South Dakota's Badlands. The state is a pretty bad land for drug users, too. (Creative Commons)
Is This the Worst State in America on Drug Policy? [FEATURE]
South Dakota is doing some really nasty things in the name of the war on drugs.
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The Wolverine state is embracing legal marijuana if early sales figures are any indication. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: House Resolution Condemns Racist Drug War, Prison Racial Disparities Shrink, More.... (12/10/19)
Michigan legal pot sales are off to a hot start, a House resolution demands Congress apologize for racist drug war, a new report finds declining racial disparities in incarceration, and more.
These psilocybin mushrooms could become available for therapeutic purposes if an Oregon initiative passes. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: OR Psilocybin Initiative Advances, Kamala Harris Rolls Out Criminal Justice Platform, More... (9/9/19)
An Oregon initiative to allow the therapeutic use of magic mushrooms is set to begin signature gathering, an Arizona initiative to legalize marijuana is going to get some minor tweaks, and more.
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Chronicle AM: Bernie Sanders Criminal Justice Proposals, British Drug Deaths at All-Time High, More... (8/19/19)
Bernie Sanders rolls out a radical criminal justice reform package, marijuana legalization initiatives get moving in Arizona and South Dakota, Atlanta rejects expansion of drug-free commercial zones, and more.
Philadelphia's progressive District Attorney Larry Krasner (KrasnerforDA.com)
Philadelphia's Maverick Prosecutor Takes Aim at the War on Drugs [FEATURE]
Larry Krasner is shaking things up in the City of Brotherly Love.
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Chronicle AM: Bipartisan Cannabis Banking Bill Filed, Texas MedMJ Hearings, More... (4/12/19)
Some 20 senators sign on to a bill to solve legal marijuana's banking problem, a Maine jail appeals a federal court ruling that it must provide Suboxone to a prisoner, and more.
opioid prescriptions go down, down, down (IQVIA Institute)
Chronicle AM: Opioid Prescriptions Drop, Trump Repeats False Border Wall Claims, More... (4/20/18)
A California marijuana banking bill advances, a Colorado marijuana deliveries bill dies, opioid prescriptions are declining, Trump repeats false claims about the border wall and drug smuggling, and more.
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Chronicle AM: Trump Looking at Drug Dealer Death Penalty, Vancouver Wants Drug Decrim, More... (3/12/18)
Sessions admits feds can't effectively enforce pot laws, Trump admin studies the death penalty for some drug dealers, Mexico murders hit a high, Vancouver wants drug decriminalization, and more.
Jail populations have been declining for a decade. (Wikimedia)
Chronicle AM: Jail Populations Drop, Maine MJ Social Clubs Go Up in Smoke, More... (2/22/18)
An Arizona legalization poll has good numbers, asset forfeiture reform bills move in a couple of states, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reports on declining jail population numbers, Maine lawmakers appear ready to do away with marijuana social clubs the voters voted for, and more.
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Four Reasons Black Incarceration Rates Are Going Down, While White Rates Are Going Up [FEATURE]
The prison population is a little whiter than it used to be. Here are some reasons why.