Marijuana is now legal in nine states, but what about those old convictions? (IRIN News)
The Movement to Expunge Marijuana Convictions in Legalization States Picks Up Steam [FEATURE]
Ending prohibition is only phase one.
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Donald Trump goes all states' rights on Jeff Sessions when it comes to pot policy. (Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore)
Trump Cuts the Legs Out from Under Sessions' War on Weed [FEATURE]
The president leans toward campaign promises regarding marijuana policy and away from his hard-line attorney general.
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Marijuana's Midwest Breakthrough: Michigan to Vote on Legalization in November [FEATURE]
The Wolverine State could become the first in the heartland to free the weed.
people enjoying marijuana (Darrin Frisby Harris/Drug Policy Alliance)
Four Ways Using Even Legal Marijuana Makes You a Second Class Citizen [FEATURE]
Legalizing it is only half the battle.
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Seven Occupations That Don't Require You to Take a Drug Test to Get Hired [FEATURE]
If you're not interested in pre-employment drug testing, go here.
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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.