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Guatemala Considers Legalizing Opium Growing for Medicinal Market
Guatemala is considering allowing the legal, controlled cultivation of opium poppies in a bid to weaken drug trafficking.
News Brief
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Chronicle AM -- December 19, 2013
Today we have a plethora of pot polls, hope on banking, an important decision by Washington state regulators, and hints of change to come from Canada's Tories, among other news.
Finally, Clarence Aaron will go free.
Obama Commutes Sentences of Clarence Aaron, Seven Others
The White House announced this morning that President Obama had granted commutations
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Welfare Drug Testing Bill Passes Michigan Senate
The Michigan Senate wound up its 2013 session by a passing a welfare drug testing bill. The House already passed one. Both will be alive when the legislative session starts up next year.
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Marijuana Use Fairly Stable, Annual Survey Finds
[image:1 align:right]The annual Monitoring the Future survey of teen drug use is out, and anyon
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Guatemala Considers Legalizing Opium Growing
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina and other government officials said repeatedly this week that they are considering legalizing and regulating opium poppy production in areas where it is alrea
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Medical Marijuana Update
Oregon's plan to regulate dispensaries statewide moves ahead, Washington state looks like it will let medical marijuana patients keep their personal grows, a new national certification program is announced, and more.
Aerial spraying of coca plants is on hold in Colombia after the FARC shot down two planes this fall. (wikimedia.org)
Chronicle AM -- December 18, 2013
They may be smoking more pot in Washington state than anyone thought, the Florida medical marijuana signature-gathering campaign is going down to the wire, opium production is up in the Golden Triangle, and aerial eradication is paused in Colombia (after planes get blown out of the sky). And more.
Matthew Perry (l) squares off against Peter Hitchens (r) in fiery BBC Newsnight drug debate.
Chronicle AM -- December 17, 2013
Seattle and Denver get down to the nitty-gritty of dealing with the details of marijuana legalization, a conservative Southern congressman comes out for medical marijuana, Detroit cops go on mass raids, and a British TV debate over drug policy gets heated. And more.
Uruguayan President Mujica strikes back at critics, and so does his wife. (gob.uy)
Uruguay's Mujica, Wife in Diplomatic Spat with INCB
Uruguayan President Mujica is not standing quietly by in the face of criticism from UN drug bureaucrats. Neither is his wife, an Uruguayan senator.