Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bobbie Sellers Newsgroups: alt.drugs.psychedelics,alt.drugs.pot,alt.hemp.politics,rec.drugs.cannabis Subject: Drug War Chronicle, Issue #1209 -- 4/25/24-Table of Contents with Live URLs plus the lead article Followup-To: talk.politics.drugs Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:35:23 -0700 Organization: nil Lines: 129 Message-ID: Reply-To: blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:35:25 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5df7fe53ce172b1c0421b6b934d81e08"; logging-data="3672302"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+FHtfRA2AG9YaqH0MuAWyc" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:HDz2o0F3jAEC78N3hO5Xn47LK3M= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 7155 Drug War Chronicle, Issue #1209 -- 4/25/24 Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/1209 A Publication of StoptheDrugWar.org David Borden, Executive Director, borden@drcnet.org "Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition" APPEAL: Help Us Respond to the Opportunities and the Challenges of This Time: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/help_us_respond Table of Contents: 1. SIX STATES WHERE THE VOTERS COULD DECIDE ON MARIJUANA POLICY IN 2024 [FEATURE] A half-dozen states could see marijuana legalization or medical marijuana initiatives on the ballot this year. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/next_six_cannabis_states 2. TRYING TO GROW POT RIGHT IS A REAL FIGHT [FEATURE] Mom-and-pop legal marijuana farmers trying to grow in the most Earth-friendly fashion face many obstacles, but they keep on keepin' on. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/organic_regenerative_cannabis_challenges 3. MEDICAL MARIJUANA UPDATE Lawmakers in the Granite State are dealing with a bevy of medical marijuana bills, a North Carolina Native American tribe opens the state's first dispensary, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/medical_marijuana_update_apr24-2024 4. THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES A meth-slinging Pennsylvania police chief gets ready to head to prison and so does a former NYPD officer who used her desk duties to cook up dope deals. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/corrupt_cops_stories_apr24-2024 5. SD GOV BANNED BY TRIBES OVER CARTEL COMMENTS, BRAZIL SENATE CONSIDERING PROHIBITION AMENDMENT, MORE... (4/15/24) A political battle is looming in Brazil over drug decriminalization, New York's attorney general is investigating a hospital for drug testing pregnant patients without their consent, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/south_dakota_tribes_ban_governor 6. CA THERAPEUTIC PSYCHEDELICS BILL ADVANCES, KY PRISON GUARDS TASE PRISONERS FOR DRUG TEST FAILS, MORE... (4/16/24) There was some torture-style nastiness over failed drug tests in a Kentucky prison, Kentucky lawmakers act to expedite medical marijuana licensing, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/california_therapeutic_psychedelics_bill 7. ND LEGAL POT INITIATIVE FILED, AMSTERDAM MAYOR CALLS FOR REGULATED COCAINE, ECSTASY SALES, MORE... (4/16/24) The UN says Colombian coca cultivation is at an all-time high, North Carolina lawmakers move to ban "gas station heroin," and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/north_dakota_initiative_amsterdam_mayor_drug_regulation 8. BLUMENAUER HONORED FOR MARIJUANA LEADERSHIP, SENTENCING COMMISSION ENDS ACQUITTED CONDUCT PUNISHMENTS, MORE... (4/18/24) That National Conference of State Legislatures reiterates its support for banking access for pot businesses, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) files a marijuana expungement bill, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/earl_blumenauer_cannabis_leadership_award 9. ANOTHER POLL HAS A STRONG MAJORITY FOR MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION, MO VETERANS' PSILOCYBIN BILL ADVANCES, MORE... (4/19/24) Granite State lawmakers ponder a bevy of medical marijuana bills, a Data for Progress poll has two-thirds supporting marijuana legalization, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/legalization_poll_veterans_psilocybin_bill 10. CO SAFE INJECTION SITE BILL KILLED, CROWDS ON GOLDEN GATE PARK'S HIPPY HILL FOR 4/20, MORE... (4/22/24) Pot fans gathered in Berlin and San Francisco to mark 4/20, the Colorado Senate has approved a social media bill that could ban praise of illicit drugs, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/no_colorado_safe_injection_sites 11. HAWAII SENATE KILLS POT DECRIM EXPANSION; FEDERAL DRUG TESTS COULD DROP MDMA, ADD FENTANYL, MORE... (4/23/24) Maine's governor signs a bill to seal the records of past marijuana offenses, a North Carolina tribe opens the first medical marijuana dispensary in the state, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/fed_drug_tests_may_drop_mdma 12. BIDEN PARDONS A HANDFUL OF FORMER DRUG PRISONERS, CA THERAPEUTIC PSYCHEDELICS BILL ADVANCES, MORE... (4/24/24) The Kansas governor signs a civil asset forfeiture reform bill into law, a South Carolina medical marijuana bill that has languished for months finally gets some attention, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_biden_pardons_clemencies_very_limited (Not subscribed? Visit https://stopthedrugwar.org to sign up today!) ================ 1. SIX STATES WHERE THE VOTERS COULD DECIDE ON MARIJUANA POLICY IN 2024 [FEATURE] https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/next_six_cannabis_states A half-dozen states could see marijuana legalization or medical marijuana initiatives on the ballot this year.                                          ___________________                                           It's time to correct the mistake:                                         Truth:the Anti-drugwar                                       Cops say legalize drugs--find out why:                                        Stoners are people too:                                        ___________________      bliss -- Cacao  Powered... (-SF4ever at DSLExtreme dot com) -- bobbie sellers - a retired nurse in San Francisco       "It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.       It is by the beans of cacao that the thoughts acquire speed,       the thighs acquire girth, the girth become a warning.       It is by theobromine alone I set my mind in motion."          --from Someone else's Dune spoof ripped to my taste.