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2014

Voter initiatives aiming for or on the 2014 ballot.

Prop 46 would require the suspicionless drug testing of doctors. (wikimedia.org)
Prop 46 would require the suspicionless drug testing of doctors. (wikimedia.org)

California Malpractice Initiative Would Drug Test Doctors [FEATURE]

A California initiative to raise medical malpractice liability limits is using the focus group-friendly drug testing of doctors as a sweetener, but even that may not be enough to save Proposition 46 as the medical community (and drug reformers) unite against it.
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement William Brownfield says some surprising things.
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement William Brownfield says some surprising things.

Chronicle AM: State Dept. Okay With Legalization Elsewhere, Bolivia's Morales Reelected, More (10/14/14)

The State Department's point man on international drug affairs signals a new flexibility in US policy, Bolivia's coca farmer President Evo Morales wins reelection, the DC initiative wins more endorsements, the Florida medical marijuana initiative is in danger, and more.
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151.jpg
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151.jpg

Medical Marijuana Update

A new study punctures some myths about medical marijuana in California, Connecticut's dispensaries finally open for business, the Illinois program is moving along, and more.