Chronicle AM: British Lib Dems Adopt Marijuana Legalization, Seattle Eyes...
Britain's Liberal Democrats become the first UK political party to formally embrace marijuana legalization, a bill to recriminalize public pot smoking in Maryland advances, a Seattle task force is...
View ArticleEuropean Drug Reform Stalwart Joep Oomen Dead at 54
Joep Oomen, a key figure in European civil society drug reform efforts, has died unexpectedly of natural causes at his home in Antwerp, Belgium. He was found by colleagues dead in bed Friday when they...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Global Marijuana Marches, Voters Split on Legalization in MA...
They marched for weed in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janiero, New York and Toronto, and many other cities; a Massachusetts poll shows a dead heat for legalization there, Missouri looks set to vote on...
View ArticleChronicle AM: CA MJ Ticket Race Disparities Persist, Bolivians Protest New US...
Two presidential candidates get "A" grades on marijuana policy, racial disparities in marijuana law enforcement persist in Los Angeles even in the age of decriminalization, Bolivians protest a new US...
View ArticleChronicle AM: MA Init Passes Two Hurdles, Feds Ease Docs' Buprenorphine...
It's a two-fer for Bay State legalizers today, the feds move to ease the opioid problem, Italy's top anti-Mafia and anti-terrorism prosecutor comes out for marijuana legalization, and more.[image:1...
View ArticleChronicle AM: House Passes Opioid Bill Without $$, CA Drug Felonies Plummet,...
California felony drug arrests are down, Colombian coca production is up, the Arizona marijuana legalization initiative is trailing in a new poll, Congress moves toward final passage of the...
View ArticleChronicle AM: GOP Rejects MedMJ, Colombia & FARC Collaborate on Coca...
Medical marijuana is getting some attention on Capitol Hill, Arizona legalization foes go to court to try to block the initiative, Maine rejects medical marijuana for opiate addiction, Colombia and the...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Obama to Sign Opioids Bill, CO Legal MJ Fueling Economic...
A new report finds legal marijuana has been good for Colorado's economy, the White House announces President Obama will sign CARA, and more.[image:1 align:right caption:true]Marijuana PolicyReport...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Seattle Safe Injection Site Progress, Philippines Drug Killings...
A Seattle heroin task force has endorsed safe injection sites, the Philippine Senate is holding hearings on the ongoing massacre of alleged drug users and sellers, Colombia coca growers are protesting...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Denver Pot Social Use Init Makes Ballot, Kratom Fight Gathers...
Big city Texas prosecutors are increasingly dropping small-time pot cases, a Denver social use marijuana initiative qualifies for the ballot, kratom proponents move to block the DEA effort to place it...
View ArticleChronicle AM: AZ & CA MJ Polls, AR & OK MedMJ Lawsuits; Filipino Massacre...
New polls have good news for Arizona pot legalizers and better news for California ones, more lawsuits get filed over Arkansas and Oklahoma medical marijuana initiatives, the Philippines' murderous...
View ArticleChronicle AM: DEA Kratom Ban Retreat, France's First Supervised Injection...
A new Pew poll has support for marijuana legalization at 57% nationwide, the DEA is forced to back away from its kratom ban, France opens its first supervised injection site, and more.[image:1...
View ArticleThe Top Ten International Drug Policy Stories of 2016 [FEATURE]
(See our Top Ten Domestic Drug Policy Stories of 2016 feature story too.)The year that just ended has seen a serious outbreak of bloody violence against drug users and sellers in one country, it has...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Guam Gov Files Legalization Bill, More Iran Drug Executions,...
Marijuana legalization bills get filed in Guam and the District of Columbia, the Global Drug Policy Commission asks Obama to commute more sentences, Chris Christie vows to fight drug addiction during...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Abuse-Resistant Oxycontin Tied to Heroin ODs, S. America Coca...
A new study from the Rand Corporation links the introduction of abuse-resistant Oxycontin in 2010 to the rise in heroin overdose deaths, Bolivia and Colombia take different approaches to coca, a...
View ArticleChronicle AM: More State Forfeiture Bills, Colombia Drug Farmers Organizing,...
Colorado high court rules cops don't have to give your legal weed back if they seize if, changes in the Arkansas medical marijuana law go to the governor, there's more asset forfeiture activity in the...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Ethan Nadelmann Steps Down at DPA, Seattle Approves Safe...
The leader of the nation's largest drug reform group steps down, Maine becomes the eighth legal pot state, Seattle approves safe injection sites -- and isn't asking federal approval -- and...
View ArticleChronicle AM: States' Rights Marijuana Bill Filed, Trouble in Morocco's Rif,...
A federal bill to let states experiment with marijuana policy is back, CBD cannabis oil and medical marijuana study bills advance at the statehouse, trouble is bubbling up in Morocco's hash-producing...
View ArticleChronicle AM: OR Bill to Bar MJ Drug Tests Before Hiring Gets Rough...
An Oregon effort to protect marijuana using job seekers gets hammered by employers, the Arkansas commission charged with crafting rules and regs for medical marijuana has approved final rules, asset...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Legal MJ Industry Reacts to Spicer Threat, VA Needle Exchange,...
The uproar is deafening in the wake of White House press secretary Sean Spicer's hint Thursday that Trump could crack down on legal weed, Virginia's governor signs a needle exchange bill into law, the...
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