Posted on: Jun 6, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
If numbers are to be trusted and the will of the legislature is to be respected, Governor Chafee has an easy call of signing Rhode Island's decriminalization bill into law.
Posted on: May 25, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
2012 could be the year that legalization actually wins, and voters in at least two states -- Colorado and Washington -- will have the chance to make that happen.
Posted on: May 23, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
May 11th, Honduran police and DEA agents engaged in a disastrous series of heavy-handed tactics, mistakenly killing four innocent Hondurans before inspiring a machete-yielding mob.
Posted on: May 22, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Doctors and organizers say it is unfair to give Douglas, who already did five years on a drug charge, additional time instead of a chance at treatment.
Posted on: May 7, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Drivers found with a certain amount of THC in their blood are automatically presumed to be driving under the influence of drugs, even if they can show they were not impaired.
Posted on: May 6, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Governor Malloy will sign the medical marijuana bill that would carefully regulate and monitor pot use to avoid problems encountered in other medical marijuana states.
Posted on: Apr 27, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The bills are finally being recognized as targeting the most downtrodden and disadvantaged -- the poor, the sick, the jobless -- in the guise of helping them.
Posted on: Apr 21, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Demonstrators in Oakland Friday put the campaign on notice that the administration is losing friends in California with its attacks on medical marijuana.
Posted on: Apr 7, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Those federal dollars are better spent on programs that actually help people, and people are concerned about this having a deleterious impact on the state's economy.
Posted on: Apr 2, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The country's first "cannabis college" is raided and taped off by federal marshalls; the DEA and IRS continue their "ongoing investigation" as marijuana supporters mobilize.
Posted on: Mar 31, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The United States have spent billions on coca plant busts; if passed, the bill would eliminate the threat of prison for illicit crop production in Colombia.
Posted on: Mar 14, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The move comes amid growing pressure in the region to discuss legalization and its alternatives, and weeks before Santos will discuss legalization at the Summit of the Americas.
Posted on: Mar 7, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Only two of the four seem to have any chance of success this year, but if one or both makes the ballot, the Pacific Northwest could soon be a hot spot for marijuana law reform.
Posted on: Feb 24, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
This week, prescription-only bills were killed in Oklahoma and withdrawn in Kentucky, and unhappy police and prosecutors are blaming the over-the-counter industry.
Posted on: Feb 19, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
As part of a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits through 2012, Congress will allow states to drug test people applying for those benefits.
Posted on: Feb 17, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The proposed budget is remarkable for how closely it hews to previous years, especially in regard to the allocation of resources for treatment and law enforcement.
Posted on: Feb 14, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
State legislatures have convened or are convening all around the country, and once again this year, marijuana decriminalization or legalization are hot topics at the statehouse.
Posted on: Feb 13, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
If the bill passes, Washington will be the first state to legalize the possession and commerce of marijuana, sending the state on a collision course with the federal government.
Posted on: Feb 6, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The campaign was found to have an unusually high number of invalid signatures, and now has 15 days to collect enough valid signatures to cover the shortfall.
Posted on: Feb 3, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Provoked by federal raids and Republican attempts to eradicate medical pot, activists are rolling out a campaign for a constitutional amendment to legalize pot in Big Sky County.
Posted on: Feb 2, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The popular image of street gang violence in the US as being "drug-related" is largely mistaken, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report.
Posted on: Jan 27, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
A coalition of advocates has filed a statewide medical marijuana regulation initiative aimed at ending the years-long confusion over what is and what is not allowed.
Posted on: Jan 18, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Statehouse politicians across the country are already racing to see who can be next to introduce a bill that would require drug testing of people receiving public benefits.
Posted on: Jan 13, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Colorado US Attorney sent letters to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries and their landlords across Colorado warning them to shut down in 45 days, or lose their property.
Posted on: Jan 9, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
After Rachel Hoffman was busted and agreed to become a snitch in 2008, Tallahassee police sent her out into a dangerous new world, until a "buy-bust" sting took her life.
Posted on: Jan 3, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
With some 350,000 signatures handed in -- enough to account for duplicate and invalid signatures -- the campaign to legalize and regulate pot should make the ballot.
Posted on: Dec 19, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Amnesty International has called on Iran to stop executing people for drug offenses, saying the Islamic Republic has embarked on "a killing spree of staggering proportions."
