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Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the drafting committee for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (un.org)

December 10 is Human Rights Day

This Sunday is the UN's annual Human Rights Day. It's never been more important to work for human rights than now, including for drug policy reformers.

A $10 billion year for legal marijuana, and this is just the beginning. (Creative Commons)

Chronicle AM: North American Pot Sales to Top $10 Billion This Year, Report Says, More... (12/6/17)

There's more money in legal weed than even the analysts thought, BC will let 19-year-olds buy pot, Peruvian coca planting was up last year, and more.

After nearly a quarter of a century, Rob Kampia has stepped down as head of the Marijuana Policy Project. (YouTube)

Chronicle AM: Kampia Out as MPP Head, Denver Bans Kratom Sales, More... (11/21/17)

A key Republican senator has authored an appropriations bill that would not bar DC from allowing marijuana sales, long-time MPP head Rob Kampia steps down, Denver bans kratom sales, and more.

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Update and Action Alert: Trump, Duterte, Congress, and the Philippine Drug War Killings

Please read this update to find out what we're doing to end Rodrigo Duterte's mass murder campaign, and how you can help.

Licit Bolivian coca production will nearly double under a new law just approved by the country's high court. (YouTube)

Chronicle AM: Sessions on State-Legal Pot, Trump and Duterte Buddy Up, More... (11/14/17)

The US attorney general concedes that Obama-era pot policy is still in effect, New York approves medical marijuana for PTSD, the Bolivian high court upholds a coca expansion law, Trump buddies up with drug war criminal Duterte, and more.

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CONGRESS: Pass S. 1055 for Philippines Human Rights Accountability

Filipino President Duterte remains defiant in the face of rising calls for an investigation into human rights abuses. (Wikimedia

Chronicle AM: ME MedMJ Crackdown, Duterte Faces Heat Over Human Rights Abuses, More... (11/10/17)

The DEA will enact an emergency ban on fentanyl analogs, Maine officials try to tighten up the medical marijuana market, NGOs and individuals target Filipino President Duterte ahead of the ASEAN Summit, and more.

Mexican Marines doing drug war duty (Borderland Beat/Creative Commons)

Chronicle AM: Mexican Military's Drug War Abuses, Norway Reduces LSD Penalties, More... (11/9/17)

The man behind Florida's medical marijuana initiatives is considering a run for governor and now wants to legalize pot, a battle over medical marijuana is looming in Indiana, a new report says the Mexican military is getting away with murder in its US-backed drug war, and more.

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Press Release: Global Statement Calls for International Action on Philippine Drug War Killings

This is our latest advocacy effort opposing the brutal drug war killings taking place under the Duterte administration in the Philippines.

The attorney general isn't smiling over the House's asset forfeiture vote. (senate.gov)

Chronicle AM: House Blocks Sessions Civil Asset Forfeiture Move, More... (9/13/17)

The House votes to defund Attorney General Sessions' newly revived Equitable Sharing asset forfeiture program, Maine lawmakers want a 20% sales tax on weed, Duterte allies in the Philippines vote to defund the country's human rights commission over its critique of the drug war, and more.

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