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  • Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) filed a bill to protect the gun rights of legal marijuana users.
    Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) filed a bill to protect the gun rights of legal marijuana users.

    Chronicle AM -- November 18, 2013

    A bill to protect the guns rights of legal marijuana users has been filed, hempsters hit the halls of Congress, a new medical marijuana bill is filed in Pennsylvania, and more.
  • Amsterdam cannabis cafes near schools will have to close during the day, although kids can't go in them anyway. (wikimedia.org)
    Amsterdam cannabis cafes near schools will have to close during the day, although kids can't go in them anyway. (wikimedia.org)

    Chronicle AM -- November 15, 2013

    The future of medical marijuana under Washington state's legalization scheme remains a hot topic, the DEA is banning more new synthetics, there are contradictory signals from Holland, and more news, too.
  • Canadian addicts are suing Ottawa over its moves to block  prescription heroin.
    Canadian addicts are suing Ottawa over its moves to block prescription heroin.

    Chronicle AM -- November 14, 2013

    Years in prison for growing weed in Missouri, life in prison for drug smuggling in Singapore -- we still have a long way to go. There's more drug policy-related news as well today.
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    MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_106.jpg

    Medical Marijuana Update

    Budweiser sponsors a medical marijuana campaign event in Arkansas, California localities continue to grapple with regulating the business, and there is action afoot in Utah. And that's not all.
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    pile-of-cash_137.jpg

    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    A dirty cop in Philly costs convictions, two abusive Border Patrol agents get sent away, and we have a trifecta of crooked jail guards.
  • Dicky Lee Jackson sold meth to pay for medical treatment for his son. He may never come home. (aclu.org)
    Dicky Lee Jackson sold meth to pay for medical treatment for his son. He may never come home. (aclu.org)

    Chronicle AM -- November 13, 2013

    Uruguay appears poised to legalize marijuana Friday, the Afghan opium crop is at an all-time high, and the ACLU issues a report on people doing life without parole for nonviolent offenses. And there's more.
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    show me cannabis regulation.jpg

    Chronicle AM -- November 12, 2013

    Marijuana and medical marijuana activism continues, a prescription drug monitoring bill moves in Pennsylvania, a West Virginia official jumps to conclusions on drug testing results, and Israelis are switching from hash to buds.