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Medical Marijuana Update
It's been pretty quiet on the medical marijuana front this week, but the DEA has okayed the importation of Canadian marijuana for research purposes, and more.
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The president goes to the UN to try to push global drug policy backward. (Creative Commons/Gage Skidmore)Trump's Terrible, No Good Plan to Gin Up Worldwide Drug War [FEATURE]
Heâs at the UN to call for a more regressive global drug policy. -
Senator Trillanes at our March 2018 event (photo courtesy Joey Tranchina)Statement: Philippine Court Fails Crucial Test
StoptheDrugWar.org condemns the Duterte administration's illegal move to imprison a second prominent drug war critic, and the court system's strained logic going along with it. -
new jersey wikim_0.jpgWill New Jersey Be the Next State to Legalize Weed?
The governor and the legislature are just about ready to roll. -
The flag of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. It flies high today. (Creative Commons)Chronicle AM: Northern Marianas Islands Legalizes Weed, CA Pot Appellations Coming, More... (9/21/18)
The Northern Marianas Islands becomes the first US territory to legalize marijuana, a New Mexico poll has strong support for marijuana legalization, and more. -
Colombia peasand farmer in his coca field. (DEA)Chronicle AM: Coalition to Fight House "Drug War" Provision, Colombia Coca Crop at Record High, More... (9/20/18)
A provision in the House opioid bill that would let the attorney general set sentences for synthetic drug offenses generates opposition, Colombia's coca production was at record levels last year, the DEA has okayed the import of Canadian marijuana for research purposes, and more. -
pile-of-cash_180_159.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A fairly quiet week on the corrupt cop front, be we do have a pair of state prison guards gone bad and a sheriff's narc who couldn't keep his fingers out of the cookie jar. -
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The House Judiciary Committee approved a medical marijuana research bill, but with an obnoxious provision; a hundred Michigan dispensaries get a reprieve, Louisiana docs get the right to recommend medical marijuana to as many patients as they wish, and more. -
President Trump will address a UN side meeting of hard-line drug war counties next week. (Creative Commons)Chronicle AM: Trump Plans UN Meeting to Push Drug War, NJ Pot Bill Details Unveiled, More.... (9/19/18)
President Trump is headed to the UN to rally global drug warriors, New Jersey's long-awaited marijuana legalization bill is just about ready, Philadelphia settles a massive asset forfeiture lawsuit, and more. -
North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park, where the prairies meet the badlands. (Creative Commons)Republicans Are Playing Dirty in Their Bid to Stop North Dakota's Legal Pot Initiative
The GOP-led Health Department radically inflated cost estimates, and the GOP-led legislature went along with it.