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Agent Carlos Rivera Vega (PRPD)

Puerto Rico Man, Police Officer Become First Drug War Fatalities of 2014

The year's first drug war fatalities come from Puerto Rico, where two are dead after a confrontation during a drug investigation at a housing complex.

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For First Time, CBS Poll Has Majority for Marijuana Legalization

CBS News now joins the ranks of polling organizations reporting majority support for marijuana legalization. That's a first for the CBS News Poll.

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Florida Medical Marijuana Initiative Will Go to the Voters!

Just moments ago, the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion approving a medical marijuana initiative

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German Cannabis Activist Georg Wurth Wins a Million Euros!

Big congratulations are in order for our German brethren. They have scored a major publicity and resource coup that will definitely help them advance the cause.

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No Chronicle AM today, folks, but I have a couple of stories to post.

Due to out-of-town visitors, I have tour guide duties this afternoon, so I won't have time to get around to the Chronicle AM. But...

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Medical Marijuana Update

Residents of a pair of California counties are fighting back against restrictive ordinances, Arizona rejects some new medical conditions, Illinois rules out draft rules, and more.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) wants to end the "failed war on drugs." (state.nj.us)

Chronicle AM -- January 22, 2014

Marijuana, marijuana, marijuana. It sure is generating lots of activity, plus Chris Christie speaks out on the drug war, a major farm organization endorses hemp, and Honduras wants to shoot down drug planes.

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Chronicle AM -- January 21, 2014

The war on weed may be beginning to wheeze toward its end, a researcher reports, and legislators continue to introduce bills to help it on its way. Meanwhile, harm reduction down South gets some attention, a bad bill targets medical marijuana-using parents in Michigan, and Bermuda gets a decrim bill, and more.

President Barack Obama (whitehouse.gov)

Obama: Marijuana Less Dangerous Than Alcohol, But...

In an interview with the The New Yorker's David Remnick, President Obama said marijuana was safer than alcohol and that state-level experiments with legalization were "important," but that he thought it was a bad habit.

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Chronicle AM -- January 20, 2014

Marijuana law reform bills just keep coming, a most likely unconstitutional food stamp drug test bill gets filed in Georgia, Australian regulators block urine drug testing of state energy company workers, Jamaicans legalizers grow impatient, and more.

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