Flint (MI), Springfield (MO) Marijuana Petitions Turned In
Voters in two Midwest cities may have the opportunity to vote on marijuana law reforms this November. Advocates of a Flint, Michigan, initiative that would legalize the possession of up to an ounce by...
View ArticleDrug Policy in the 2012 Elections I: The Initiatives [FEATURE]
The Labor Day weekend has passed, summer is behind us, and the November elections are just two months away. When it comes to drug policy and the 2012 elections, there is plenty on the table. This week,...
View ArticleBlacks Targeted in Wasteful War on Marijuana, ACLU Finds
Black Americans are nearly four times more likely to get busted for marijuana possession than white ones, even though both groups smoke pot at roughly comparable rates, the ACLU said in a report...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- January 8, 2014
East Coast governors speak against marijuana legalization, but DC voters may get a chance to have their own voices heard; a new report on Obamacare's implications for drug reform is out; the DEA is...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- February 10, 2014
State legislatures are busy with drug policy issues, particularly marijuana and medical marijuana, a Texas grand jury refuses to indict a man who killed a cop in a no-knock drug raid, Mexican...
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Mexico Marijuana and Drug Reform Bills Filed [FEATURE]
Late last week, lawmakers in Mexico City filed two bills that would begin to radically transform the country's approach to drugs. One was introduced in the Mexico City legislative assembly and one in...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- June 26, 2014
It's UN anti-drug day, and protests to mark it are going on in at least 80 cities around the world, House Republicans move to block DC decrim, the Oregon legalization initiative looks set to make the...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Big CA Legalization Init Coming Soon, Italian Legalization Bill...
We're waiting for the big one to drop in California, there's marijuana arrest expungement news from Jamaica and Ohio, Colorado rejects medical marijuana for PTSD, Chris Christie talks crime and drug...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Good IL, MI Pot Polls, Denver Psilocybin Initiative, ACLU...
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...
View ArticleWill Denver Be the First Place in America to Legalize Magic Mushrooms?
Denver could essentially legalize psychedelic mushrooms by next spring if a group of local activists has its way. But they have a few hurdles to overcome first.[image:1 align:right]This week, members...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Oakland Decriminalizes Magic Mushrooms, San Francisco Forced...
Two big stories from the San Francisco Bay area, governors call for federal marijuana reform, and more.[image:1 align:left caption:true]Marijuana PolicyBipartisan Governors Team Up to Demand Federal...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Afghan Opium Down, Colombian Coca Leveling Off, More... (6/29/19)
The UN says Afghan opium production is down, the US says Colombian coca production has leveled off but is still at high levels, Louisville passes a lowest law enforcement priority ordinance for...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Decriminalize Nature Hits DC, Colombia Coca Eradication Fight,...
Vermont lawmakers begin a push to tax and regulate marijuana sales, the Decriminalize Nature movement arrives in the nation's capital, Colombia's president and governors disagree about aerial...
View ArticleChronicle AM: NM & NH Legalization Bills Advance, Mexico Mayhem, Psychedelic...
It's getting busy, busy, busy as state legislatures get back into session; Philadelphia's DA ends prosecutions for buprenorphine possession, it was a bloody weekend in Mexico's drug wars, and...
View ArticlePhilippine Drug War Rages Despite Pandemic, NORML Issues Marijuana Policy...
President Trump showily announces a ramping up of the drug war in the Caribbean, NORML issues marijuana policy guidance for lawmakers during the coronavirus pandemic, the Philippine drug war continues...
View ArticleDemocratic Platform to Call for Rescheduling and Decriminalizing Marijuana...
Democratic task forces working on the party platform have settled on rescheduling and decriminalizing marijuana but not legalizing it, the Justice Department rips a Massachusetts dope squad for its...
View ArticleOR Drug Decrim Init Gets Chan/Zuckerberg Donation, DC Dems Endorse...
Facebook's founder kicks in half a million dollars for Oregon drug decriminalization, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition launches a national dialog on the overdose crisis and COVID, a group of French...
View ArticleGood Pot Polls in NH & UT, ME Drug Decrim Advances, More... (9/27/21)
Little Rock makes small-time pot possession the lowest law enforcement priority, a Texas medical marijuana expansion bill is now one House vote away from passing, and more.[image:1 align:right...
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