South Dakota's Badlands. The state is a pretty bad land for drug users, too. (Creative Commons)
Is This the Worst State in America on Drug Policy? [FEATURE]
South Dakota is doing some really nasty things in the name of the war on drugs.
Arrests
Major League Baseball players will no longer be tested for marijuana, but now will be tested for opioids. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: MLB Drug Testing Accord, US Charges Former Mexican Top Cop for Cartel Bribes, More... (12/12/19)
Major League Baseball and its players' union have reached a drug testing agreement, Wisconsin's GOP Senate leader kills a medical marijuana bill, and more.
South Dakota's Badlands. The state is a pretty bad land for drug users, too. (Creative Commons)
Does This State Have the Worst Drug Policies in America? [FEATURE]
Drug testing toddlers, felony ingestion charges, overcrowded jails and prisons, racial disparities -- South Dakota has it all.
Cocaine. Peru's potential cocaine production "remains elevated," the drug czar's office said.
Chronicle AM: Marijuana Arrests Increased Last Year, CA Psilocybin Decrim Init Filed, More... (10/1/19)
Marijuana arrests nationwide increased last year despite spreading legalization, a California psilocbyn decriminalization initiative has been filed, and more.
The president reiterated his adminstration's hands-off approach to state-level marijuana legalization last Friday. (CC)
Chronicle AM: Trump Stays States' Rights on Pot, Massive DEA Florida Opioid Bust, More... (9/3/19)
The president reiterates his states' rights approach to marijuana legalization, the DEA goes massively after opioids in a Florida operation, Thailand okays hemp and cannabis extracts, and more.
Berkeley could soon join neighboring Oakland in decriminalizing natural psychedelics. (Greenoid/Flickr)
Chronicle AM: Senate Committee to Take Up Pot Banking Bill, Berkeley Psychedelic Decrim Push, More... (7/17/19)
In a sign of marijuana's momentum, a Senate committee will take up a pot banking bill next week, Ohio backs away from barring drug felons from food stamp eligibility, the Berkeley city council takes up decriminalizing natural psychedelics, and more.
There are more than a million drug arrests in the US each year. Some places are more into it than others, though. (Cr. Commons)
The Five States with the Most Drug Arrests Per Capita (and the Five with the Fewest) [FEATURE]
Planning a summer vacation? Here's something to ponder.
Denver's skyline (Creative Commons)
5 Things We Now Know After 5 Years of Legal Marijuana in Colorado [FEATURE]
Enough time has passed to begin to evaluate the consequences of marijuana legalization in the Rocky Mountain State.
Meth or cotton candy? Georgia cops couldn't tell the difference. (Creative Commons)
Georgia Nightmare: Jailed Four Months for Possession of Cotton Candy [FEATURE]
Cops said their roadside drug test said it was meth. It's far from the only time the cops or the test has been wrong.
a lethal dose of fentanyl (DEA.gov)
Chronicle AM: NYC Marijuana Busts Way, Way Down; New Federal Fentanyl Sentences in Effect, More... (11/9/18)
New York City marijuana possession arrests plummet, Utah patients will have some legal protection beginning next month, federal fentanyl sentences just increased, and more.