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Coca plants. The FARC has plans for them. (unodc.org)
Coca plants. The FARC has plans for them. (unodc.org)

Chronicle AM -- February 11, 2014

California's narcs are whining about Obama's marijuana remarks, Coloradans seem happy with legalization, a Good Samaritan overdose bill is filed in Maryland, an Israeli newspaper talks pot policy, and a Colombian FARC representative lays out the guerrilla's drug proposals, and more.
Forest Service, National Guard members clean up marijuana grow site (ngcounterdrug.ng.mil)
Forest Service, National Guard members clean up marijuana grow site (ngcounterdrug.ng.mil)

Federal Bill Would Up Penalties for Marijuana "Trespass Grows"

A new federal bill would heighten penalties for "trespass grows" of marijuana on public or private land if they cause environmental damage. Or, we could just legalize it.
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Chronicle Book Review: Hostage Nation

We review a book on Colombia and US drug policy seen through a lens focused on American contractors and Colombian politicians kidnapped by the FARC.