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Drug War Chronicle, Issue #1118 -- 12/22/20
Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/1118

A Publication of StoptheDrugWar.org
David Borden, Executive Director, borden@drcnet.org
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"

We had an unexpected big victory today -- see item #11 just added to our
Top Ten Domestic Drug Policy Stories of 2020 to read about it (https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/22/drugs_and_year_hell_top_ten). (And check back for the Top TenInternational Drug Policy Stories of 2020
too!)

Check out our Zoom event tomorrow morning (https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/22/event_international_responses),
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Table of Contents:

1. DRUGS AND THE YEAR FROM HELL: THE TOP TEN DOMESTIC DRUG POLICY
STORIES OF 2020 [FEATURE]
What a year! But it wasn't a bad one when it comes to drug reform. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/22/drugs_and_year_hell_top_ten

2. EVENT: INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES TO EXTRAJUDICIAL DRUG WAR KILLINGS -- LEVERAGE AND LIMITATIONS
We continue our series of events at international meetings -- online for
the moment -- with another focusing on extrajudicial killings in the
drug war and options for the international community to respond. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/22/event_international_responses

3. MEDICAL MARIJUANA UPDATE
Both chambers of Congress have passed bills to ease barriers to medical marijuana research, the Mississippi Health Department joins a lawsuit
trying to overturn the voter-approved medical marijuana initiative, and
more.
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/16/medical_marijuana_update

4. THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
An Alabama cop gets arrested for meth dealing for the second time in two
weeks, a former Virignia police detective is heading to prison for
giving a snitch's name to drug dealers, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/16/weeks_corrupt_cops_stories

5. SANTA CRUZ NEEDLE EXCHANGE HIT WITH NIMBY LAWSUIT, MEXICO SUPREME
COURT OKAYS LEGALIZATION VOTE DELAY, MORE... (12/11/20)
The Mexican Supreme Court grants another extension on its deadline to
end marijuana prohibition, the Oakland city council will next week take
up a measure calling on the state to decriminalize psychedelics, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/11/santa_cruz_needle_exchange_hit

6. PATRICK KENNEDY WANTS TO BE DRUG CZAR, NJ MJ IMPLEMENTATION BILL
HEARD, MORE... (12/14/20)
Jostling over who will be named Joe Biden's drug czar has begun, Arizona
gets working on rules for the nascent legal marijuana industry, more
cartel conflict in Mexico, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/14/patrick_kennedy_wants_be_drug

7. NJ LEGAL MJ IMPLEMENTATION BILL ADVANCES, MS HEALTH DEPT JOINS
LAWSUIT TO BLOCK MEDMJ, MORE... (12/15/20)
Medical marijuana bills are coming in Kentucky and South Carolina, a
bill to implement voter-approved marijuana legalization in New Jersey is advancing, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/15/nj_legal_mj_implementation_bill

8. SENATE APPROVES MARIJUANA RESEARCH BILL, ICC PHILIPPINES EXAMINATION PROGRESSES, MORE... (12/16/20)
A California bill wound put an end to mandatory minimum sentences for
some drug offenses, Toronto is moving to open safe injection sites in
select homeless shelters, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/16/senate_approves_marijuana

9. OREGON'S LARGEST COUNTY ENDS DRUG POSSESSION PROSECUTIONS, NEW JERSEY
MJ AND PSILOCYBIN BILLS PASS, MORE... (12/16/20)
The DEA has published a rule that will finally allow for an end to the government monopoly on marijuana grown for research purposes, the
Mexican congress slaps back at the US, limiting the activities of DEA
agents inside the country, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/18/oregons_largest_county_ends_drug

10. CDC SAYS DRUG ODS HIT RECORD HIGH AMID PANDEMIC, NJ LEGALIZATION
LACKS HOME GROW PROVISION, MORE... (12/21/20)
Another Mexican politican gets gunned down, the Scottish public health
minister has been fired over record overdose deaths, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/21/cdc_says_drug_ods_hit_record

11. CONGRESS RESTORES FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS WITH DRUG CONVICTIONS,
CA FENTANYL TASK FORCE BILL FILED, MORE... (12/22/20)
Illinois' Cook County prosecutor talks expunging marijuana sales
convictions and heroin and cocaine possession convictions, one of the co-petitioners of the Oregon psilocybin therapy initiative has died, and
more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2020/dec/22/congress_restores_financial_aid

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