (12/11/19)
Expungements for past minor pot offenses are beginning in Chicago, clinical trials on LSD microdosing are about to get underway in New Zealand, Kentucky's new Democratic governor moves to restore voting rights for ex-felons, and more.
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