Drug War Chronicle #1106 - August 13, 2020
Can Marijuana Win Over Voters in This High Plains Red State? [FEATURE]
South Dakota voters will have not one but two different marijuana reform initiatives to decide on in November.
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Border Patrol agent does a litle drug transporting on the side, a Utah cop gets frisky with drug court probationers, a pair of California sheriff's deputies pay a price for stealing hundreds of pounds of weed, and more.
DC Natural Psychedelic Initiative Qualifies, DPA Federal Drug Decrim Push, More... (8/10/20)
Residents in the nation's capital will vote on whether to effectively decriminalize natural psychedelics, the Arizona marijuana legalization initiative survives a legal challenge, the Drug Policy Alliance pushes for federal drug decriminalization, and more.
COVID is in the federal prisons. California US senators want to do something about it. (Creative Commons)
AZ Legalization Initiative Qualifies, Canada to Allow Psilocbyin for Terminal Patients, More... (8/11/20)
One more state will be voting on marijuana legalization in November, Canadian authorities have granted four terminally ill patients the right to use psilocybin for coming to terms with end of life, and more.
Joe Biden has selected Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), the sponsor of a marijuana legalization bill, as his vice-presidential pick.
MA MJ Industry Unionization Battles, Bolivian Coca Growers Mobilize, More... (8/12/20)
A former crime-fighting prosecutor and attorney general who now wants to legalize marijuana is Joe Biden's vice-presidential pick, a Wyoming judge frees some hemp farmers from a spurious prosecution, and more.
Could non-medical sales come to the nation's capital? DC activists want to make it happen. (Sandra Yruel/DPA)
DC MJ Sales Init Filed, Filipino Drug Cops Face Murder Charges, More... (8/13/20)
DC activists have filed a legal marijuana sales initiative and hope to get it on this year's ballot, the Bahamas extends the mandate of a commission charged with recommending marijuana law reforms, and more.
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