Chronicle AM: New Orleans "Decrim" in Effect, Philippine Drug Executions...
The Big Easy goes easy on marijuana possession, a California medical marijuana business is back in operation after a misbegotten raid, Danish cops raid Christiania to little effect, suspected drug...
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Cops get nailed for some big-time rip-offs, cops get nailed for stealing treats from a dispensary, a California cop gets nailed for stealing and dealing meth, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1...
View ArticleIn Exercise in Futility, Danish Cops Raid Christiania's Pusher Street (Again)
Last Friday, more than a hundred Danish police swept into Copenhagen's hippy enclave of Christiania to attack the hash and weed sellers of the community's infamous Pusher Street. They tore down 37...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Dem Senators Push DEA on Rescheduling, More Toronto Pot Shop...
Sanders supporters eye a pot plank in the Democratic Party platform, Democratic senators push the DEA on rescheduling, the UN says US heroin use is at a 20-year high, Toronto pot shops get raided, and...
View ArticleChronicle AM: CA Will Vote on Legalization, Veterans' MedMJ Fight Not Over...
That nation's most populous state will vote on marijuana legalization in November, federal legislators keep fighting for medical marijuana access for veterans, a New Jersey needle exchange bill nears...
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Corrupt cops seem to have taken summer vacation this week, with only a couple of incidents popping up. They both involve cops with sticky fingers. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Syracuse, New...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Jamaica Airport Pot Shops Coming, AZ Legalizers Hand in...
Arizona marijuana legalization advocates turned in signatures today, Massachusetts legalizers filed a campaign complaint against a police chief, Canada takes its first step toward legalization, Jamaica...
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A Houston cop who helped cocaine traffickers and procured guns that ended up in the hands of Mexican cartel leaders gets hammered at sentencing, cops in Phoenix and California get in trouble for...
View ArticleChronicle AM: AR MedMJ Makes Ballot, Roadside Drug Tests Send Innocent to...
Arkansas will join Florida in voting on medical marijuana in November, California's Prop 64 legalization initiative just got another $1.25 million from Sean Parker, a major investigative report finds...
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...
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A major Detroit corruption case comes to an end, a Pennsylvania cop gets nailed for accepting pain pills to let a drug dealer walk, an Ohio cop rips off the undercover drug buy fund, and more. Let's...
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The border remains a temptation for Texas cops, a Southern California dispensary was a temptation for a crew of misbehaving cops there, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Santa Ana,...
View ArticleCalifornia: What Will Marijuana Legalization Look Like? [FEATURE]
This article was produced in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here.Twenty years ago, California led the way on weed, becoming the first state in the nation to approve medical marijuana....
View ArticleChronicle AM: Filipino Drug War Killings Raise Global Alarm, Legal Pot for...
Civil society responds as the death toll mounts in the Philippines, Massachusetts politicians endorse pot legalization, a new study finds national legalization could bring in $12 billion a year for the...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Obama Commutes More Drug Sentences, Boston's First MedMJ Shop...
Obama commutes more drug sentences, Boston gets its first dispensary, more signs of how horrid South Dakota is on marijuana, Utah SWAT deployment data, and more.[image:1 align:left...
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We have a real doozey from Oklahoma, jail guards go bad all over the place, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Marietta, Oklahoma, the Love County sheriff was arrested July 19 on charges...
View ArticleChronicle AM: NYC MJ Arrests Rising Again, Dark Web Drug Sales Up...
Marijuana arrest numbers are headed in the wrong direction in New York City, Ohio makes a first move toward implementing medical marijuana, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer declares war on new psychoactive...
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A former Virginia police chief goes down for using the drug buy fund to buy pills for himself, a former Guamanian customs agent goes down for helping a relative import meth, and a former New Jersey...
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A North Carolina detective had a thing for "nudish fetish catfights," a Pennsylvania state trooper had a snitch scoring coke for him, an Oregon crime lab tech had a bad case of sticky fingers, and...
View ArticleLicense Plate from a Marijuana State? That's No Reason to Stop and Search,...
Drivers from pot-friendly West Coast states have long complained of "license plate profiling," claiming state troopers more interested in drug interdiction than traffic safety perch like vultures along...
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