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Minnesota chronic pain patients will participate in the state's medical marijuana program beginning next August. (wikimedia.org)
Minnesota chronic pain patients will participate in the state's medical marijuana program beginning next August. (wikimedia.org)

Chronicle AM: USPS Warns Newspapers on Pot Ads, MX to Debate Cannabis Next Month, More (12/2/15)

The Postal Service has warned newspapers in the Pacific Northwest that carrying pot business ads could violate federal law, a New Mexico medical marijuana patient is suing the Border Patrol over access to his medicine, Minnesota has approved medical marijuana for chronic pain patients, and more.
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MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_56.jpg

Medical Marijuana Update

A patient sues the Border Patrol over harassment at checkpoints, Minnesota expands its program to include chronic pain, a New Hampshire patient wins permission to seek medical marijuana next door in Maine, and more.
Ireland's drugs minister wants to decriminalize heroin, and the cops are on board with it. (wikimedia.org)
Ireland's drugs minister wants to decriminalize heroin, and the cops are on board with it. (wikimedia.org)

Chronicle AM: Canada Starts to Move on Legalizing Pot, Irish Cops Support Heroin Decriminalization, More (11/16/15)

Nick Scutari tries to get the marijuana legalization ball rolling in New Jersey, a petition calling for the DEA head to be fired is going strong, Democratic candidates talk drug and crime policy at the debate, Canada moves toward pot legalization, Irish cops support heroin decrim, and more.
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MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_51.jpg

Medical Marijuana Update

A California federal judge has told the Justice Department to butt out of state-legal marijuana businesses in a case involving the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana, the Brookings Institution has a new report on the feds stifling research, ASA has a new report on the beneficial impacts of dispensaries, and more.