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DC Legalization Still Alive? Democrats Think So
Despite the confusion, leading Democrats involved in negotiations over DC marijuana reforms in the "CRomnibus" budget bill say that Initiative 71 still lives.
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pile-of-cash_180_9.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
NYPD officers are involved in two out of three of our corrupt cop reports this week, and a pair of thieving San Francisco cops round out the rogues' gallery. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_9.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
Big news from DC on Tuesday as congressional budget negotiators included language barring the use of federal funds to go after medical marijuana where it is legal, and a whole lot of news from California, too. -
WashMonument_WhiteHouse wiki.jpgChronicle AM: Budget Bill Would Block DC Legalization, Also Blocks Federal MedMJ Enforcement, More (12/10/14)
With the budget bill, Congress moves to block DC's voter-approved pot legalization, but also to block federal enforcement actions against medical marijuana where it is legal, a DC protest on the legalization move is set for this afternoon, and more. -
uscapitol_11.jpgURGENT: Call Congress TODAY to Save DC Marijuana Legalization!
Your help is needed right now to stop bad language that would block DC's marijuana legalization moves in Congress's Continuing Resolution Omnibus Funding Bill. -
cropped-banner_yes_on_712_2.gifBudget Bill Seeks to Block DC Pot Legalization, Butâ¦
Senate and House budget negotiators have agreed to language that would bar the District of Columbia from implementing marijuana legalization, but the battle ain't over yet. -
No more DEA medical marijuana raids? (justice.gov)Budget Bill Curbs Federal Medical Marijuana, Hemp Enforcement
House and Senate budget negotiators have agreed on a bill that includes cutting funding for federal medical marijuana enforcement in states where it is legal. And hemp, too. -
US_Capitol_west_side wikip.JPGGOP Effort to Block DC Marijuana Reforms Continues, Advocates Pressure Dems [FEATURE]
Congressional Republicans are moving ahead with efforts to block the District of Columbia from implementing marijuana law reforms, but as of now, the situation is fluid. Activists are putting the pressure on Democrats to stand firm. -
In Burmese fields the poppies grow... (unodc.org)Chronicle AM: NV Marijuana Init Qualifies for 2016, Iran Meth Up, SE Asia Poppy Production Up, More (12/9/14)
A Nevada legalization initiative is the first to qualify for the 2016 ballot, a new poll identifies an amorphous "marijuana middle," meth is on the rise in Iran, and so are poppies in the Golden Triangle, and more. -
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (house.gov)Chronicle AM: DC Pot Battle Unsettled, Federal Racial Profiling Ban, Budapest Drug Testing, More (12/8/14):
DC's marijuana reforms remain under threat from congressional Republicans, Washington state's pot-sellers are feeling burdened by taxes, California doctors reject denying transplants to medical marijuana patients, the Justice Department issued racial profiling guidelines for federal law enforcement, more.