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Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries like this one could reopen as adult pot stores on January 1. (wikipedia.org)
Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries like this one could reopen as adult pot stores on January 1. (wikipedia.org)

Chronicle AM -- November 4, 2013

Remember Bernie Goetz? He made the news again over the weekend, and so did Florida's medical marijuana initiative. There's also drug policy news from around the world.
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Meth arrest 320px-Methbust_1.jpg

Drug War Rolls On With 1.5 Million Arrests Last Year

For all that talk about drug law reform, the cops continue to do what they've always done. The FBI reports that drug arrests actually inched upward last, although marijuana arrests dropped (almost imperceptibly).
Blacks are 3.7 times more likely to get busted for marijuana possession than whites. (aclu.org/marijuana)
Blacks are 3.7 times more likely to get busted for marijuana possession than whites. (aclu.org/marijuana)

Blacks Targeted in Wasteful War on Marijuana, ACLU Finds

The war on marijuana is disproportionately waged against Black America, the ACLU finds in a new report based on federal statistics. And it costs a whole lot of money and isn't achieving much.
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NYC Marijuana Arrests Declining, But Still Sky High

New York City arrested around 50,000 people for small-time marijuana possession a couple of years ago. This year, the number looks to be around 30,000, thanks to changes in policy and heightened public scrutiny.
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marijuana bud wikimedia_9.jpg

As NYC Pot Busts Continue, New York Punts on Marijuana Reform

As politicians dither, New Yorkers hoping to end New York City's reign as marijuana arrest capital of the world will have to wait. In the meantime, another thousand people are getting popped for pot in the Big Apple every week.
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