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Two NYPD Cops Charged with Raping Teen After Busting Her for Marijuana
The alleged victim has also filed a $50 million civil lawsuit against NYPD.
Arrests
No more small-time pot arrests in Big D. (Wikimedia Commons)
Chronicle AM: Dallas Ends Marijuana Possession Arrests, Drug Czar Nominee Names, More... (10/18/17)
Dallas gives up on arresting pot possessors, the DOJ gives up on prosecuting the Kettle Falls Five, there's a new list of possible drug czar nominees, and more.
With moves in Houston and San Antonio, change is coming to the Lone Star State.
Chronicle AM: Houston Quits Trying "Trace Amount" Drug Cases, US Chides Colombia, More... (9/28/17)
San Antonio quits arresting small-time pot violators, Houston quits prosecuting folks caught with trace amounts of drugs, Vermont begins pondering how to do pot legalization, the US chides Colombia on coca and the FARC, and more.
The war on drugs rolls on. (Wikimedia)
Drug Arrests, Marijuana Arrests Both Up Last Year, FBI Reports [FEATURE]
The mass arrests are at odds with a majority of the public that supports ending the drug war and treating drug use as a health issue.
There were more than 1.5 million drug arrests last year, an increase of more than 5% over 2015. (Wikimedia)
Chronicle AM: FBI: Drug Arrests Up Last Year, Colombia Coca Conflict, More... (9/25/17)
The FBI's latest Uniform Crime Report shows an increase in drug arrests last year, there's conflict in the coca fields in Colombia, British Columbia gets set to figure out how it's going to handle legal weed, and more.
New York City still has a marijuana arrest problem under Mayor de Blasio. (Wikimedia)
In Bid to Defend Marijuana Arrests, NYC Mayor de Blasio Attacks Drug Reformers
New York City remains the world's marijuana arrest capital, and it's still mainly black and brown people getting popped.
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Chronicle AM: Dark Web Drug Sales Site AlphaBay Busted, Owner Kills Self in Jail, More... (7/14/17)
AlphaBay is history, Nevada moves to ease its legal pot shortage, the White House opioid commission misses a deadline -- again -- and more.
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Chronicle AM: MI Init Signatures Coming Fast, OR Decriminalizes Drug Possession, More... (7/11/17)
Michigan legalizers are fast off the mark in their initiative signature-gathering campaign, the Drug Policy Alliance and 30 groups call for drug decriminalization, Oregon is set to defelonize drug possession, and more.
The president thinks federal marijuana prohibition's days are numbered. (whitehouse.gov)
Chronicle AM: Obama Says Federal Pot Prohibition "Not Tenable" After Tuesday, More... (11/07/16)
Obama pronounces words we never thought we'd hear from a sitting president, money flows into the initiative states, a new report finds racial disparities in drug arrests persist in California, and more.
Eurie Stamps. Killed in a 2011 drug raid, now his family wins a $3.75 million settlement. (Stamps family)
Chronicle AM: Kratom Ban Delayed (But Still Coming), Mad Drug Arrest Binge in Indy, More... (9/30/16)
California's governor signs asset forfeiture reform and medical marijuana "micro farmer" bills, a Massachusetts town pays out big time for killing an elderly black man in a drug raid, Indianapolis narcs have arrested 1,000 people in two and a half months and think that's success, and more.