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Drug War Chronicle #649 - September 16, 2010

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
please call Congress now!
please call Congress now!

Support the National Criminal Justice Commission Act!

Jim Webb's National Criminal Justice Commission Act would do a comprehensive review of the wreck that is the US criminal justice system. It has passed the House of Representatives, and now it needs your support to pass the Senate and become law.
Yuri Fedotov (courtesy Voice of Russia, ruvr.ru)
Yuri Fedotov (courtesy Voice of Russia, ruvr.ru)

Russian Diplomat Takes Over at UN Drug Agency

It's the changing of the guard at the UNODC. As of Monday, a veteran Russian diplomat now runs one of the backbones of the global drug prohibition regime.
Sergio "El Grande" Villarreal
Sergio "El Grande" Villarreal

Mexico Drug War Update

25 people were murdered across Ciudad Juarez last Thursday, the bloodiest single-day total in the city's history. Meanwhile the body count in Mexico's drug war in 2010 approaches the 8,000 mark.
where's the cash?
where's the cash?

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

One narcotics supervisor sexually assaults a female snitch, another makes off with the drug buy money. A pair of jail guards go down after getting caught having sex in a car in a parking lot. And that's just for starters.
traffic stop scene, from "10 Rules for Dealing with Police" (buy at stopthedrugwar.org/10rules)
traffic stop scene, from "10 Rules for Dealing with Police" (buy at stopthedrugwar.org/10rules)

Michigan Bill Would Allow Roadside Drug Tests

A former Michigan sheriff turned Republican legislator has introduced a bill that would allow for the roadside drug testing of suspect drivers.

Sensible Washington to Petition Again in 2011

With disagreement over strategy from some sectors of the Washington state reform community, Sensible Washington failed to attract the support needed to get its pot legalization initiative on the ballot this year. Now they're aiming for November 2011.
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This Week in History

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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