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No Marijuana Legalization for Hawaii This Year
A bill that would have legalized marijuana in the Aloha State died in a state Senate committee Thursday, but a decriminalization bill still lives.
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Russell Brand helped push British petition over the top. (flickr.com/photos/evarinaldiphotography/)
Chronicle AM -- February 13, 2014
A bill has been filed to stop forcing the drug czar to oppose marijuana legalization, CBD medical marijuana bills continue to get attention, and there are big doings south of the border, and more.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Lots of action at the state house on medical marijuana this week, plus Arizona eases up on the rules and the Michigan Supreme Court hands down a bellwether decision in favor of patients.
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Chronicle AM -- February 12, 2014
Overdose prevention is big news today as the drug czar chimes in in favor, more than a dozen congressmen call on Obama to re- or de-schedule marijuana, the Italian Supreme Court undoes a bad drug law, and more.
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Reactionary Italian Sen. Carlo Giovanardi, atchitect of the overturned law, still doesn't get it. (wikimedia.org)
Some Drug Sanity from Italy!
Italy's constitutional court today struck down a 2006 law that removed the distinction between "soft" and "hard" drugs, treating pot possession like heroin possession.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A felonious foursome of public servants made the hall of shame this week.
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Hoffman, Heroin, and What Is To Be Done [FEATURE]
The death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman has focused a media spotlight on heroin overdoses. There are better ways to deal with heroin than the current one, if there is the will.
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Coca plants. The FARC has plans for them. (unodc.org)
Chronicle AM -- February 11, 2014
California's narcs are whining about Obama's marijuana remarks, Coloradans seem happy with legalization, a Good Samaritan overdose bill is filed in Maryland, an Israeli newspaper talks pot policy, and a Colombian FARC representative lays out the guerrilla's drug proposals, and more.
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Chronicle AM -- February 10, 2014
State legislatures are busy with drug policy issues, particularly marijuana and medical marijuana, a Texas grand jury refuses to indict a man who killed a cop in a no-knock drug raid, Mexican vigilantes are duking it out with the Knights Templar in Michoacan, and more.
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Texas Man Not Indicted For Killing Cop in No-Knock Drug Raid
In a highly unusual move, and one that should be a heads-up call for aggressive law enforcement, a Texas grand jury has declined to indict a man for murder who killed a sheriff's deputy during a pre-dawn, no-knock drug raid.
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Schapelle Corby will soon walk out of an Indonesian jail.
Chronicle AM -- February 7, 2014
Marijuana and medical marijuana dominate the drug policy news again today, the Maryland Senate votes to ban Everclear, meth and prescription pills continue to draw legislative attention, and Schapelle Corby will soon be freed from an Indonesian jail, and more.
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The sun rises on industrial hemp in America (votehemp.com)
Hemp Amendment Becomes Law as Prez Signs Farm Bill
President Obama this afternoon signed into law the omnibus farm bill, which includes an amendment allowing for research into hemp production in states that have authorized it.
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Michigan High Court Rules for Medical Marijuana
In a critical ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court has blocked localities from banning medical marijuana-related activities that are allowed under the state's Medical Marihuana Act.
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Smart Needle Exchange Reform Bill Moving in Maryland
The Maryland Senate today moved to undo a restriction in existing state law that prevents injection drug users from picking up more clean needles at the
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Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (gob.uy)
Chronicle AM -- February 6, 2014
A slight majority in Rhode Island say legalize it, CBD medical marijuana bills are popping up in several states, Uruguay's marijuana-legalizing president gets a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, and more.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Project CBD takes on the skeptics on cannabidiol, medical marijuana bills move in Guam, but not in Michigan, and California counties continue to slug it out over dispensaries and grows.
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A Third California Drug War Killing in a Week
Police in San Diego County last Friday shot and killed a drug suspect they feared had a gun. He didn't.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Some cops like to party too hearty. Others just want a little pocket change. This week, we have four law enforcement miscreants.
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Patients in India need access to opioid pain medications, too. (cansupport.org)
Chronicle AM -- February 5, 2014
Alaska will vote on marijuana legalization this summer, the DC council gives preliminary approval to a decriminalization bill, the farm bill with the hemp amendment intact passes Congress, advocates urge India's parliament to act on access to pain medications, and more.
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It's on in Alaska! Marijuana Legalization Vote Coming in August
Alaska election officials have certified that a marijuana legalization initiative there has qualified for the ballot. Alaskans will go to the polls in August.