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Medical Marijuana Update
Congresspeople want the VA to research medical marijuana, New Jersey expands its list of qualifying conditions, and more.
Marijuana Industry
Pennsylvania patients are a step closer to being able to legally buy their medicine. (Sondra Yruel/DPA)
Chronicle AM: DPA Decries Resort to Drug Courts, OSU Creates Drug Policy Center, More... (11/02/17)
The Drug Policy Alliance takes aim at some of the opioid commission's recommendations, Michigan dispensaries can stay open during the shift to the new regime, Ohio State creates a Koch-funded drug policy center, and more.
The Trump opioid commission has called for drug courts nationwide to help ease the crisis.(virginia.gov)
Chronicle AM: Trump Opioid Commission Calls for More Drug Courts, More... (11/1/17)
President Trump's opioid commission issues its recommendations, El Paso becomes the latest Texas locale to ease marijuana possession penalties, would-be Arkansas medical marijuana providers file suit over an application process that excluded them, and more.
Australia's second safe injection site will open in Melbourne next year. (vch.ca)
Chronicle AM: Second Australia SIJ Coming, DEA Adds Heroin Enforcement Teams, More... (10/30/17)
The Victoria state government has approved a safe injection site in Melbourne, a new report warns that high taxes on legal marijuana could push people to the black market, New Jersey adds some new qualifying conditions for medical marijuana use, and more.
In Afghan fields, the poppies grow... and grow and grow. (UNODC)
Chronicle AM: New Gallup Poll Has Record Support for Marijuana Legalization, More... (10/25/17)
Nearly two-thirds of Americans now support marijuana legalization, and even more in Connecticut, the House passes a bill increasing funding for drug interdiction, the GAO reports on five years of US drug war spending in Latin America, Afghanistan has a whopping record opium crop, and more.
The opioid epidemic is front and center in the drug policy debate, and in the eyes of the DEA. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM: DEA Annual Threat Assessment Released, Trump Opium Event Thursday, More... (10/24/17)
The White House could announce a national opioid emergency on Thursday, the DEA releases its annual drug threat assessment, the Maine legislature approves a marijuana regulation bill, and more.
In an historic move, Iran has dramatically restricted use of the death penalty in drug cases. (handsoffcain.info)
Chronicle AM: Iran Restricts Death Penalty in Drug Cases, Belize MJ Decrim Move, More... (10/23/17)
Iran has approved dramatic changes in the use of the death penalty in drug cases, an Indiana county ends needle exchange and cites the Bible to do so, Jamaica issues its first marijuana business licenses, and more.
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Wine Country Fires Hit Northern California Marijuana Industry Hard
The flames are dying down in Northern California, but for the region's marijuana farmers, the pain is just beginning.
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Chronicle AM: New Zealand to Vote on MJ Legalization, Peru Congress OKs MedMJ, More... (10/20/17)
A new doctors' group is calling on the medical community to be open to marijuana legalization, kratom activists file a FOIA on the DEA, New Zealand's new prime minister says she will hold a referendum on marijuana legalization, and more.
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Medical Marijuana Update
The Justice Department concedes it cannot prosecute the Kettle Falls Five because of congressional bans on spending money to go after medical marijuana states, Arkansas regulators are swamped with grow and sales applications, and more.