Chronicle AM: NYC Pot Busts Way, Way Down; New Federal Fentanyl Sentences in...
New York City pot possession arrests plummet, Utah patients will have some legal protection beginning next month, federal fentanyl sentences just increased, and more.[image:1 align:right...
View ArticleGood Riddance! Drug Reformers Applaud Sessions’ Departure from DOJ [FEATURE]
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced out of office Wednesday after less than two years in office, and while there is intense concern about the impact the move could have on ongoing...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Los Angeles sheriff's deputy gets caught in a brazen ripoff, a Maryland prison guard is the last of 16 to head to prison for their roles in a massive racketeering scheme, and more.[image:1...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Two California cops go down for faking drug buys that never happened, a former Memphis cop heads to prison for offering to escort a load of drugs, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In...
View ArticleGeorgia Nightmare: Jailed Four Months for Possession of Cotton Candy [FEATURE]
A Georgia woman has filed a federal lawsuit after she spent nearly four months in jail because a roadside drug test administered by untrained police officers falsely identified a bag of cotton candy as...
View ArticleWatch: Undercover Detroit Narc Squads Brawl As They Try to Arrest Each Other
In a caper right out of the Keystone Cops, two different squads of armed undercover Detroit narcotics officers clashed earlier this month in a buy-bust operation gone badly awry. No one was hurt or...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Harborside Loses Pot Tax Case, Hemp in Final Version of Farm...
The US Tax Court has ruled against Harborside being able to deduct standard business expenses, a hemp provision is in the final version of the farm bill, Mexico and the US disagree over Mexican heroin...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Bill Barr's Drug Warrior Past, Iran Warns Sanction Could Bring...
Trump's sanctions could come back to bite us, Iran warns; Trump's new attorney general pick has some solid drug warrior credentials, the WHO postpones a recommendation on marijuana scheduling, and...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Chicago DEA agent gets caught helping a Puerto Rican drug cartel, an L.A. Customs agent gets convicted of big-time drug trafficking, a Pennsylvania police chief's heroin habit gets him in trouble,...
View Article5 Things We Now Know After 5 Years of Legal Marijuana in Colorado [FEATURE]
It's been five years since the era of legal marijuana sales began in Colorado, and that's been enough time to begin to be able to see what sorts of impact the freeing of the weed has had on the Rocky...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Baltimore to End Pot Possession Arrests, Deadly Houston Drug...
The attorney general-to-be puts his vow to not go after legal businesses in writing, Baltimore ends pot possession arrests, a Houston drug raid turns violent and deadly, and more.[image:1 align:right...
View ArticleChronicle AM: FL MedMJ Moves, CA Safe Injection Site Bill Filed, More......
Florida courts and the legislature are both dealing with the legislature's previous efforts to mess with the voter-approved medical marijuana amendment, a pot legalization bill gets a hearing in New...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Justice comes for some of the victims of a crooked Chicago cop, a pair of crooked Memphis cops head for federal prison, an Arkansas division commander gets caught stealing from the evidence room, and...
View ArticleChronicle AM: William Barr Confirmed as US AG, Congress Hearing on Pot and...
The Senate has confirmed old drug warrior William Barr as attorney general, Congress holds a hearing on marijuana and banking, Ted Cruz wants El Chapo to pay for the wall, and more.[image:1 align:right...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Good MD, NJ Pot Polls; Bad Houston Drug Raid; WV MedMJ Banking...
Good pot polls from the Mid-Atlantic, New Jersey edges closer to passing a pot legalization bill, the West Virginia House passes a medical marijuana banking bill, asset forfeiture reform advances in...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Supreme Court Slaps Down Asset Forfeiture, No More No-Knocks in...
The Supreme Court reins in civil asset forfeiture, Denver joins cities participating in LEAD, Houston ends undercover no-knock raids in the wake of a fatal encounter, and more.[image:1 align:left...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A West Virginia deputy sheriff gets caught up in an FBI drug dealing investigation, a Georgia prison guard gets nailed for taking bribes to smuggle pot into the joint, and more.[image:1 align:right]In...
View ArticleChronicle AM: FBI to Investigate Fatal Houston Drug Raid, NH Legal Pot Bill...
The fallout from that fatal January Houston drug raid continues, a New Hampshire pot legalization bill advances, so does a Florida bill to allow smokable medical marijuana, and more.[image:1 align:left...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Today's lesson: Don't piss off you wife if you're a narc taking home dope in evidence bags and doing it. Plus, a Border Patrol agent goes to prison, a North Carolina narc gets probation for pilfering...
View ArticleChronicle AM: NJ Legal Pot Vote on Monday, Houston Police Tighten No-Knock...
New Jersey legislators will vote on pot legalization on Monday, but the votes aren't quite there yet; Illinois legislators want to slow down on pot legalization, Houston cops restrict no-knock search...
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