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Chronicle AM: LA Times Endorses Prop 64, Urgent Action Time on Kratom,...

Donations are starting to flow for and against reform initiatives, California's largest newspaper endorses marijuana legalization, so do Italian cops, a new study suggests medical marijuana may reduce...

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Chronicle AM: Obama Commutes More Sentences, Filipinos Like Duterte's Drug...

The president continues granting clemency to federal drug war prisoners, Iran executes more drug prisoners, Filipinos approve of their president's dirty, deadly drug war, and more.[image:1 align:right...

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Chronicle AM: LatAm Drug Prisoner Numbers Up, UNODC Sends Adviser to...

They don't even want to think about legalization in Montana, Rhode Island's governor would rather think about it next year, two GOP governors sign CBD cannabis oil bills, Latin American drug...

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Chronicle AM: AG Sessions Orders Tougher Sentencing, NH Gov Will Sign Decrim,...

Attorney General Sessions has rolled out plans to return to the harsh war on drugs of old, New Hampshire is set to become the next decriminalization state (even as polls show it's ready for...

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Chronicle AM: Fed Sentencing Reform Bill Filed, Colombia Coca Clashes,...

Leading senators roll out a federal sentencing reform bill, Jeff Sessions ramps up the Safe Neighborhoods program, the VA doubles down against medical marijuana, more clashes erupt in Colombia's coca...

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Amidst Controversy Over Anthem Protests, NFL Endorses Drug Sentencing Reform...

Caught up between players who insist on exercising their right to call out racial injustice in a manner of their choice and a scapegoating president who demands the league stifle what he deems...

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Senate Heavyweights File Sentencing Reform Bill [FEATURE]

A bipartisan group of Senate heavy-hitters have filed a bill aimed at reducing the swollen federal prison population by moving away from harsh mandatory minimum drug sentences, among other reforms. But...

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Chronicle AM: VT Legalizes Without Sales, Sentencing Commission Proposes...

Vermont becomes the 9th legal marijuana state, Illinois lawmakers take up legalization, the US Sentencing Commission proposing increasing fentanyl penalties, and more.[image:1 align:right...

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Chronicle AM: Non-Binding Legalization Votes, Iran Expecting Fewer Drug...

A non-binding referendum on marijuana legalization has been approved by the Illinois Senate, another such referendum bill has just been filed in Rhode Island, the Iranian justice minister said drug...

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Chronicle AM: NJ Gov Says Legalize It This Year, Duterte Pulls Out of ICC,...

New Jersey pot legalization politics heats up, the CDC reports a big jump in opioid overdoses, the Sentencing Commission ponders increasing fentanyl penalties, Duterte pulls the Philippines out of the...

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Chronicle AM: NYC Overdose Action March, US Sentencing Commission Sets...

The police chief in Oklahoma City wants pot busts downgraded, the US Sentencing Commission sets policy priorities for the next 18 months, marchers demand New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo take action on the...

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Chronicle AM: NYC Marijuana Busts Way, Way Down; New Federal Fentanyl...

New York City marijuana possession arrests plummet (finally), Utah patients will have some legal protection beginning next month, federal fentanyl sentences just increased, and more.[image:1 align:left...

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Chronicle AM: Trump Pressures McConnell on Sentencing Reform, NJ Marijuana...

The president wants to see criminal justice reform move in the Senate, New Jersey lawmakers take up marijuana legalization today, and more.[image:1 align:left caption:true]Marijuana PolicyMinnesota...

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Why Are Prosecutors Trying to Send a First Step Act Ex-Prisoner Back to...

Back in 1994, in the depths of the war on drugs, Sonny Mikell picked up a third federal drug conviction in Florida and was handed a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison. No guns, no violence,...

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Fixing the Federal Criminal Justice System: The Establishment Weighs In...

In a just issued report on reforming the federal criminal justice system, a blue-ribbon task force of the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice calls for sweeping changes in the system from its...

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