Errata: No, You Don't Just Get a Ticket for Driving High in Michigan, You Go to Jail
Getting caught driving high in Michigan is NOT a ticketable offense. You will go to jail and face either misdemeanor or felony charges.
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Trump urges the Chinese to kill more drug offenders. (Flickr/Gage Skidmore)Trump's Ghoulish Call for Even More Chinese Drug Executions [FEATURE]
It may or may not be good politics for the president, but it's definitely not good policy. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_196.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
The battle over medical marijuana in Utah continues, the battle over medical marijuana in Florida may be ending, and more. -
The sun is rising on a new American hemp industry. (votehemp.org)Chronicle AM: Senate Approves Legal Hemp, NJ ACLU Asset Forfeiture Abuse Report, More... (12/12/18)
Industrial hemp takes a big step toward legalization, New York's governor is planning on legalizing weed next year, the ACLU of New Jersey has a disturbing new report out on civil asset forfeiture, and more. -
Mitch McConnell pushes hemp bill, okays sentencing reform (Flickr)Chronicle AM: Fed Criminal Justice Bill Will Get Senate Vote, Hemp is in Farm Bill, More... (12/11/18)
Mitch McConnell changes course and okays a Senate vote on the First Step Act, McConnell ensures the hemp provision remains in the farm bill, a Moscow court ruling could run the city's only harm reduction NGO out of business, and more. -
Iran interdicts more opium and heroin than any other country. (UNODC)Chronicle AM: Bill Barr's Drug Warrior Past, Iran Warns Sanction Could Bring "Deluge of Drugs," More... (12/10/18)
Trump's sanctions could come back to bite us, Iran warns; Trump's new attorney general pick has some solid drug warrior credentials, the WHO postpones a recommendation on marijuana scheduling, and more. -
Magic mushrooms could be decriminalized under the Oregon Psilocybin Service Initiative (Wikipedia)Oregon Initiative Would Decriminalize Psilocybin [FEATURE]
Signature-gathering for 2020 is about to get underway. -
meet the law of unintended consequences (Creative Commons)Study: Crackdowns on Heroin, Pain Pills Gave Rise to Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic [FEATURE]
The black market always has an answer. Too bad this one is so deadly. -
A prison and sentencing reform bill is running out of time on Capitol Hill. Blame Mitch McConnell. (nadcp.org)Chronicle AM: Prospects Dim for First Step Act, UT MedMJ Advocates File Suit, More.... (12/7/18)
The surgeon general suggests it's time to revise federal drug schedules, the First Step Act is being held hostage by Mitch McConnell, Utah patient advocates sue to block a legislative gutting of the voter-approved medical marijuana law, and more. -
Today Michigan becomes the first legal marijuana state in the Midwest.Chronicle AM: Feds Warn on Denver Safe Injection Site, It's J-Day in Michigan, More... (12/6/18)
Michigan became the first legal marijuana state in the Midwest today, the feds send a shot across the bow of an effort to get a safe injection site up and running in Denver, cartel violence challenges Mexico's new president, and more.