Chronicle AM: At Least Four States Voting on MedMJ, Filipino Prez Could Face...
Michigan legalizers lose a court battle, Oklahoma medical marijuana advocates look to be heading for the ballot box, the 10th Circuit rules that having license plates from marijuana states is not...
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From Key West to Alaska, law enforcement and prison and jail guard misconduct is exposed. Just another week on the crooked cop front. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Nashville, Tennessee, a...
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An Ohio sheriff gets popped for his pain pill habit, a New Mexico cop videotapes himself stealing marijuana, a San Francisco cop heads to prison for illegal tactics and lying about them, and more....
View ArticleA Long Hot Summer of Drug War Deaths [FEATURE]
The killing of a young, black, unarmed Tampa man by a SWAT team that raided his home in an operation that turned up two grams of marijuana has sparked angry protests last week, including demonstrations...
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...
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More jails guards go down, a Louisiana drug task force head gets nailed for ripping off the feds, a Memphis cop gets nailed for trying to extort an alleged drug dealer, and more. Let's get to...
View ArticleFour Dead in Drug War Killings in Five Days, Including One Police Officer
Guns and drugs are a bad combination. Or, more precisely, drug prohibition in a nation where guns are freely available has tremendous potential for fatal conflicts between drug users and sellers and...
View ArticleChronicle AM: MA Init Gets Big Bucks, Chicago's West Side is Heroin...
The California legalization campaign heats up, the Massachusetts legalization campaign is sitting pretty with lots of cash, a North Carolina town becomes the first in the South to adopt Law Enforcement...
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A Mississippi police chief shoots himself during an investigation into asset forfeiture funds, a Massachusetts police officer shoots herself during an investigation into thefts from her evidence room,...
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The FBI is investigating a pair of Louisville narcs, the state police are investigating thefts at a Massachusetts police department, a Philly cop gets busted sending pot through the mail, and more....
View ArticleChronicle AM: DEA Issues Carfentanil Warning, Malaysia to Hang Man for MJ...
The DEA issues a warning on a powerful emerging opioid, Michigan marijuana legalizers turn their eyes to 2018, Malaysia sentences a man to death for pot dealing, and more.[image:1 align:left]Marijuana...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Pot Initiative Polls in AR, CA, ME; Marijuana Arrests at...
Polls show thing looking good for pot legalization efforts in California and Maine, not so good for medical marijuana initiatives in Arkansas; pot possession arrests hit a 20-year-low, and...
View ArticleThe Charlotte Killing That Sparked Civic Unrest Began With a Joint
The chain of events that led to the death of Keith Lamont Scott at the hands of Charlotte Metropolitan Police Department (CMPD) officers and days of civic unrest in North Carolina's largest city began...
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A Texas border town cop gets nailed for helping a cartel, an Indiana cop prepares to head to federal prison for peddling dope in uniform, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Lawton,...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Kratom Ban Delayed (But Still Coming), Mad Drug Arrest Binge in...
California's governor signs asset forfeiture reform and medical marijuana "micro farmer" bills, a Massachusetts town pays out big time for killing an elderly black man in a drug raid, Indianapolis...
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Louisiana cops go down in a contraband cigarette conspiracy, a Massachusetts narc gets suspended for threatening to plant dope on a teenager, a Tennessee chief deputy gets popped for stealing from the...
View ArticleA Possession Arrest Every 25 Seconds: The Cruel Folly of the War on Drugs...
This article was produced in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here.Nearly a half century after Richard Nixon inaugurated the modern war on drugs, to criticize it as a failure as so common...
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Prison guards go bad on a massive scale in Maryland, a Pennsylvania narc's police station overdose creates problems for his boss, an Iowa trooper cops to stealing pain pills, and more. Let's get to...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Country Gets More HIDTA Counties, Indiana Voters Ready for Med...
Los Angeles attempts to prepare for a new era, HIDTA gets an expansion, Indiana voters signal they are ready for medical marijuana, and more. [image:1 align:right]Medical MarijuanaIndiana Poll Has...
View ArticleFlailing Trump Pivots to Drug Policy, Demands Hillary Drug Test, Pivots Away...
This article was produced in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here.Reeling from allegation after allegation of sexual misconduct, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump tried to...
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