partial view of Lisbon, looking toward the Tagus River (Wikimedia)
Culture Shock: American Activists Confront Compassionate Portuguese Drug Policy [FEATURE]
Who knew governments could actually do good things in the realm of drug policy?
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Chronicle AM: Good IL, MI Pot Polls, Denver Psilocybin Initiative, ACLU Targets DAs, More... (3/6/18)
Pot polls in a pair of key Midwest states are looking good, the ACLU seeks to influence district attorney races around the nation, a Denver magic mushroom initiative is getting underway, and more
Donald Trump, bad cop (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia)
In Trump and Sessions' Drug War, It's Bad Cop/Bad Cop [FEATURE]
And Bernie Sanders has a better idea.
Afghan poppy fields account for about 90% of the global opium crop. (UNODC)
Trump's Afghanistan "Taliban Heroin Lab" Bombing Campaign is Just More Drug War Theater [FEATURE]
Macho posturing to look tough on drugs probably isn't going to end well.
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Six States That Could Pass Marijuana Initiatives This Year [FEATURE]
If marijuana initiatives can make the ballot, they are likely to win.
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Eight Things That Do (or Don't) Happen When We Legalize Marijuana [FEATURE]
It's been long enough to begin to be able to measure what happens when marijuana is legalized. Things will continue to evolve, but so far the picture is pretty bright.
On the Crow Reservation, Big Horn County, Montana (Wikimedia)
Montana Prosecutor Calls for "Immediate Crackdown" on Pregnant Drug and Alcohol Users [FEATURE]
"The County Attorneyâs Office is asking the public to report any known instances of pregnant females using drugs or alcohol to the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office."
Oakland's Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee (Wikimedia)
Federal Marijuana Justice Act Filed in House [FEATURE]
A marijuana legalization bill gets filed in the House, but it's not just any legalization bill.
Attorney General Sessions wants to keep the DEA busy with marijuana. (DEA)
America Declares War on Jeff Sessions' Threatened War on Marijuana [FEATURE]
The attorney general may have done us a favor by heightening the contradictions of federal marijuana prohibition.
legal marijuana grow, Colorado (scubabrett2 via Flickr)
Happy New Year! Legal Adult Marijuana Sales in the World's Largest Pot Market Start Monday [FEATURE]
With the nation's most populous state embracing legalization, there is probably no going back, regardless of what Washington thinks.