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Interview with "The Cartel" Author Don Winslow [FEATURE]
The best-selling author of The Savages sits down with the Drug Truth Network to discuss his new novel, The Cartel, and the futility of drug prohibition.
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Chronicle AM: Fed Marijuana Banking Bill, Flying High Out of PDX, Pope Sips Coca Tea, More (7/9/15)
A bill to allow marijuana businesses access to banking services has been filed in Congress, Oregon's largest airport okays flying with marijuana (in-state only), Indiana's Church of Cannabis is suing the state, the Pope drinks coca tea on his way to Bolivia, and more.
Cannabis Day in Vancouver. The city wants to shut it down. (cannabisday.ca)
Chronicle AM: Senate Panel Wants DEA Out of MedMJ, MI Legalization Inits Approved, More (6/11/15)
The Senate is following the House's lead in telling the DEA not to interfere in medical marijuana, two Michigan initiatives get the go-ahead for signature-gathering, a package of heroin bills passes the New York Senate, Vancouver gets tired of Cannabis Day, and more.
Congress doesn't want the DEA messing with medical marijuana where it's legal. (wikimedia.org)
Senate Committee Votes to Keep DEA Out of Medical Marijuana States [FEATURE]
Just a week after similar votes in the House, the Senate Appropriations Committee told the DEA to butt out of medical marijuana states.
DEA was in the crosshairs on Capitol Hill this week. (justice.gov)
Chronicle AM: DEA Gets Slapped in Congress, 2nd ME MJ Init in Circulation, More (6/3/15)
The DEA gets its budget cut and its activities restricted in the House, but is still wiretapping like crazy, a Delaware decrim bill advances, so does a CBD cannabis oil bill there, and more.
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House Passes Seven Amendments to Rein in DEA [FEATURE]
The House of Represenatives has sent a strong message to the DEA that the agency needs to change its ways.
Call Congress This Afternoon to Protect State Marijuana Laws!
URGENT: Congressional Vote on Permitting State Marijuana Laws!
[image:1 align:right caption:true]Congress may vote as soon as tonight on the McClintock-Polis amendment, which would prohibit the D
The US has spent $8.4 billion to wipe out Afghan poppies, but the crop is bigger than ever. (unodc.org)
Chronicle AM: Reps Call for Better DEA Head, US Afghan Opium Boondoggle, Mexico Violence, More (5/1/15)
The House rejects medical marijuana for vets, Georgia's governor signs a CBD cannabis oil bill, Congressmembers call for a progressive DEA head, the US spent $8.4 billion to wipe out Afghan poppy crops and got squat, there's a new report on prohibition-related violence in Mexico, and more.
DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart is on her way out the door. (justice.gov/dea)
Head of Scandal-Plagued DEA to Resign [FEATURE]
Michele Leonhart is being pushed out the door. Her disastrous performance last week in Congress over DEA sex scandals sealed her fate.
DEA Michele Leonhart is losing favor on Capitol Hill. (justice.gov)
Key Congressional Committee Has "No Confidence" in DEA Head Leonhart [FEATURE]
In the immediate wake of a contentious hearing yesterday, 22 members of a key congressional committee said they'd had enough of DEA head Michele Leonhart.