Chronicle AM -- August 5, 2014
It's the slow season in Congress and at state houses, but it's the beginning of eradication season in the fields. Plus, the Oregon legalization initiative has raised a million bucks, the drug war racks...
View ArticleDC Marijuana Initiative Makes November Ballot
The DC Board of Elections today officially certified for the November ballot an initiative that will legalize the cultivation and possession of small amounts of  marijuana. DC now joins Alaska and...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Chicago cop helps his daughter-in-law grow medical marijuana for her cancer-stricken child, then rats her out; a Miami narc gets nailed for helping pot growers, a Baltimore cop's pill habit gets the...
View ArticleWill Supreme Court Cell Phone Search Ruling Apply Retroactively? [FEATURE]
special to the Chronicle by investigative reporter Clarence Walker, cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.comOn June 25, the US Supreme Court handed down a resounding landmark ruling in two separate high profile...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- August 11, 2014
Germans march for marijuana, Washington state takes in a million in taxes from the first month of pot sales, New Mexico local decriminalization initiatives struggle to make the ballot, Central Florida...
View ArticleComedian Randy Credico's Deadly Serious Quest to Run New York [FEATURE]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is widely expected to cruise to an easy victory in the Democratic primary on September 9, despite festering influence-peddling scandals, despite his embrace of corporate...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- August 12, 2014
Everybody must be at the beach, because it's pretty quiet on the drug reform front. But Philly faces a class action lawsuit over asset forfeiture, the DEA gets caught wasting taxpayer money, and...
View ArticleChronicle AM--August 13, 2014
A key California sentencing reform bill gets a final Assembly vote tomorrow, the Oregon legalization initiative gets some organized oppositions, Delaware gets a step closer to its first dispensary,...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
More problems for the scandal-tainted dope squads in Detroit and Philadelphia, a new Jersey college cop admits to peddling pills, and a Texas parole officer gone bad goes to prison. Let's get to...
View ArticleChronicle AM: SWAT Teams in the News, Santa Fe Decrim Init, Barcelona...
SWAT teams are in the news, the RAVE Act gets critiqued as counterproductive, there will be no medical marijuana initiative in Oklahoma, but it looks like there will be a decriminalization initiative...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Scary Alaska Marijuana Poll, Maryland SWAT Raids, West Africa...
An unsettling poll in Alaska, Minnesota medical marijuana mom gets busted, there's money to be made in drug testing, Maryland SWAT teams have been busy, a West African meeting on drugs is underway, and...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Florida deputies get suspended in an excessive force investigation, a Miami sergeant gets popped for perverted play with a teen boy, and a couple of jail guards get caught doing what they always get...
View ArticleChronicle AM: OR Dems Just Say Yes, DEA Tightens Screws on Vicodin, CT's...
Oregon Dems just say yes, Connecticut's first dispensary opens, the DEA tightens the screws on Vicodin, guess who's more likely to get busted for pot in Ferguson, Missouri, and more. Let's get to...
View ArticleAR Initiative Rejected, MN Court Cases, SWAT Lobby Gears Up, "Drug Crazed...
It's back to the drawing board for an Arkansas legalization initiative, we have a pair of Minnesota court cases, the Michael Brown killing starts bleeding into drug-policy related areas, Israel bans...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Drug Agent Dies of Drug Raid Wounds
A Puerto Rico police officer shot during a drug investigation last week has died. Agent Geniel Amaro Fantauzzi becomes the 30th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Medical Marijuana and Opiate ODs, ME Welfare Drug Test Law,...
Medical marijuana may reduce opioid overdose death rates, International Overdose Awareness Day is coming, the drug war claims another victim, new studies from the NIJ, and more. Let's get to...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Marijuana Initiatives, CT SWAT Lawsuit, ISIS Burns Syria Pot...
Local marijuana initiatives move forward, the Oregon initiative is set to get a high-profile endorsement, a lot of people want to start medical marijuana businesses in Nevada, ISIS is burning pot...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Sixteen dirty Puerto Rico cops take plea deals, a cocaine-dealing New Jersey prison guard goes to prison, a Houston cop gets busted in a cocaine deal, and a Massachusetts cop gets caught trying to fill...
View ArticleOrlando SWAT Team Kills Armed Man in Drug Raid
[image:1 align:left]Members of an Orlando, Florida SWAT team serving a drug search warrant shot and killed an armed man this morning. The man, who is as yet unnamed, becomes the 31st person to die in...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Santa Fe Decriminalizes, New Drug Czar Nominated, NYC Heroin...
Santa Fe decriminalizes, no medical marijuana for Alzheimer's in New Mexico, NYC heroin deaths at 10-year high, new drug czar nominated, another drug war death, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1...
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