Senatory Cory Booker (D-NJ) (Bbsrock/wikimedia.org)
Historic Federal Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana Rolled Out Today [FEATURE]
For the first time, legislation has been introduced that would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana.
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The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs gets down to business in Vienna. (unodc.org)Chronicle AM: UN Drug Session in Vienna, Bernard Noble Rally in New Orleans, AZ Welfare Drug Test Flop, More (3/9/15)
The global drug prohibition bureaucracy meets in Vienna, researchers say banning psychedelics offends human rights, new synthetics increase in Europe, an Arizona welfare drug testing bill comes up short in results, and more. -
Roommates of unarmed Florida man shot in a SWAT pot raid call it "murder." (wikimedia.org)Chronicle AM: NH Decrim Bill Advances, Fallout from Florida SWAT Killing, Bolivia Top Narc Busted, More (3/6/15)
Decrim is moving in New Hampshire, Georgia families rally for medical marijuana, Louisianans will rally for Bernard Noble (13 years for two joints), roommates of a Florida man killed in a SWAT pot raid cry "murder," and more. -
No link between psychedelics and psychosis, researchers say. (Jelly Fish Times/Tumblr.com)Chronicle AM: CO Pot Law Challenged Again, RI Legalization Bill Filed, Global Pain Med Crisis, More (2/5/15)
Sheriffs from three states are suing Colorado over its pot law, legalization bills get filed in Rhode Island, new research scoffs at links between psychedelics and psychosis, heroin OD deaths are up, there's a big problem with global access to opioid pain medications, and more -
Bernard Noble poster with daughter final.jpgLouisiana Man Gets 13 Years for Two Joints, Commutation Campaign Underway [FEATURE]
The case of Bernard Noble is raising serious questions about race, justice, and profit-taking in the Bayou State. -
Do_Not_Cross,_Crime_Scene_94_12.jpgFlorida SWAT Cop Guns Down Unarmed Man in Marijuana Raid
A 26-year-old Deltona man was shot in the face and killed in a SWAT raid over small-time marijuana sales. Police said he was a threat; his friends dispute that. -
pile-of-cash_180_20.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
This week, the focus is on bad departments. We have two cases where cities and the departments that police them are running into trouble. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_21.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
A near total victory for the Kettle Falls Four, California continues to wrestle with medical marijuana, CBD cannabis oil bills pop up, and a Utah medical marijuana bill stays alive. -
The "gold standard" of public opinion polls has a majority for marijuana legalization nationwide. (wikimedia.org)Chronicle AM: Nationwide Majority for Pot Legalization, WV Welfare Drug Test Bill Dies, More (3/4/14)
The General Social Survey for the first time has a majority for marijuana legalization, DC cops start returning arrestees' marijuana, a Utah medical marijuana bill is still alive, Canada's Tories ponder decriminalization, Britain's Lib Dems talk drug policy reform, and more. -
Iranian drug executions (handsoffcain.info)Chronicle AM: INCB Scolds US, Uruguay on Pot; DC & NYC Top Cops on Marijuana, Iran Executions, More (3/3/15)
The top cops in DC and New York City offer wildly contrasting remarks on marijuana, Iran hangs drug offenders, while Indonesia prepares the firing squad for them, a Florida man gets acquitted of a marijuana cultivation charge in Florida by convincing a jury it was medical, and more.