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From: bliss@mouse-potato.com

Drug War Chronicle, Issue #1070 -- 6/13/19
Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/1070

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

Table of Contents:

1. VETERAN DRUG REFORM ACTIVIST DOUG GREENE DEAD AT 52
The Empire State has lost one of its most talented and dedicated
marijuana and drug reform activists with the sudden death of Doug Greene. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/jun/07/veteran_drug_reform_activist

2. MEDICAL MARIJUANA UPDATE
There's going to be more medical marijuana available in New Mexico,
patient cards will cost less in Arizona, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/jun/12/medical_marijuana_update

3. THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
A Hawaii police officer breaks bad and an Arkansas jail guard gets
nailed. Let's get to it: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/jun/12/weeks_corrupt_cops_stories

4. CHRONICLE AM: DE LEGALIZATION BILL ADVANCES, OPIOID MAKER INSYS PAYS
OUT BIG TIME, MORE... (6/6/19)
Delaware could be the next state to legalize marijuana if it hurries,
Brazil's rightist president approves regressive new drug laws,
Colombia's disarmed FARC rebels are starting to pick up their guns
again, an opioid manufacturer pays out bigtime for bribing doctors to
prescribe its fentanyl product, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/jun/06/chronicle_am_de_legalization

5. CHRONICLE AM: MJ BANKING HEADED FOR HOUSE VOTE, UN EXPERTS CALL FOR PHILIPPINES PROBE, MORE... (6/10/19)
The full House could soon get its first chance to vote on a marijuana
banking bill, New Yorkers still want to legalize marijuana, a group of
UN human rights experts calls for a probe into the Philippine drug war,
and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/jun/10/chronicle_am_mj_banking_headed

6. CHRONICLE AM: NJ LAWMAKERS PASS POT EXPUNGEMENT BILL, PSYCHEDELIC
RESEARCH PROPOSAL ADVANCES, MORE... (6/11/19)
Nevada is going to pilot a digital banking program for cannabusinesses, Alabama's governor signs a medical marijuana study bill, chain
pharmacies make recommendations on opioids, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/jun/11/chronicle_am_nj_lawmakers_pass

7. CHRONICLE AM: DRUG ODS MAY HAVE PEAKED, NEW GALLUP MARIJUANA POLL,
MORE... (6/12/19)
New data from the CDC suggests the overdose epidemic may have peaked, a
new Gallup poll shows support for marijuana legalization remains strong,
Oregon passes an interstate marijuana commerce bill, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/jun/12/chronicle_am_drug_ods_may_have

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1. VETERAN DRUG REFORM ACTIVIST DOUG GREENE DEAD AT 52 https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/jun/07/veteran_drug_reform_activist

Longtime New York-based drug reform activist Doug Greene died Tuesday
evening in a subway accident on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He was only 52.

According to police and media reports, Greene and fellow activist Todd
Hinden had attended a George Clinton concert in Central Park, then
parted ways as Hinden hopped on his bicycle and Greene headed down into
the subway, where he fell onto the tracks.

Police reported that "a man was fatally struck by an A train after he
fell onto the subway tracks on the Upper West Side Tuesday night,"
adding that he was hit by "a southbound express train at the 72 St.
station near Central Park West just before 10:45pm." His identity was
confirmed on Wednesday, and police confirmed "they did not suspect foul
play."

Greene spent more than half his life as a drug reformer, and has been a ubiquitous presence in the New York City and Albany reform community, as
well as at NORML, Drug Policy Alliance, and other drug reform
conferences around the country since the '90s. His friendships readily
spanned both the grassroots and professional drug reform classes. I
can't count the times I've run into him in the hallways or shared
moments outside while we smoked.

He was a stalwart of Empire State NORML, and was serving as board member
and legislative director. While he enjoyed a good marijuana protest as
much as anybody, Greene focused his attention on Albany and the
legislative process, mastering parliamentary arcana and lobbying
lawmakers regularly -- some of them might say relentlessly.

Greene was also an advocate of ibogaine for addiction treatment, and had trained to be an ibogaine therapist. He was active with the group Cures
Not Wars (http://cures-not-wars.org). He wrote an article about ibogaine
and the movement for this newsletter, here (https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/mar/12/feature_ibogaine_forum_2010_mour).

He also worked tirelessly on coalition building in drug reform movement,
and at his death, was pushing hard to keep momentum alive for the
state's marijuana legalization bill, which has seen its chances fade in
recent days. Some friends think exhaustion from the effort contributed
to the accident.

Though his best known activism was in drug policy, Greene was an active
member of the NYC vegetarian community, and supported animal rights. His conference agenda always included checking out local vegetarian
restaurants with friends. At times he was active with the Libertarian
Party as well.

Beyond his work in the movement, Doug Greene was just a nice guy. I
didn't consider him a close friend, more a conference buddy or reform
movement colleague. But when wildfires ripped through my Northern
California community in 2017, Doug called me up to check on me. That's
the kind of guy he was.

Doug, we're sorry you're gone so young and tragically and before you
were able to see your life's work come to fruition, but the rest of us
are going to make it happen. And it would make a fitting tribute to all
your efforts to put your name on it.

Some other articles about Doug's life are here (https://www.celebstoner.com/blogs/steve-bloom/2019/06/05/new-york-marijuana-activist-doug-greene-rip/),
here (https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarabrittanysomerset/2019/06/06/empire-state-norml-activist-doug-greene-passes-away/)
and here (https://blog.norml.org/2019/06/06/cannabis-excelsior-remembering-doug-greene/).


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