Drug War Chronicle #1129 - April 16, 2021
This issue of Drug War Chronicle is dedicated to Steve Fox.
RIP Steve Fox (Vicente Sederberg LLP)
Marijuana Activist and Strategist Steve Fox Dead at 53
One of the main movers behind Colorado's historic marijuana legalization initiative has left us.
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Biden's Drug Policy Priorities Are a Small Step in the Right Direction, But Old Attitudes Linger [FEATURE]
The White House has released its drug policy priorities for its first year. It's a mixed bag.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Some Delaware dispensaries are under fire from legalization activists, South Dakota's Republican governor still wants to change the voter-approved medical marijuana law, there's progress in the South, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Busy, busy, busy. Crooked pot-robbing California deputies, a pervy Pennsylvania DARE officer, a gun-stealing heroin addict Connecticut cop, and more.
Magic mushrooms and other natural entheogens are now deprioritized in a third Massachusetts city. (Creative Commons)
Federal Drug Cases Continue to Decline, Schumer Ready to Move Ahead With Legalization, More... (4/5/21)
DC's mayor is ready to move ahead with legalizing marijuana sales, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is ready to move ahead with federal marijuana legalization, and more.
Tests that seek to determine impairment based on THC levels are not reliable, the NIJ reports. (Creative Commons)
Mexico MJ Legalization Nears Final Vote, NIJ on MJ Impairment Tests, More... (4/6/21)
A Louisiana Republican state representative has filed a marijuana legalization bill, an effort to advance even minor asset forfeiture reforms hits law enforcement opposition, and more.
LSD and other psychedelics would be decriminalized under a bill advancing in California. (Creative Commons)
CA Psychedelic Decrim Bill Advances, CT Marijuana Legalization Bill Advances, More... (4/7/21)
New York police will no longer be able to search vehicles based solely on the smell of marijuana, the Montana House passes a trio of competing legalization implementation bills, a cartel massacre in Mexico leaves more than two dozen dead, and more.
California could see pilot safe injection site programs if a bill in the state Senate passes. (vch.ca)
Virginia Legalizes Marijuana, California Safe Injection Site Bill Advances, More... (4/8/21)
Medical marijuana bills advance in several states, Virginia legalizes marijuana, a West Virginia bill to continue mandatory drug screening and testing of welfare recipients passed the House, and more.
A deadly amount of fentanyl. The White House has approved federal funds for test strips to prevent overdoses. (DEA)
Mexico MJ Legalization Hits Senate Snag, CDC OKs Fed Funds for Fentanyl Test Strips, More... (4/9/21)
A bill to decriminalize buprenorphine is heading for the Vermont Senate, New Zealand makes a pilot pill testing program permanent, and more.
Tijuana street scene. The State Department has issued a travel warning because of cartel violence. (Creative Commons)
MD Lawmakers Pass Major Police Reforms Through Veto Override, Tijuana Travel Warning Issued, More... (4/12/21)
An American citizen in Dubai faces three years in prison after testing positive for marijuana, Delaware marijuana legalization activists urge boycott of dispensaries that testified against legalization bill, and more.
New Mexico becomes the latest state to legalize marijuana, and the third in the past few weeks. (Creative Commons)
NM Legalizes Marijuana, Criminal Justice Reformer Named DEA Chief, More... (4/13/21)
A simple policy change causes a massive drop in pot arrests in San Antonio, the Maryland legislature has approved the legalization of drug paraphernalia, Vancouver sets proposed drug decriminalization quantities, and more.
There's a move afoot in Congress to finally end the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
OD Deaths Hit Record High During Pandemic, Campaign to End Crack Cocaine Sentence Disparity, More... (4/14/21)
Washington's governor commutes some drug possession sentences after the state's Supreme Court voids its felony drug possession law, the St. Louis County Council votes to decriminalize pot possession, the Orleans Parish prosecutors is not going to try most drug possession cases anymore and more.
Coca and cocaine are on the mind of the Colombian government this week. (Pixabay)
Record Support for MJ Legalization in Quinnipiac Poll, CA Psychedelic Decrim Bill Advances, More... (4/15/21)
A Minnesota marijuana legalization bill continues to move in the House, the acting drug czar pledges more funds for drug treatment and greater access to overdose reversal drugs, and more.
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