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Drug War Chronicle #813 - December 12, 2013

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
Call Senate Judiciary Committee Members for Sentencing Reform TODAY! (Calls needed from voters in AL, AZ, CA, CT, DE, HI, IL, IA, MN, NY, RI, SC, TX, UT, VT.)
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Uruguay Legalizes Marijuana! [FEATURE]

In an historic vote, the Uruguayan Senate gave final approval Tuesday night to the government's marijuana legalization bill. Once President Mujica signs it, Uruguay is 120 days away from legal marijuana commerce.
Cambodian "intervention" truck rounding up drug users and other "undesirables" in Phnom Penh. (hrw.org)
Cambodian "intervention" truck rounding up drug users and other "undesirables" in Phnom Penh. (hrw.org)

Cambodia Drug Detention Centers Rife With Abuse

Human Rights Watch has issued another scathing report on the abuse of drug users and other "undesirables" in Cambodian drug detention camps. Drug treatment isn't on offer, but torture, sexual abuse, and forced labor are.
Show-Me Cannabis Regulation logo (show-mecannabis.com)
Show-Me Cannabis Regulation logo (show-mecannabis.com)

Missouri Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Filed

Missouri activists have filed a series of marijuana legalizaiton initiatives with state officials, laying the groundwork for taking the issue to the voters next November.
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MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_110.jpg

Medical Marijuana Update

A busy Tuesday in California, herbal medicine experts make a call, New Jersey's third dispensary opens, Florida's Supreme Court hears a challenge to an initiative, and more.
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Chronicle AM -- December 5, 2013

Busy, busy on the marijuana policy front today, and there is also medical marijuana news, a new report on coerced federal plea bargains, a call for call-ins to the Senate on mandatory minimums next week, and more.
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Chronicle AM -- December 6, 2013

A new marijuana legalization has been filed in California, the Florida medical marijuana initiative faces a pair of challenges, the British Columbia decriminalization initiative is struggling, and more.
Zohydro ER
Zohydro ER

Chronicle AM -- December 9, 2013

A West Virginia man gets a first degree murder charge in his wife's accidental drug death, a Utah "Good Samaritan" overdose bill is moving, some US senators grumble about Zohydro ER, and we have a pair of stories about opiates in India. And more.
African American faith leaders called Tuesday for an end to the drug war and mass incarceration. (sdpconference.info)
African American faith leaders called Tuesday for an end to the drug war and mass incarceration. (sdpconference.info)

Chronicle AM -- December 10, 2013

African-American faith leaders observe International Human Rights Day by calling for an end to the drug war and mass incarceration, Texans are ready for criminal justice reform, and Mexico's prohibition-related violence continues apace. And more.
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Chronicle AM -- December 11, 2013

Uruguay legalizes the marijuana trade (and the usual suspects object), Denver provides a helpful guide to legalization there, Human Rights Watch scorches Louisiana for its AIDS-enhancing policies, and more.
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