2018

You can now legally grow your own marijuana in Vermont. (Creative Commons)

Chronicle AM: Vermont Marijuana Legalization in Effect, Acting DEA Head Named, More... (7/2/18)

Vermont becomes the 9th legal marijuana state, the DEA gets a new acting administrator, Mexico elects a new president who has new ideas for ending drug war violence, and much, much more.

coming soon to Oklahoma (Creative Commons)

Oklahoma Passes Most Progressive Medical Marijuana Initiative Since Californiaâs Prop 215

The voters defied conservative political and religious leaders by approving a law with no restrictive qualifying conditions.

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Medical Marijuana Update

The first marijuana-based drug wins FDA approval, Oklahoma legalizes medical marijuana, the Maine legislature approves an overhaul of that state's medical marijuana program, and more.

Cocaine supply is at record levels and Colombia's newly elected president wants to do something about it. (CBP)

Chronicle AM: OK Legalizes MedMJ, Colombia Drug War Could Be Gearing Up, More... (6/27/18)

Oklahoma voters pass a very progressive medical marijuana initiative, legalizers win the Democratic gubernatorial nominations in Colorado and Maryland, Maine passes a major medical marijuana overhaul, and, with rightists now in power in Washington and BogotÃ¡, it looks like a new drug war is looming in Colombia.

Trump's immigration policies are threatening Mexican cooperation with the drug war and other security issues. (Creative Commons)

Chronicle AM: FDA Approves First Marijuana Drug, Mexican Ire Over Border Policy, More... (6/25/18)

The first marijuana-based drug is approved by the FDA, Oklahoma votes on medical marijuana tomorrow, Trump's border politics are raising ire and threatening cooperation in Mexico, and more.

There has been less of this going on in recent years, the USSC reports. (dea.gov)

Chronicle AM: Bangladesh Drug War Killings Draw UN Rebuke, Fed Pot Busts Way Down, More... (6/6/18)

The president commutes the life sentence of a drug offender, Michigan voters will decide whether to legalize weed in November, the UN's human rights head criticizes Bangladeshi drug war killings, and more.

Medical marijuana -- coming soon to the Sooner State? (Saundra Yruel/Drug Policy Alliance)

By Month's End, Oklahoma Should Be the Newest Medical Marijuana State

A voter initiative is on the June 26 ballot, and the polls are looking good.

Kim Kardashian and President Trump met at the White House Wednesday to talk prison reform and pardons. (Twitter)

Chronicle AM: Trump, Kardashian Talk Prison Reform; Desaparecidos in Nuevo Laredo, More... (5/31/18)

Philadelphia sees its first medical marijuana dispensary, a new report says drugged driving fatalities are up dramatically, the UN is concerned about forced disappearances in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and more.

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Medical Marijuana Update

A June Oklahoma medical marijuana initiative is polling well, and so is a November Utah one; Florida's courts must decide whether patients can smoke their medicine, Arizona's high court strikes down a law barring medical marijuana on campus, and more.

Cocaine traffickers are beginning to move coca production from South America to Central America. (Pixabay)

Chronicle AM: RI Senate OKs Life Sentence for ODs Bill, Guatemala's First Coca Crop, More... (5/30/18)

A bill that would mandate life sentences for selling drugs involved in fatal overdoses is moving in Rhode Island, a California US attorney says he's too busy with the black market to go after legal marijuana, another Utah poll has a medical marijuana initiative winning, Guatemala gets its first coca crop and more.

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